Kavita Singh

Senior Vice President Deputy General Counsel @ aramco

About

Kavita is a seasoned General Counsel who has held executive and independent non - executive board positions across various sectors and geographies globally . She currently serves as Senior Vice President at Saudi Aramco where she leads specialist legal teams across the enterprise.A corporate lawyer of 30 + years standing , Kavita has deep experience of leading multi- jurisdictional teams within major multi-national corporations . Named as a “ Hot 100 lawyer “ she has led the execution of multiple high value , complex strategic corporate transactions across the world . Kavita started her career with Clifford Chance in London, New York, and Hong Kong. She subsequently served as Vice President /Executive Director and Counsel with global investment bank Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong, Singapore, and London Kavita served as General Counsel in the energy sector for over 10 years . Immediately prior to her appointment to a leadership position at Saudi Aramco, Kavita served as General Counsel of DaVita International , a Fortune-200, US-listed global healthcare corporation , concurrently led the International Enterprise Risk Management function and served as a Board member of various international entities. Within the world of professional sport, Kavita has served as a Non- Executive Director on the Board of the Yorkshire County Cricket Club, the largest cricket club in the world; and as a Board Trustee of Huddersfield Town AFC’s Foundation, a Championship football club in the English Football League . As part of her NED portfolio , Kavita also served as a NED of the University of Leeds

Country

City

Saudi Arabia

Industry

Oil & Energy

Skill

Energy, Leadership, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Leading transformational change, Corporate Governance, Board of Directors, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance, Enterprise Risk Management, Cross-border Transactions, Commercial Contracts, Intellectual Property, Joint Ventures, Financing, Dispute Resolution, Strategic Planning, Risk Management, Cultural Transformation, Equality & Diversity

Experience

Senior Vice President Deputy General Counsel

aramco

2024-6 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

Saudi Arabia

General Counsel

DaVita Kidney Care

2018-7 - 2024-1 · 5 yrs 7 mos

United Kingdom

DaVita ( NYSE : DVA ) a NYSE listed Fortune 200 global healthcare corporation providing clinical care to patients across the world . Led International Legal Services across the UK , Europe, Middle East , LATAM and Asia -Pacific . Board member DaVita International and various affiliates . Supervisory Board Member DaVita Deutschland AG . International Risk Committee Member .

Head of Legal / International CLO

MRC Global

2012 - 2018 · 6 yrs

MRC Global Inc. ( NYSE :MRC ) a NYSE listed Fortune 500 corporation headquartered in Houston , Texas serving the energy industry across the upstream , midstream and downstream sectors through 400 + service locations globally , including key locations in the most active oil and natural gas regions of the world . Responsible for leading MRC Global's International Legal affairs across 24 jurisdictions in Europe, the North Sea, Middle East, Central Asia, Asia Pacific and Australasia. Board Member of multiple International operating subsidiaries . Chair of the Board of the Norwegian subsidiary group operating across the North Sea and Nordic Regions . Kavita carried out a multi - functional leadership role concurrently serving as International Head of Legal Services , Global Chief Compliance Officer . Head of International Human Resources and Director Corporate Affairs . Member of the International Executive Leadership Team

Head of Legal

Drax Group PLC

2007 - 2012 · 5 yrs

United Kingdom

Drax Group PLC (LSE : DRX ) is a FT-SE, London Stock Exchange listed entity operating in the Energy sector . During Kavita's period of service the company transformed from being a 4000 MW coal fired generation asset , to a 100% renewable power generator . Kavita built an award winning legal team , including a specialist energy and commodities trading legal team and led on the execution of strategic corporate transactions including : - - Installation of new technologies including the largest steam turbine modernisation project saving 1 million tonnes of CO2 a year ; - Retrofits to plant including flue desulpurisation equipment removing 90% of SO2 from flue gas emissions and over fire air technology on boilers reducing emissions of NOX ; - Led lnegotiations for Drax's multi - currency RCF facility , asset backed commodity trading facilities , and various equity placements Kavita concurrently led the enterprise compliance function establishing a "gold standard " compliance infrastructure including membership of Transparency International . She served as a member of the Senior Leadership Team and as a member of the Company's corporate risk committee managing enterprise risk.