About

Jonathan Marsh has made some key changes to Vitol since joining in 2010, including centralising the legal procurement process and revamping the terms of the business. He has reorganised the legal department by changing certain personnel and making key hires, which he finds allows the team to provide a much wider range of legal advice in-house. Along with the new hires, Jonathan has also improved the quality of training provided to the in-house legal team to be sure that they could provide everything that the business needed from them. In addition, he has restructured the company secretarial function to ensure high standards of corporate governance. Overall, Jonathan has strived to improve the quality and morale of the legal department which, in turn has led to ‘the legal team being held in much higher regard by the business than was previously the case’. He prides himself in having convinced the business to give up autonomy in choosing external counsel. As well as his knack for operational change, Jonathan is also known for his legal expertise.