Group Legal Counsel and Company Secretary
Learn more about John Humphrey
John is General Counsel and Group Company Secretary at BTG, based at the Manchester head office. He is responsible for managing risk, ensuring legal governance and compliance, establishing legal strategy, and advising the various boards, senior executives and colleagues across all service lines on legal, compliance and risk related matters.
Sitting on BTG’s various boards and sub-committees, John is a solicitor with over 25 years of experience in corporate, commercial, regulatory, real estate and litigation/dispute resolution matters.
Prior to joining BTG, he held roles both in-house and in private practice.
He is a member of the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) and the Law Society.
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340 Deansgate, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M3 4LY
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