President, The Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland, UK

Victoria Penrice is President of The Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland, a position she has held since August 2020. Victoria was Group Company Secretary for Seadrill Limited, a Bermuda registered company listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the Oslo Bors, until June 2020. She joined during a major refinancing which involved placing the group in US Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, restructuring the group and successfully relisting the emerging company on both exchanges. She has held consultancy roles at Rolls-Royce Holdings plc and Royal Mail Group plc. She has also held the position of Company Secretary at The British Land Company PLC, Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation plc and ACE European Group Ltd. Between 2006 and 2010, Victoria served on the committee of the Association of Women Chartered Secretaries (AWCS), serving as President from 2008 until 2010, and continues to be involved with the association, mentoring governance professionals through the AWCS Mentoring Programme. A seasoned writer and conference speaker on company secretarial and governance matters, Victoria has also previously taught corporate secretaryship to students of the Institute’s qualifying scheme at London Metropolitan University and was a member of the GC100 Group from 2011-2014.