Career Biography

Philippe Huber is an accomplished legal, compliance, governance and risk executive with extensive experience and expertise in multi-jurisdictional matters. After spending many years in private practice in Zurich and London, he joined Transocean Ltd to lead its listing on SIX Swiss Exchange. He proved his strategic and crisis management skills when dealing with the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the US Gulf of Mexico and leading a proxy fight against a US shareholder activist.

At SIG Group AG, Huber leads a global and multi-cultural team of legal and compliance professionals in a highly dynamic business environment. He recently spearheaded several strategic M&A and capital markets transactions while further strengthening the group’s compliance framework, notably in the area of trade compliance and sanctions. Huber also expanded the remit of the legal and compliance function to include environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics. He leverages legal technology and fosters cross-functional collaboration to drive efficiency and value. Huber is particularly appreciated for his solution-oriented approach and ability to think “outside the box”.

Huber believes that in-house lawyers should embrace the challenge of ever faster changing environments and lead their organisations in navigating the resulting complexities.