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Catherine May has amassed over 10 years of international financial experience and in her current capacity set up the financial services business of Dell in the EMEA region. Establishing this involved applying for a bank license and designing, planning and executing a heavily regulated business in Europe. May admits: ‘It was hugely rewarding to be involved in the establishment of a business that has such importance both geographically and commercially for Dell’. May was initially only responsible for legal matters in 18 countries, including corporate governance, treasury, transactions and litigation. Due to the expansion of her role to cover Asia Pacific and Japan in 2016, May now has responsibility for all legal matters across 30 jurisdictions which has led her to adapting the legal and risk support model to business operations across the jurisdictions. In order to regulate all operations May has established a program of metrics to ensure that legal work and legal resource is aligned to the needs and the risks of the business. Used to holding ultimate responsibility for legal matters at top companies, prior to her current role May was appointed chief European counsel for CIT Group at the relatively early age of 32 and only 12 months after joining as in-house counsel.