As Global Relay's President & General Counsel, Shannon provides Global Relay with a unique combination of legal expertise and business acumen, and a talent for developing and executing on business opportunities. She is responsible for Global Relay's business strategy and business development. Over Global Relay's history, Shannon
has been integral in establishing Global Relay's strong business relationships and global distribution network. Shannon also directs all aspects of Global Relay's legal affairs, leads the day-to-day operations of the Legal Team, and oversees the Compliance, Audit & eDiscovery Team, who are charged with customer compliance related to the archiving, monitoring, auditing, eDiscovery, privacy and business continuity requirements of highly regulated industries such as those governed by the SEC, FINRA, Sarbanes-Oxley, FRCP, IIROC (Canada), FCA (UK), and HIPAA. With Global Relay's international focus, Shannon plays a pivotal role in privacy and international jurisdictional issues related to data protection.
Shannon was named Pacific Region Entrepreneur of the Year for 2013 by Ernst & Young in the Business-to-Business Products and Services Category. She was ranked #1 among Canada's Top Women Entrepreneurs by the Profit W100 in 2011 and #2 in 2012. Shannon was also the recipient of Business in Vancouver`s 2013 Influential Women in Business Award and has been named to the "Top 10 Influential Women in BC Tech" (BC Tech Magazine 2013), "Top 40 Lawyers Under 40" (Lexpert 2006), and the "Forty under 40" (BIV 2007), honoring Vancouver's top entrepreneurs under age 40.
Shannon holds both a common law (LLB) degree and a civil law degree (BCL) from McGill University, and a Bachelor degree in Political Science from University of Victoria.
She began her career as a business and securities lawyer at McCarthy Tetrault in Toronto and Borden Ladner Gervais in Vancouver before leaving large law firm practice to join Global Relay as its fourth employee.
No comments:
Post a Comment