About

Maria Gomri joined Google France in in 2006 as a senior legal counsel and has made noticeable and numerous changes to the technology giant. Gomri has had many promotions during her time with the company, in 2001 she was promoted to head of legal, in 2012 to legal director – head of legal France and in early 2015 to her current role as the head of legal for three regions. In this role she leads a 10-strong team and has introduced many initiatives to improve the team’s output, for example fostering a teamwork environment between the in-house lawyers across Google ‘by identifying the best practices for international collaboration and legal pitfalls to avoid’. Many within the company, and other followers of Google’s corporate activities, praise Gomri’s ability to pacify relationships with the French news organisations. She completed the legal work to establish a €60m fund that helped settle a dispute on whether Google should pay to display news content in its search results. Her idea is now being extended for duplication throughout the entirety of Google’s European regions with a budget of €150m. Gomri displays a strong ability to think outside the box when faced with challenges, an ability she would like to see the outside counsel resonate.