31 May History made: Stephanie Fougou elected President of ECLA 🇪🇺
History made: Stephanie Fougou elected President of ECLA… 🇪🇺
The 49th General Assembly just elected Stephanie Fougou (Director Legal, VP, Ex-Com member Technicolor Group) as the first ever female president in the 41 years of ECLA’s history. She follows Jonathan Marsh after his 8 years of presidency. Stephanie announced that she would continue on the successful path of ECLA of advocating for the in-house legal profession, offering a vital European network for knowledge transfer and assisting our profession in the ongoing transformation.
The General Assembly also elected Laure Lavorel (Senior Associate General Counsel at Broadcom) into the Executive Board as one of the four Vice Presidents of ECLA together with Mark Cockerill, Silvia Bonacossa, Waldemar Koper, as well as Eric Lennerth as Treasurer and Stéphane BARTHE as Secretary. Laure will support ECLA with her outstanding international network and experience.
Jonathan Marsh was elected Honorary President of the association and will continue advising the Executive Board.
The General Assembly also thanked Didier Pissoort of Belgium for his 41 years of service as ECLA Auditor.
We would like to thank Spotify; Miranda Espenäs and Åsa Henriksson for hosting the 49th General Assembly in its remarkable headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪.
The 22 member associations are now closing the 49th General Assembly with a joint afternoon and dinner
