Giovanni Cerutti

SVP General Counsel (retired) NTT DATA Emea Region (est. in UK) / FULBRIGHT Mentor / Pro-bono Volunteer in European not-for-profit organizations

Bratislava Metropolitan Area

About

- Former ECLA Board member & Treasurer (European Company Laywers Association) - Committed ESG Ambassador for a new B-Corporate Renaissance & Humanism - Retired General Counsel of NTT Data Emea (2011 - 2022), regional span of accountability for Legal & Compliance matters, with a J-SOX approach, in a highly innovative ICT environment, IP & M&A based - Board level professional experience, with management consultancy professional mindset - US Fulbright Scholar - DPO Certified Information Privacy Professional (frmly CIPP/E, ANSI ISO accreditated)

Experience

  • Pensionato at AIGI - Associazione Italiana Giuristi d'Impresa (not-for-profit organization)
    Apr 2007 - Nov 2024 · 17 yrs 8 mos

    Honorary member ex officio AIGI past Representative in ECLA Board Past Vice President Past Secretary & Treasurer

  • Member at Juris Collective
    Jan 2020 - Oct 2023 · 3 yrs 10 mos

    IT new frontiers (e.g. Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, etc.) bring new challenges for lawyers, with In-House Counsels as forerunners

  • ECLA (not-for-profit organization). Former Board Member & Treasurer at ECLA - European Company Lawyers Association (not-for-profit organization) Brussels
    Oct 2016 - Jul 2022 · 5 yrs 10 mos

    ECLA Board member and Treasurer (2016 - 2022). Tenure held free of charge since the 1st term. ECLA is the umbrella organisation for 19 company lawyer associations in Europe and represents common interests of European company lawyers. ECLA was created in 1983. It is an international non-profit association governed by Belgian law. Membership is open to national associations only. While individuals are not members of ECLA directly, each company lawyer, who is a member of a national association, can share the benefits ECLA negotiates. These include discounts to conferences, legal education, training, free publications and more. During the past almost 30 years, ECLA has gained recognition as the leading representative of European company lawyers associations and their individual members. In this unrivalled position, ECLA has a platform to respond to and influence the European in-house corporate counsel network, European organisations and policy making bodies. ECLA's primary goals are: - to enhance the acceptance and demand for an active role of company lawyers - to identify, seize and exploit regulatory opportunities suitable to enhance the position of in-house lawyers - to identify and eliminate regulatory threats to the position or practice of company lawyers.

  • NTT DATA Europe & Latam (16 yrs 3 mos)
    • ex SVP General Counsel & Board Secretary in Emea Region
      Jun 2008 - Jul 2022 · 14 yrs 2 mos

    • Data Protection Officer, CIPP/E
      Oct 2019 - Jun 2022 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    • VP Aufsichtrat
      Sep 2019 - Jun 2022 · 2 yrs 10 mos

      Member of Supervisory Board of NTT Data Germany

  • Senior VP, NTT DATA Emea General Counsel, Compliance & Risk Officer at NTT DATA Emea
    Dec 2011 - Jun 2022 · 10 yrs 7 mos

    Mission: to ensure legal compliance, to assess and to mitigate risks (from different angles: legal, finance, IT and operational) so as to contribute to protect Group's assets and values, to the benefit of the Stakeholders. Roles: Head of Legal & Compliance (CLO - CCO), Chief Risk Officer (CRO) Main achievements: • NTT DATA Emea Ltd. (UK): Regional Headquarter of NTT DATA CORP. (stocklisted) • Wide geographical coverage: UK, Continental Europe, Brazil, Turkey, UAE, KSA, Vietnam • Integrated Team (Legal qualified professionals + ISO experts) • Compliance Activities in more than 10 different jurisdictions (e.g. Ethics Code, Compliance Models, Anti-bribery policies, IP protection, training, etc.) • Governance System Emea-wise: contract approval process, etc. (four-eye principle based) • GDPR Data Privacy compliance Project NTT DATA Emea-wise. Appointed Data Protection Officer DPO - CIPP/E Certified • M&A transactions (UK, Romania, Brazil, Vietnam, Switzerland, UK, Germany, Austria, Croatia • Risk Officer for NTT DATA Emea • Dispute Management experience (International Arbitration) • NTT DATA Emea Board Secretary