Tonia practised law for over 25 years, at Linklaters and then in-house at Unilever. During her 20 plus years at Unilever her roles included Chief Legal Officer (2010 – 2013), Group Secretary (2010 - 2018), General Counsel, Corporate Governance (2015 - 2018) and General Counsel for the UK and Ireland (2003 - 2010).
Her experience at Unilever included being an advisory member of the Unilever Executive Committee, corporate governance adviser to the Unilever Boards and Director of Unilever UK/Ireland, as well as seats on the Unilever’s Disclosure, Pensions and Equity, Information Protection and IT Investments Committees. Tonia is a member of the External Advisory Committee to Royal London Asset Management’s sustainability funds, a coach/mentor to members of the Legal community and a former member of the GC100 Executive Committee.