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Maurits Star Busmann

Fractional Head of Legal / General Counsel

About Me

🔹Interim / consultancy assignments as General Counsel / Head of Legal 🔹Strategic Advisory Services for General Counsel 🔹Leading, mentoring, building and reorganizing in-house legal teams 🔹25+ years of experience in senior and international roles within global organizations as lawyer, legal counsel/director, general counsel, management team and board member, coach/mentor and (start-up) entrepreneur 🔹Trusted Advisor | Negotiator | Communicator | Connector | Mentor 🔹Hands-on and bringing fresh perspectives, trust, humor and positivity

Jurisdiction

Netherlands

Experience

Seniority LevelExecutive
Years of Experience20+ years
Current StatusActive
General Counsel Legal, Tax and Regulatory a.i.
2024 - 2024

- Managing the legal, tax and regulatory team of 11 fte - Focusing on (i) cross border (capital market) transactions (ii) IT, procurement and outsourcing (iii) managing litigation, including securities class actions and individual claims (iv) regulatory compliance, including pension (product) legislation - Reporting to CEO - PGB Pension Services has approximately EUR 32 billion assets under management

Manager Legal Pension Team a.i.
2023 - 2023

- Managing, (re)structuring and coordinating activities and optimizing operating model of Legal Pension Team of 7 fte - Supporting the General Counsel Legal & Compliance with strategy and legal operations - Enhancing collaboration with relevant stakeholders - Acting as first point of contact for the business - Managing pension related projects

Manager a.i. | Legal Management Consulting
2022 - 2023

Legal departments consultancy: assessing current state maturity, designing target operating model and roadmap, creating alternative sourcing models, selecting technology as well as managing implementation projects.

Fractional Chief Legal Officer
2021 - 2023

Global Director Group Legal a.i.
2019 - 2019

- Managed and restructured team of 15 fte - Assessed strategy, operating and execution model and implemented changes

VP Leadership & Culture Transformation a.i.
2018 - 2019

- Member management team - Proposed leadership and culture transformation program

General Counsel a.i.
2018 - 2018

- Managed team of 12 fte - Established reporting line to CEO - Member management team

Board Member of NetApp B.V. and NetApp Holding & Manufacturing B.V. (EMEA HQ) and its subsidiaries
2011 - 2016

Director Legal EMEA and APAC - Corporate, Compliance & Employment
2011 - 2016

Managed team of 3 fte - Chairman board and member management team EMEA - Chairman Business Conduct Council - Built compliance programs and led global compliance investigations - Carried out 4 reorganizations in 25+ countries

Interim / Consultancy services as General Counsel / Head of Legal
2005 - Present

Skills

Core skills0
Languages2

Languages

English
Dutch