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This webinar features the results of a comprehensive survey examining the unprecedented effect COVID-19 has had on in-house legal departments and the perspectives on the future.

Participants will gain insight into their industry from the experience of their peers during COVID-19 and explore how the world will change forever for their own career and more broadly, their business.

Speakers Profiles

Ian Goddard

CEO & Founder of Yarris Technologies

Ian is the CEO and Founder of Yarris Technologies, a software provider whose platforms support throughput of more than one billion dollars annually. A former partner of Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Ian founded a number of successful online businesses that help tens of thousands of people manage their daily work across legal operations, telco construction and auto repairs.

Dr Katherine King

COO of Yarris Technologies

Katherine is Chief Operating Officer at Yarris Technologies, responsible for operational, product and people leadership at the Yarris Group. She has held executive and senior management roles at National Australia Bank, Australia Post, St Vincent’s Hospital and Sony.

Dessi Silassie 

President of SCCA

Dessi Berhane Silassie is General Counsel for APAC and Global Head of IP at IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO).  She is currently based in Singapore as country Site Lead to the 250+ employee office. IHS Markit is a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions for the major industries and markets that drive economies worldwide

Wong Taur Jiun

Immediate Past President of SCCA

Taur-Jiun is the Head of Legal at Rabobank Singapore. He graduated from the National University of Singapore with both a law degree and an MBA. Taur-Jiun started his career in litigation and corporate commercial before moving in-house into international trade and technology. Taur-Jiun is one of the founding members of the SCCA.

Greg Tanner

First President of SCCA

Greg Tanner is the Group General Counsel of International SOS, the world’s leading medical & security services company, which operates in over 100 countries with 11,000 employees, led by over 5,000 medical practitioners and security specialists. International SOS’s global service offerings include medical and travel risk and security planning, health assurance and preventative care programs, in-country medical expertise and emergency response services for mobile workers, travelers, expatriates and their dependents.  International SOS also undertakes the staffing and operation of over 800 sites remote and industrial medical sites. And International SOS is the largest global concierge service provider.