Mark Gregory

Mark Gregory of Rolls Royce Holdings plc

Commentators offer praise for Mark Gregory’s strengths under pressure, reporting that the Rolls-Royce general counsel is “incredibly calm and level-headed, even when things are flying all around him.” This pragmatism was put to the test in recent years following high profile corruption claims brought by regulators in Brazil’s Ministerio Publico Federal, the US Department of Justice and the UK’s Serious Fraud Office arising out of alleged bribery in its overseas subsidiaries, however Gregory and his team demonstrated their excellent quality in securing a settlement with Brazilian and US regulators and negotiating a deferred prosecution agreement in the UK. His approach to resolving the issue earned him the esteem of market insiders, who report: “He handled it with amazing poise and calmness and he engendered a very collegiate spirit.” Gregory joined Rolls-Royce in 2005 and ascended to the general counsel role 10 years later, having previously practiced at Lovells in London and Hong Kong.