Dawn Sanderson is the chief legal and compliance officer for Al Dahra Group, based out of the Abu Dhabi HQ. Al Dahra Group is a prominent multinational leader in agribusiness, specialising in the cultivation, production and trading of animal feed, essential food commodities and end-to-end supply chain management. Dawn joined Al Dahra in 2008 as the first in-house counsel for the group and has built the function to its present team in Abu Dhabi, Romania, Serbia & Egypt today. The global team looks after over 80+ entities in 18 jurisdictions, utilising innovative legal technology such as the Alfie bot. Dawn moved out to the UAE in 2008, from the UK, to set up the Abu Dhabi office of Eversheds Sutherland. Dawn lives in Abu Dhabi with her husband, two children, two dogs and four cats. Her passions are theatre, good food and wine (it helps that hubby is a chef!) and travel.