Abbott Martin helps General Counsel become more effective organizational and department leaders. He works with hundreds of legal leaders, supporting them on a range of priorities including assessing and improving board processes and corporate governance practices, developing legal department strategy, identifying and assessing risks and enhancing their roles as key organizational leaders.
In addition to advising individual clients, Abbott leads Gartner's research efforts in areas such as personal leadership, strategic risk management, legal and regulatory trends and organizational risk alignment.
Abbott Martin has worked as a Research Leader serving General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officers, and Heads of Enterprise Risk Management. He has 20+ years of experience managing research initiatives for public, private and nongovernmental organizations and authoring and co-authoring studies on topics such as compliance risk management, legal transformation, GC leadership, board management and executive decision-making. Abbott is focused on improving the efficiency and efficacy of legal/compliance/risk management processes to strengthen organizational risk management and firm performance. He believes that innovations in legal service and delivery are critical drivers of company performance and long-term economic growth.
Institutional Shareholder Services, Senior Research Analyst, 2 years
General Counsel, Board and C-Suite Support
Legal and Compliance Risk Management Process
Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Johns Hopkins University.
Improving General Counsel personal leadership, time management, workload prioritization, and executive partnerships
Assessing and improving corporate governance practices and board processes
Managing emerging legal, regulatory, and social risks
Creating legal department strategy
Conducting legal and compliance risk assessment