Mr. Sutherst serves as Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, EMEA. In this role he is responsible for client, partner, and vendor contracting and other legal matters; projects and initiatives for EMEA; and leading a team located across the region.
Mr. Sutherst is an experienced executive leader with over 20 years of legal, business, and people management experience.
Immediately prior to his current role, Mr. Sutherst served as Director and Managing Counsel for Rimini Street, EMEA.
Prior to joining Rimini Street, Mr. Sutherst was the Head of Technology, Intellectual Property, and Social Media, EMEA for BNY Mellon. Previously, he was the lead EMEA technology lawyer for various service providers in London including Mitsubishi UFJ and J.P. Morgan Cazenove. Earlier in his career, Mr. Sutherst was in general practice in London specializing in commercial and corporate law.
Mr. Sutherst holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from Warwick University, United Kingdom and a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the London College of Law, United Kingdom. He qualified as a lawyer from the Law Society of England and Wales.
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