About

After almost three years at Phillip Morris International, Cristian Colin joined world leading cereal producer Kellogg Company in 2005. Having held a number of positions, Colin has worked his way up in a short space of time and now holds the position of legal director. He has facilitated the growth and development the legal department from a very small and limited unit into a Latin American regional organisation reporting to the general counsel and to the regional business unit president. The structure he crafted which creates specialists in four areas (labour and employment; IP and commercial; transactions; and dispute resolution) has been exported and served as the template for the global legal restructure. Colin highlights transforming the legal function from a purely compliance or necessary checkpoint of business procedures, into a strategy-feeding and revenue-enhancing role as one of his most significant achievements. He has ensured the legal function has a seat at all leadership tables as the key advisor for high impact business decisions. In describing his philosophy, Colin says ‘the legal role goes beyond and surpasses the compliance arena. Attorneys in an organisation are there to perform as business men and women who leverage their legal background to drive sound decisions.’