Richard Hill is an experienced senior executive and legal leader. He is currently General Counsel for Downstream and Renewables at Shell, and was previously a partner in an international law firm. He is a Bencher of Gray’s Inn and has served on the boards of several of the world’s leading dispute resolution institutions. Before becoming a lawyer, Richard read music at the University of Cambridge where he was Organ Scholar of Gonville and Caius College, and he is a former Director of Music at the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace. He is also a Governor of King’s College School in Cambridge, which educates the choristers of King’s College Choir. Richard’s career has involved periods living and working in London, Paris, New York and Hong Kong. He now lives in Cambridge and is married to a professional musician with whom he has two teenaged children.