Mark Schwarz

Group General Counsel, Public Policy & Legal Operations Vontier

Mark is Group General Counsel, Head of Public Policy and Legal Operations at Vontier Corporation (VNT:NYSE).

He leads the global legal function of one of the Vontier businesses and Public Policy and Legal Operations for all of Vontier. Vontier is a public global industrial technology company with a variety of businesses focused on smarter transportation and mobility including brands such as Gilbarco, Matco, DRB and Invenco.

In his legal operations role he drives simplification, automation and efficiencies including managing Vontier's technology stack which is always evolving.

Prior to joining Vontier Mark had over 30 years' experience as a corporate attorney in both private practice, as in-house counsel and growing and running businesses. He has extensive experience in M&A, an MBA from the University of Warwick and law and economics degrees from Monash University in Australia.

Mark started his career in large law firms in Australia and London and once worked for the Virgin group in a business development role.

Agenda Day 1

8:50 AM PANEL DISCUSSION: FLIP THE SCRIPT - SWITCHING FROM A RESISTANCE TO ENABLEMENT MINDSET TO WIN CHANGE MANAGEMENT

The word "resistant" is commonly used to describe in-house lawyers' attitude to change management - a concept often discussed amongst peers on a high level. But by taking a two-fold approach of exploring why said resistance exists, and focusing on positively engaging lawyers, legal operations leaders can achieve effective change that sticks. Negative framing of people is antithetical to how leaders can think about their talent as an asset that can be leveraged for a more sustainable, and impactful change. To concentrate on the behavioural and psychological training as much as the technological could be the key to transformation.

Learn to instil a sense of positivity, engagement and motivation for lawyers to become self-starters around change
Consider change initiatives where each step delivers standalone value, and high-impact change
Explore the advantage of using change management models, such as ADKAR, frameworks to overcome the fear factor of transformation
Discuss building implementation muscle memory in legal teams so that successful frameworks can be reused

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