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Robert Cox commenced as James Hardie's General Counsel in January 2008 and joined the company’s Managing Board as an Executive Director and as Company Secretary effective 7 May 2008.
Before joining James Hardie Mr Cox was Vice President Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary with PepsiCo Inc. During his five years with PepsiCo Mr Cox was responsible for corporate governance and Sarbanes-Oxley/New York Stock Exchange compliance and managed the corporate law group and the office of Corporate Secretary for the Board of Directors.
His experience also includes 10 years as a partner of the international law firm Bingham McCutchen LLP at offices in Asia and California where he led the business and transactions practice group in corporate governance corporate securities mergers and acquisitions financial services real estate tax and strategic technology transactions.
Mr Cox has a Juris Doctorate from the University of California Berkeley California; and a Master of Arts from the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington DC specialising in International Economics European Studies and American Foreign Policy.
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