Peter Martyr

Peter Marty is the Former Global Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Norton Rose Fulbright, a major global law firm. He obtained his Law Society Part 2 Professional Qualification from College of Law and received his LLB (Hons) from University College Cardiff, University of Wales. He started his career in 1979 in NRF as a solicitor; where he became a partner, a managing partner, CEO and Global CEO between 2013 and 2020. He merged Norton Rose with US law firm Fulbright & Jaworski to create Norton Rose Fulbright. As Global CEO, he has been responsible for setting and driving the global strategic direction of the firm. He also completed mergers in Australia and Canada in 2016; in USA in 2017. He introduced a number of new global business lines, particularly Risk Advisory (focusing on cyber, ESG, sustainability, regulation and financial services) and NRF Transform, a global change and innovation program, designed to create more efficient legal solutions for clients. He also established Global Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council, responsible for driving diversity and inclusion targets and initiatives across the global firm. He is an experienced advisor to boards and management committees on global strategy, governance and enterprise risk management issues. He has significant experience of global strategy development and implementation, creating innovative culture and change management programs. At NRF, he undertook multiple professional firm cross-border mergers and integration programs and has been responsible for development of Executive Committee, Board governance and risk management functions. He has been awarded amongst the “Top 50 innovator over last 50 years” by American Lawyer in 2013, and “Top 10 Business People” by The Times in 2012 and “Honorary CEO Catalyst CEO Champion for Change” in 2020 and is the recipient of a number of law firm management awards.