Imran Hayat

Imran Hayat is executive vice president, chief legal officer, and chief compliance officer at BrandSafway. Hayat joined the company in July 2021.

Before joining BrandSafway, Hayat most recently served as executive vice president, general counsel, and chief strategy officer for CHC Helicopter Corporation. In this position, Hayat held global responsibility for many company functions. He was also an instrumental leader in attracting, developing, and retaining talent, and reinventing the company’s processes and procedures, while also maintaining the quality of operations, safety, regulatory compliance, and customer relationships. Prior to CHC, Hayat was in private practice with international and boutique law firms.

Hayat earned his law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, and he also holds a Bachelor of Arts in both economics and diplomacy and world affairs from Occidental College in Los Angeles.