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John Bennett

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CEO and Founder at Melius
📍 United Kingdom

John Bennett is the CEO and Founder of Melius, a consultancy dedicated to improving legal operations for in-house teams. A graduate of Nottingham Law School, he leverages over two decades of experience as a former General Counsel at Bank of Ireland and Legal COO at Santander to help legal departments operate more like a business.

After two decades as a senior in-house legal leader at major banks, he founded a consultancy to solve the exact operational problems he used to face.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
CEO and Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
United Kingdom
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Legal Operations
His company, Melius, is entirely focused on providing legal operations and technology consulting to help in-house legal teams improve their efficiency and processes.
Legal Tech Adoption
He frequently writes about why legal technology implementations fail, believing teams often buy solutions for problems they haven't properly diagnosed.
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Career

Work history

5-2023
CEO and Founder
Melius
11-2016 - 4-2023
Chief Operating Officer, Legal & Regulatory and Director of Legal
Santander
7-2018 - 11-2020
Board Director
Santander UK Technology Ltd
10-2013 - 10-2016
General Counsel, Bank of Ireland (UK) Plc
Bank of Ireland
12-2011 - 9-2013
Head of Legal, Global Transaction Services
RBS
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Education
Legal Practice Course
Nottingham Law School
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
University of Birmingham
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