Bjarne Tellmann

Bjarne Tellmann is a legal strategy and technology advisor at Astellara, bringing 30 years of global corporate legal experience as a seasoned public company General Counsel. The author of an award-winning book, “Building an Outstanding Legal Team”, Bjarne was Founding General Counsel and Member of the Executive at Haleon, a FTSE 20 and the world’s largest consumer healthcare business. He co-led Haleon’s historic de-merger from GSK, the largest spin-off and listing in modern UK history, and he spearheaded the transformation of its +200 person legal, compliance, and security organizations. As CLO and GC at Pearson, a FTSE 100, Bjarne transformed a +200 person legal team and drove a widely acclaimed digital transformation of its legal services model. His career also includes various board roles at public and private companies, and legal roles globally at Coca-Cola, Aramco, Kimberly-Clark, Sullivan & Cromwell, and White & Case.

Bjarne has received numerous professional awards, including “General Counsel of the Year” at The British Legal Awards and the Burton Awards “Legends in the Law”. He has served as Academic Visitor in Law at The University of Oxford, and is an alumnus of various institutions, including Harvard Business School, The University of Chicago, and the London School of Economics. He is currently CEO of FjordStream Advisors, a boutique consultancy specializing in the legal industry.