With more than four decades of experience as an in-house leader and executive for several prominent global companies, Susie Flook is an expert at fostering collaboration among members of far-flung legal departments and other business teams within a firm.

Flook began her in-house career with The Coca-Cola Export Corp. in Sydney before joining CPC UK Ltd., where she focused on global merger and acquisition deals. She moved on to beermaker Guinness and helped the company prepare for a $22 billion merger deal with Grand Metropolitan.