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United States Rising Stars 2014

Douglas Chia

Assistant general counsel and corporate secretary | Johnson & Johnson

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Douglas Chia

Assistant general counsel and corporate secretary | Johnson & Johnson

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‘Being, in the same room, both spectator and participant in corporate decision-making at the highest level gives me a unique window,’ says Douglas Chia, assistant general counsel and corporate secretary at Johnson & Johnson. ‘These are things the public will never see’. Chia is praised highly by his peers not only for his intelligence and technical ability, but for his strong interpersonal skills. ‘The biggest achievement for me has really been building relationships within Johnson & Johnson and then also externally with my counterparts at other companies,’ he says. Chia also takes an active role in thought leadership, as current board of directors’ chair for the Society of Corporate Secretaries & Governance Officials and former president of the Stakeholder Relations Society of New York. Having moved in-house relatively early in his legal career, he says he was always very conscious of the need to add value. ‘I have been very cognizant of the fact that you’re always going to be the youngest person in the room and you don’t want to be perceived in that way’. Since joining Johnson & Johnson he has helped to implement a centralized database for all the company’s worldwide legal entities and move its board of directors towards a more paperless environment. He has spent almost 10 years at Johnson & Johnson, and previously worked as assistant general counsel for Tyco International. ‘I expect great things from Doug in the years to come,’ says one professional associate.

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