James Hodges

General Counsel and Company Secretary, Hydrodec Group plc

James is General Counsel and Company Secretary at Hydrodec Group plc, and was formerly Deputy General Counsel at Compass Group plc.  He has extensive experience in undertaking both bolt-on and transformative private company acquisitions within the UK and internationally; including in leading the legal transaction teams, managing the head office/operating company dynamic and standardising M&A processes.  James lectures on the regulation of Mergers & Acquisitions on the LLM at Warwick University.