Mary Guest

About

With over 20 years of experience in the legal field, I am currently Director of Legal & Compliance at Suntory Beverage & Food Europe. In this role I lead the legal teams across our European markets, as well as our regional legal team, to deliver end-to-end legal and compliance support across Europe and certain other territories in Africa and the Caribbean. Suntory is one of the world's leading beverage companies, and amongst our portfolio of brands at SBFE we are the custodians of the Lucozade, Ribena and Orangina brands across the world, as well as the Schweppes brand in many countries. Having trained and qualified at Clifford Chance LLP, I moved to The Football Association where I spent over 7 years in various roles, culminating in Head of Legal - Commerical. After completing my LLM at Cambridge University, I joined Linklaters LLP's TMT team, before moving to Suntory in 2017 as General Counsel for SBF GBI. As well as my legal experience, having spent over five years as a member of the Executive Committee, Company Secretary and Board Director at Lucozade, Ribena Suntory Limited, and move than seven years as a member of the Extended Leadership Team for SBFE, I have extensive experience in business leadership.I am passionate about delivering first class business partnering and driving legal transformation, aligning with Suntory's vision of Growing for Good, and bringing diverse and inclusive perspectives and development opportunities to the legal team and wider business.