Jean Chay

Jean Chay serves as the General Counsel and Vice President of Legal, Risk, and Compliance at NTT DATA since August 2022, leading the APAC regional headquarters and overseeing a legal team of 35 in various legal functions. Prior to this role, Jean was the APAC General Counsel for Autodesk from May 2020 to August 2022, managing legal support for sales and marketing in the APJ region. Experience also includes serving as Head of Legal for Asia Pacific & Japan at Twilio Inc., Senior Director and Senior Corporate Counsel at ServiceNow, and Regional Counsel at Red Hat Inc. Notably, Jean held the position of Attorney at Microsoft for eight years and was General Counsel at Soundbuzz earlier in the career. Educational background includes a Post Graduate Diploma in PRC laws from The University of Hong Kong and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Leeds.