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Achievements for Robert are tied up within ‘the revamp of the legal and compliance departments of a large international industrial business with a strong operational culture’ and changing mentalities of those who had ‘little understanding (or sympathy)’ of the utility of these departments. Robert has successfully changed this perception over time, perhaps most evidently by being named as part the group executive committee and that his colleagues lobbied upper management to increase the size of the legal and compliance team. Evidence not just the value of Robert’s work but the recognition of it within the business function. Notable accomplishments in addition to his intra-business efforts include setting up legal, tax and compliance departments in four different groups across four different countries, representing two shareholders of a joint venture (including a sovereign nation) in the recovery of over $1.5bn, co-leading an IPO on the London Stock Exchange and rolling-out a group wide compliance policy across 15 countries.