About

Distinguished lawyer Sheila Jassies is a highly experienced in-house counsel based in Rotterdam. She has experience in corporate governance, international contracting and serving as a board of directors management and counsel. Jassies currently serves as general counsel EMEA at the Luxembourg headquarters of COFCO International, a world-class agriculture supply chain company, which is anchored in China and has a presence globally. Her roles within the company include working on a broad range of legal and governance affairs, looking at corporate responsibility in international corporate environments, the implementation of global compliance and anti-corruption compliance programmes. She initially joined COFCO International as legal director in September 2017 and within five months was promoted to the role of general counsel EMEA. Prior to this, she served as a group corporate counsel at Nidera, a member of COFCO International. Her other previous career roles include serving as a corporate legal counsel for food production company Vion Food Group, legal advisor for Aon, senior legal counsel for Unilever and legal counsel for Coca-Cola Enterprises Nederland.