Shujath Bin Ali is the Global General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer at Re Sustainability Limited. A graduate in Commerce and Law, he has done Masters in Law in Alternate Dispute Resolution & International Commercial Arbitration. A Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, he has attended executive education programs on strategy, general management and leadership from Harvard University, Massachusetts, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, and National Law School, Bengaluru. He was also a member of Toastmasters International and lead various initiatives in the development of leadership and communication skills for professionals and students. Shujath served as Senior Director-Legal, Risk Management & Company Secretary and Compliance Officer at Parexel International–India, providing strategic corporate legal advice and operational legal support for India operations. Prior to that, he was a Senior Legal Counsel & Corporate Secretary for International Paper-India.
He worked as Associate Vice President-Legal & Corporate Secretary for Deloitte US-India offices and has overall 21 years of experience in the areas of governance, compliance, risk management and corporate, commercial and employment laws. He is credited for working in diverse industries like pharma, information technology, professional services and manufacturing.
Shujath was awarded India’s Finest In-House Counsels by Indian Corporate Counsel Association, supported by the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Law & Justice; named as one of the Top 100 General Counsels in India by Legal 500 (2016 and 2018); bagged the Young Achievers Award – Top 40 young lawyers under the age of 40 by Legal Era; Top 100 General Counsels in India by Business World, Forbes India (2020); and Top 10 Chief Compliance Officers in India by CEO Insights (2020). Shujath regularly speaks at the national and international conferences and presents white papers for professional journals on topics relating to ESG, Sustainability, Governance, Risk & Compliance Management, Leveraging Technology.
I strongly believe in continuous learning and working with passion to create win-win situations and aspire to grow personally and professionally while helping others and creating value for the organisations and clients
It has been a pleasure to see Shujath grow professionally and personally over the last 17 years. He brings curiosity, commitment to excellence, ability to leverage technology, and focus on business goals too and some of these are often not seen by legal counsels as very critical to their roles. Wishing him more success in his career and life
V. Pashupati Kumar
Managing Director- Risk & Financial Advisory, Practice Leader, Deloitte US India Offices
He loves to share knowledge, believes in networking and building relationships. The positive attitude enables him to learn from people he comes across and he prides himself in bringing new ideas to the table. His source of learning is his two children, who inspire him and bring him joy.
