Biography

Louise Bennetts leads J.P. Morgan’s Board Advisory team in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, is a member of the Global Advisory Management Team and is based in London.

An experienced regulatory and transactional lawyer, she has a background in advising financial institutions, government and regulatory bodies and large multi-national corporates on a range of cross-border, policy and corporate governance topics, including testifying before the United States Congress on regulatory issues. Louise began her career at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in New York City and worked as a senior policymaker in Washington DC before relocating to London to manage J.P. Morgan’s bank regulatory agenda in Europe. She was also involved in the bank’s build-out of its EU operations post-Brexit.

Louise holds a Master of Studies degree from the University of Cambridge as well as law and economics degrees from the University of Cape Town. She is affiliated with the Cambridge Centre for Interdisciplinary Energy Studies in a research capacity.

Louise serves on the Board of Ubuntu Pathways, a South African non-profit focused on poverty alleviation.