Ajay Dua is the General Counsel of IBM Asia Pacific based in Singapore. Ajay has cross-jurisdictional experience having worked on a wide variety of matters ranging from contracts, regulatory, compliance, employment, litigation, acquisitions & divestitures, corporate-secretarial, to general advisory matters.

Ajay is part of the leadership team in Asia Pacific working on transactional as well as strategic matters including responding to regulatory issues. Ajay is
focused on building and strengthening a high-performance team which can be a trusted business enabler. Ajay is involved in regulatory and policy work and engages with a diverse set of stakeholders on such matters.

Ajay has previously been the lead counsel of IBM Middle East & Africa based out of Dubai. Ajay joined IBM in India, which is microcosm of global IBM, and led the legal team in India/South Asia. Ajay has negotiated large complex deals, was the lead counsel for IBM’s strategic expansion in Africa and has also worked as part of the IBM development labs.

Prior to joining IBM, Ajay worked with a law firm dealing with matters such as project financing, privatization, foreign investments, acquisitions and general corporate advisory. Ajay acquired his professional legal qualification in India and is a Qualified Solicitor of England and Wales