An accomplished attorney with a wealth of experience in corporate oversight and compliance matters, Anna Richo has served as an executive vice president and general counsel for UCB since 2012. Recognized by the news site FiercePharma as one of the “Top 15 Women in Pharma,” Anna Richo has been a member of multiple groups that promote the accomplishments of women and minorities in the business sector. One of these groups was the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA). Lauded by organizations ranging from the Association of Corporate Counsel and the National LGBT Bar Association, the MCCA is a preeminent voice on matters of diversity within the legal profession. The MCCA’s chief executive, Jean Lee, recently commented on a decision by Facebook to demand more diversity in its outside legal counsel. Facebook announced the policy in late 2016. Its key provision stipulates that at least 33 percent of all law personnel working on Facebook’s behalf must be women and/or ethnic minorities. Jean Lee pointed out that the former lack of diversity on Facebook’s legal team is far from unusual, calling law the least diverse white-collar profession.
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AuthorAs of November 1, 2012, Anna Richo became Executive Vice President and General Counsel of UCB, a biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. Archives
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