Funke Abimbola FRSA
General Counsel & Company Secretary, Roche UK
Funke is a senior leader for Roche, the world’s largest biotech.
She is a practising solicitor, leading the legal, company secretarial, corporate compliance and data protection functions supporting Roche’s pharmaceutical operations in the UK, Ireland, Malta and Gibraltar. Her team of 7 legal and corporate compliance professionals provide pragmatic, commercial legal support to core functions across the organization and have been recognised for their innovative approach (Financial Times Innovative Lawyers awards 2014 and 2015).
She is regarded as being one of the leading lawyers working within the UK life sciences industry (GC Powerlist 2013, 2014 and 2016) and has received multiple awards and other recognition for her legal work. She is a highly regarded speaker, speaking regularly at conferences in the UK and abroad.
Funke is also a diversity campaigner within the legal profession, holding a number of leadership positions within various diversity organisations, championing a range of diversity projects whilst also leading on a number of initiatives.
She was recently admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, recognising the positive impact and outstanding contributions that she has made to British society as a whole.