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James Kachel is General Counsel of Compass Group PLC, the global leader in food and support services. He leads the Group Legal function and advises the business and the board on a broad range of strategic, corporate and legal matters across the business as well as leading the legal aspects of the Group’s M&A activity. His experience spans complex international transactions, corporate governance and the management of significant legal, business and reputational risk. He is particularly interested in how lawyers can bring judgement and perspective to difficult decisions, helping businesses distinguish between the risks that genuinely matter and the noise around them. For James, leadership is inseparable from responsibility. Developing people, building trust and preparing teams for what comes next are as important as risks they manage themselves.