Europe’s in-house network elects president
The Association of Corporate Counsel Europe (ACC Europe) has elected Hans Albers as its new president.
ACC Europe represents more than 2,500 in-house lawyers across Europe; its board of directors will now be led by Hans, who is based in Amsterdam and is the chief of staff and head of worldwide legal operations at Juniper Networks.
In addition to Hans’s election as president, several other officers have been newly appointed to the board, including:
• Vice president Maria Pernas, executive vice president and group general counsel of Capgemini in France;
• Secretary Jeremy Barton, general counsel at KPMG LLP in the UK; and
• Treasurer George Liakopoulos, group general counsel of Piraeus Bank SA in Greece.
Hans commented: ‘In today’s often volatile business climate, it’s more important than ever that an in-house lawyer has a strong peer network and access to trusted resources. European in-house lawyers have found these connections within ACC Europe, and I look forward to serving our membership base in the year ahead.’
