Grainne Brankin
General Counsel and Company Secretary, Centaur
Centaur Media is leading business information, events and media group, listed on the LSE.
Grainne has been General Counsel at Centaur Media since July 2014 and is a member of the company’s Operating Board as well as Company Secretary. Prior to joining Centaur Grainne was General Counsel at CBS Outdoor International where she was part of the management team delivering a successful sale of the division by CBS to Platinum Equity. She remained on the Executive Committee following the sale, advising on international projects and coordinating legal strategy and a team of lawyers across the region. She was also responsible for liaison with CBS Corp legal department in New York, then Platinum legal in Los Angeles. Grainne had previously worked at Yahoo!’s EMEA HQ in London and then Switzerland for 8 years and held various roles including GC Yahoo! Sarl.
Grainne qualified at Clifford Chance in London and worked at law firm Bird & Bird before joining Yahoo!. She has undertaken a broad range of corporate and commercial work in Europe and the USA within media, telecoms and technology industries.