About

Aymar de Franqueville, general counsel at human resources company Adecco, runs his team so that ‘the legal department is a business line as any other’, but one focusing on compliance and the systematic review of the group’s contractual obligations. de Franqueville has spent the majority of his career as a corporate counsel, having acted in various in-house roles since 1990. Over the years he has gained many reputable achievements, but he most cherishes those that have seen international development for his companies achieved by mergers, acquisitions divestments of companies along the way. Somewhat of an in-house chameleon, de Franqueville has adapted to a diverse range of sectors throughout his career including oil and gas, marketing, DIY, apparel and now to human resource and employment services. The standout achievements of his career are his opening of commercial undertakings in emerging economies such as China, Russia and Ukraine and development activities in Brazil. de Franqueville has brought many operational changes to data privacy at Adecco having initially joined the company as a data privacy officer; this is an area that he strongly believes needs to be closely followed by legal.