Tapestry Compliance

Employee Share Schemes and Incentives

Bob has spent his career advising on the global aspects of employee incentive arrangements. His work has included plan rule drafting, communications materials, trust and hedging arrangements, nominee arrangements and all other legal aspects of incentive plans from initial design to post-vesting dealing arrangements.

As a leading expert on global compliance for incentives, first at Linklaters, then in-house at Shell, he brings immense practical experience in dealing with the legal documents and global compliance issues from a business perspective.

Since transitioning his shares in Tapestry to the Employee Ownership Trust, Bob continues to work closely with the team as a consultant (Partner equivalent) and remains widely-respected by the industry for his wealth of knowledge and commercial approach, particularly in unique markets that Tapestry operates in, such as Japan.

2020 - to date:   Tapestry Compliance, Consultant and Trustee 2011 - 2020:        Tapestry Compliance, co-founder and partner 2004 - 2011:         Shell, legal counsel with responsibility for global incentive plans 1997 - 2004:        Linklaters LLP, London 1990 - 1994:        Linklaters LLP, Tokyo 1990 - Qualified, Linklaters LLP, Hong Kong

French, basic Japanese.

Member of, and regular speaker for, many equity incentive industry bodies including The Global Equity Organisation (GEO), ProShare, The Share Plan Lawyers Group and NASPP.

Oundle School; Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge (1984 Law; 1985 MA Law).