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Name
Clarissa Sowemimo Coker
Title
CEO
Bio
Clarissa joined the Group’s executive team in December 2018 as General Counsel and Company Secretary, with ultimate responsibility for all legal aspects of the business as well as compliance and regulation, diversity and inclusion, people, culture and communications. She was appointed to the Group’s Board in February 2021 as Chief Operating Officer, taking responsibility for the operational side of the Group in addition to inputting on the Company’s strategic goals. Clarissa was instrumental in the Group’s listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in May 2021. In December 2022 Clarissa was appointed as Chief Executive Officer on an interim basis, and is now responsible for the overall success of the Group.
Clarissa worked for many years as a solicitor and commercial consultant to companies in the retail, telecoms, and pharmaceutical sectors. Following an early career with Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP in London, where she spent time seconded to a range of clients including London Underground Limited and All Saints Retail Limited, she held posts as senior in-house counsel in established corporations including Hutchison 3G UK Limited (Three) and Virgin Media Limited, a subsidiary of Liberty Global plc. She is a qualified solicitor in England and Wales and is a student member of ICSA, The Chartered Governance Institute where she is studying for an advanced certificate in corporate governance. Clarissa is also a management coach and has delivered compliance training and management coaching to blue chip clients including Google LLC, Biogen Inc. and McDonald’s Corporation across the EMEA and APAC regions.
Clarissa holds a BA in philosophy and literature from Warwick University and PGDL and LPC from BPP Law School in London. After completing her undergraduate degree, Clarissa spent two years working as a project manager in the residential construction industry before retraining as a solicitor. She is a Legal Geek mentor and an elected member of the Parochial Church Council of St John the Evangelist, Notting Hill.
Clarissa worked for many years as a solicitor and commercial consultant to companies in the retail, telecoms, and pharmaceutical sectors. Following an early career with Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP in London, where she spent time seconded to a range of clients including London Underground Limited and All Saints Retail Limited, she held posts as senior in-house counsel in established corporations including Hutchison 3G UK Limited (Three) and Virgin Media Limited, a subsidiary of Liberty Global plc. She is a qualified solicitor in England and Wales and is a student member of ICSA, The Chartered Governance Institute where she is studying for an advanced certificate in corporate governance. Clarissa is also a management coach and has delivered compliance training and management coaching to blue chip clients including Google LLC, Biogen Inc. and McDonald’s Corporation across the EMEA and APAC regions.
Clarissa holds a BA in philosophy and literature from Warwick University and PGDL and LPC from BPP Law School in London. After completing her undergraduate degree, Clarissa spent two years working as a project manager in the residential construction industry before retraining as a solicitor. She is a Legal Geek mentor and an elected member of the Parochial Church Council of St John the Evangelist, Notting Hill.
