About

Currently heading the Asia legal function for Hays Plc, UK and Australia-qualified Chris Dancey’s career has moved full circle, having once worked as a legal recruitment consultant. He developed Hays’ Asia Pacific legal function from scratch, creating, ‘a world class legal team that ultimately went on to win Hays’ corporate services function of the year’. After setting up the broader, regional function, Dancey went on to an Asia-specific legal and governance function, where, he says, ‘a similar pioneering mindset was required’. ‘My current role is much wider than a traditional legal role,’ Dancey adds. ‘It encompasses risk, compliance, regulatory, secretarial and corporate strategy. Doing business in a cross cultural context results in a very challenging but enjoyable role’. His varied in-house employers have included Vodafone, United Utilities and ASX 100 listed gaming company Aristocrat Leisure.