Louise Bennetts

Louise Bennetts is the head of J.P. Morgan’s Board Advisory team and a member of the EMEA Investment Banking and regional M&A management teams. She launched the group in 2021 in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and is based in London.

An experienced regulatory and transactional lawyer, she has a background in advising financial institutions, government and regulatory bodies and large multi-national corporates on a range of cross-border, policy and corporate governance topics, including testifying before the United States Congress on regulatory issues. Throughout her career she has been a trusted media and academic commentator on corporate governance and policy matters, especially in the cross-border context, and is a frequent speaker at industry and academic conferences.

Louise began her career at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in New York City and worked as a senior policymaker in Washington DC before relocating to London to manage J.P. Morgan’s bank regulatory agenda in Europe. She was also involved in the bank’s build-out of its EU operations post-Brexit.

Louise holds a Master of Studies degree from the University of Cambridge as well as first class law and economics degrees from the University of Cape Town. She is affiliated with the Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership (CISL) and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Energy Studies in a research capacity. Her current research focus is on policy alignment in the national and energy security spaces.

A native South African who holds dual British and Dutch nationality, Louise serves on the Board of Ubuntu Pathways, a globally-renowned South African non-profit focused on poverty alleviation and has lived and worked on four continents.