Christophe Greven

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Christophe Greven

CHRISTOPHE GREVEN

20 years global expertise in legal, regulatory and compliance leadership positions at GE, United Technologies and major law firms A growth oriented innovative leader and problem solver with unyielding integrity: known for creating a legal culture that pushes teams to find and drive commercially acceptable but compliant solutions that make the difference

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

United Technologies

Current Vice President Legal Affairs, Otis EMEA position Responsible for all legal, compliance and corporate matters at Otis in Europe, Middle East, Africa (16,000 employees, 4B $ revenue) Particular focus on commercial transactions, regulation, product litigation, public incidents, governance, compliance, M&A, corporate, data privacy Member of EMEA Sr. executive team; Leading a team of 45 legal professionals; Based in Brussels

May 014 – Dec Vice President Ethics & Compliance for all Carrier, Fire & Security and Otis business 015 units across the globe Global compliance responsibility for half of United Technologies: 120,000 employees, 59B $ revenue Led a global team of 400+ compliance individuals (full time, part-time, legal/non-legal); Based in Brussels & Farmington (US) Strategic leadership and oversight for all 1,000+ internal investigations, global and regional communications, training programs, risk management, compliance audit programs

Jan 012 – May Director, Ethics & Compliance for all Carrier, Fire & Security and, since Jan 2014, Otis 014 business units in EMEA Compliance responsibility for all Otis, Carrier and Fire & Security business units in EMEA (46,000 employees, 19B $ revenue) Led a team of 100+ compliance individuals (full time, part-time): internal investigations, communication, training, risk management, audit programs

Oct 08 – Jan 012 General Counsel - Fire & Security EMEA (*) (*) Named GE Security before 1 March 2010 when United Technologies acquired GE’s electronic security products division Responsible for all legal, compliance and corporate matters in EMEA (700 employees, 0.5B $ revenue), with particular focus on: - distribution in emerging markets (e.g., Middle East, Russia, Africa), product litigation, product regulatory - risk/compliance management: anti-trust, data privacy, money laundering, bribery (policy drafting, training, reporting, audit) - US legislation with impact in EMEA: FCPA, anti-boycott, anti-bribery, fraud, export control, conflict of interest - EMEA legal support for GE Security divesture: due diligence, anti-trust filing, integration process Member of EMEA Sr. Leadership

Other positions

Dec 2003 - Oct General Electric : several General Counsel positions (GE Capital division) 2008 Transactional support and litigation of (international) asset based finance transactions in several jurisdictions in Europe for GE’s asset, vehicle and inventory leasing finance division Responsible for corporate governance, data protection and compliance: financial regulation, insurance and insurance mediation, anti-money laundering, anti-bribery

May 1997 – Dec Private practice – litigation department (Allen & Overy, CMS), Belgium 2003 Advising on, drafting and negotiating of (international) commercial agreements, trademark and trade practices: distribution, agency, franchising, services, outsourcing, leasing, (international) sales of movable asset, sales of business, real estate, (un)fair trade practices M&A: member of several deal teams (due diligence, representation/warranties, contract drafting), post- closing litigation Advising on restructurings and formal insolvencies, (cross border) commercial litigation

July 1994 - Aug Research Assistant Social law – Leuven University (K.U. Leuven, Belgium) 1995 EDUCATION

2003 – 2016 Management trainings Executive trainings for executives at GE Corporate University Skills trainings: presentation/public speaking skills; negotiation skills; inclusive leadership; influencing skills; change management Finance for non-finance; Six Sigma Quality

1995 - 1996 Diplôme d'Etudes Spécialisées Supérieures - University of Paris X 14 months’ Master program in International Trade Law July 1994 Licentiaat in de Rechtsgeleerdheid - K.U. Leuven 5 year program in law, equivalent to Juris Doctor

LANGUAGES Dutch Mother tongue French Fluent English Fluent German Good reading knowledge

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Member of the Working Group on International Contracts headed by Prof. Filip De Ly (Rotterdam University) President of legal committee of European Lift Association Belgian In-house Association (IBJ): Lecturer on compliance matters; Former board member President of the students' council for the senior university class (1993 - 1994) Sailing; Discovering countries and wines

COMPUTER LITERACY Excellent skills (Word, Excel, Internet, PowerPoint, Sharepoint)

REMARKS Professional and personal references: available on request.

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