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10 Mars legal leaders
These ten current Mars legal leaders hold general counsel, associate general counsel and assistant general counsel roles across Mars Snacking, Mars Food & Nutrition, Mars Petcare businesses, litigation, global customers and regional markets at Mars. A reader can learn how legal leaders work at Mars from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Andrew Tsai
LinkedInExperience: General Counsel, Food North America · Mars
General Counsel, Food North America at Mars since May 2019, with an Associate General Counsel, Intellectual Property - Marketing Properties row at Mars from 2014 also listed as current. Andrew was Counsel - Intellectual Property at Mars (2011–2014) and Corporate Counsel at Smurfit Westrock (2007–2011).
Brendan Gardiner
LinkedInExperience: Associate General Counsel - Litigation · Mars
Associate General Counsel - Litigation at Mars since August 2026. Brendan was Vice President & Deputy General Counsel at ADM (2024–2025), Chief Litigation & Regulatory Counsel at ADM (2017–2023) and Lead Counsel, International Trade at Caterpillar Inc. (2014–2016), and was a partner at SouthBank Legal (2025–2026).
Christiane Dahlbender
LinkedInExperience: Associate General Counsel, Global Customers, Mars Inc. · Mars Inc.
Associate General Counsel, Global Customers at Mars Inc. since January 2024, and former Associate General Counsel Antitrust & Global Customers (2020–2024), Associate General Counsel Compliance EMEA & Global Sales (2017–2020) and Associate General Counsel, Europe (Food) (2015–2017) at Mars.
Meredith Wells
LinkedInExperience: Associate General Counsel, Mars Food & Nutrition North America · Mars
Associate General Counsel, Mars Food & Nutrition North America at Mars since July 2026, and former Senior Legal Counsel at Mars (2024–2026). Meredith was Managing Director (2020–2023), Senior Director (2018–2020) and Director (2017) at Morae, and the profile lists the Mars role at director level.
Myriah Gambrell-Glenn
LinkedInExperience: Global General Counsel, Mars Snacking · Mars
Global General Counsel, Mars Snacking at Mars since December 2025, and former General Counsel, Mars Pet Nutrition (2023–2025) and Chief Compliance Officer, Mars Inc (2019–2023) at Mars. Myriah was also Associate General Counsel - Global Cocoa/Sustainability & R&D/IP-Patents & Technology at Mars (2018–2019).
Nicole Nice
LinkedInExperience: Associate General Counsel, Global Marketing & Innovation · Mars Snacking
Associate General Counsel, Global Marketing & Innovation at Mars Snacking since April 2026, and former Assistant General Counsel - Food Law (2018–2023), Global Director of External Affairs (2015–2018) and North America Policy Director (2012–2015) at Mars, Incorporated. Nicole was Global General Counsel at Champion Petfoods (2024–2026).
Richard Kindred
LinkedInExperience: Assistant General Counsel, UK, Ireland and Nordics, Mars Pet Nutrition · Mars
Assistant General Counsel, UK, Ireland and Nordics, Mars Pet Nutrition at Mars since January 2025, with a headline that reads General Counsel, UK, Ireland & Nordics, Mars. Richard was Senior Legal Counsel, Global Digital and Commercial at Diageo (2022–2025) and Legal Director, Diageo Global Travel (2017–2018).
Tim Hirsch
LinkedInExperience: General Counsel, Mars Science & Diagnostics · Mars
General Counsel, Mars Science & Diagnostics at Mars since February 2023, and former General Counsel and Head of Business Development - Kinship (a Division of Mars Petcare) at Mars (2020–2023). The profile says Tim leads the global legal team for Mars Science & Diagnostics, a division of Mars Petcare.
Yolanda Fortunato Jameson
LinkedInExperience: Associate General Counsel, IMO · Mars
Associate General Counsel, IMO at Mars since September 2024, and former Assistant General Counsel, Corporate Development (2021–2024) and General Counsel, BluePearl Specialty Emergency Pet Hospital (2016–2021) at Mars. Yolanda was an attorney at Carlton Fields (2010–2016).
Zara Khalid
LinkedInExperience: Assistant General Counsel · Mars
Assistant General Counsel at Mars since May 2026. The profile says the role covers legal strategy, litigation, compliance and commercial advice for AMEA and Asia Mars Snacking. Zara was Legal Director AMEA at Kellanova (2024–2026) and Head of Legal, Developing Markets, Africa & Middle East at Reckitt (2021–2024).
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- 01How should a company with several large business segments split legal work between segment and central teams?
- 02What should an in-house litigation team handle directly for a consumer food company?
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