The Global In-House profile spotlights an in-house counsel leader in an international role. The questions are consistent from one profile to another. Today we profile Thomas Kim, based in New York City, who is both chief compliance officer for Thomson Reuters and general counsel of the Global Growth Organization (GGO, Thomson Reuters’ emerging markets business). Thomson Reuters has operations in more than 100 countries, a revenue base of approximately $12.2 billion, and over 50,000 employees.
As chief compliance officer, Kim oversees compliance across the global enterprise, with 21 subject-matter expert lawyers and compliance professionals in Thomson Reuters’ major business centers. As GC for emerging markets, Kim leads a function supporting all businesses across Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Asia, with a legal team of 32 legal generalists in 10 regions.
