Veteran Hewlett-Packard (HP) in-house lawyer Joyce Norcini is adjusting to her new environment. Plucked from the sunny hills of Palo Alto earlier this year when she landed a coveted role as HP’s new general counsel for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Norcini now heads up the computer giant’s 115-strong regional legal team from Switzerland.

Norcini describes her new home on the banks of Lake Geneva as ‘very cosmopolitan’ and says that making the move from California was one that she had been thinking about for a while.