General counsel | Bunge asia
Peter Hopp
General counsel | Bunge asia
Vice president and general counsel commercial | Rio Tinto
General counsel, commercial | Rio Tinto
Joining Rio Tinto in January 2018 as general counsel – commercial, Peter Hopp brings more than 20 years of global legal experience to the company. In his prior roles, Hopp...
Peter Hopp is general counsel, head of legal and government affairs group and a member of the executive committee for Bunge Asia, part of a leading global agribusiness operating in over 40 countries. Hopp is a skilled lawyer with over 20 years’ experience in M&A, food and commodities and compliance and has been working towards integrating effective legal advice into Bunge’s global growth strategy. Hopp was appointed general counsel in 2013 and has since developed the legal function to become a ‘front-office and customer facing professional group’. He has been integral to building a team across all key Asian jurisdictions, appointing and promoting leading lawyers while acknowledging commercial command and adding true value to the business. His efforts have resulted in unprecedented efficiencies in communication between legal, commercial and technical functions. Hopp strongly believes in developing legal talent amongst his team and applies this sentiment by regularly setting commercial training and cross-jurisdictional assignments.