In our Ask the General Counsel series, General Counsel from around the world are in the spotlight as they share their career tips, challenges and milestones on topics from diversity and inclusion,  moving from private practice to in-house and demonstrating commerciality.

In this episode Kevin Withane, Group Ethics and Compliance Director at TI Fluids, answers your questions on how to truly understand your business, demonstrate commerciality and showcase yourself as a true business partner. Kevin shares lessons learnt from his own career journey in-house as he navigated the business arena, built relationships across all business functions and managed the talent in his team; creating opportunities for himself, his team and his organisation along the way.

A spotlight on Kevin Withane

Kevin Withane is Group Ethics and Compliance Director at TI Fluid Systems, a FTSE 250 company, where he leads regional legal functions. He is the founder of Diversity-X, a community, fund in the making, and ecosystem to support underestimated founders that are making a positive impact in the world. He is also an investor for Clim8 Invest, an app for sustainable investment and a deeply passionate DE&I advocate.

This video is part of a series, you can submit a question for General Counsel featured in the future here.

Interview conducted in collaboration with Crafty Counsel for DLA Piper WIN’s Ask the General Counsel series.