About

‘A terrific in-house lawyer’, during her long career at global IT business EMC, Susan Permut has helped to build the legal team and has also spearheaded the company’s corporate governance program. ‘This was an area that didn’t really exist when I joined EMC,’ she explains. ‘As this field grew, I developed the governance program, working closely with our board of directors and senior management.’ Permut has been active in industry discussions on governance, through the Council of Institutional Investors, the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals and other forums. ‘She is frankly unflappable,’ says one in-house source. ‘She is very good at communicating very technical things in a very clear and understandable way to clients. She has that blend of technical skills and business judgment that is very suited to an in-house position’.