Ms Hilary Hansen
- Job title
- Co-opted by the Court
- Qualifications
- LLB (Hons), DPLP, SADS
Hilary joined the Court in August 2024. Hilary has spent over twenty years working as a lawyer and general manager in several multi-national companies and law firms both in the UK and Singapore.
Hilary is a director of Atlas Foundation Asia, which is part of The Atlas Foundation charity which was founded by ex-England rugby player, Jason Leonard. The charity helps children through rugby and is actively focused on reducing child poverty, increasing education, reducing gender based violence and providing support to children in the poorest communities across the world.
Hilary holds an LLB Honours in Law and a Diploma in Professional Legal Practice from the University of Edinburgh and has been practising law for over 20 years. She has in recent years also completed the directors qualification from the Australian Institute of Company Directors and achieved Senior Accredited Director Status from the Singapore Institute of Directors. She also recently completed the Imperial Sustainability Leadership Programme with Imperial College Business School in London.
Hilary is a respected lawyer with over 20 years of experience in global legal and general manager roles in multinational listed entities. She started her career as a lawyer with Maclay, Murray & Spens (now Dentons) before moving to international law firms, Clifford Chance and Morgan Lewis. She then moved in house to spend 11 years at BP p.l.c. in a variety of roles in London and Singapore. Subsequently, she moved from energy to mining and held various global legal and commercial roles at BHP and latterly, Anglo American.
Hilary has a strong track record of transforming team and business performance with geographically dispersed teams. She has a deep knowledge of trading, regulatory, compliance, risk management and sustainability matters. Hilary is passionate about diversity and inclusion and developing people, and she has extensive experience as a director of subsidiary and charity boards.
Hilary loves theatre, pilates, scuba diving, walking her two labradors and travelling with her family. She also took up golf in recent years but it seems to cause more stress than relaxation!
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