Max Gallist

Max Gallist serves as the VP of Business Legal at Kemira since July 2014, overseeing the global Business Legal Team across the Americas, APAC, and EMEA, with responsibilities in M&A, commercial matters, and litigation. Additionally, Max holds the role of General Counsel EMEA, where legal matters for Kemira in that region are managed, along with responsibilities as Managing Director for German and Austrian affiliates and membership on the supervisory boards of joint ventures in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Portugal. Prior experience includes serving as Associate General Counsel EMEIA at Ingersoll Rand, leading legal for security technologies in a wide geographic area, and a series of legal roles at Trane and Lufthansa Systems GmbH. Max obtained a State Bar Exam in Law from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and has education from Universitat de Barcelona.