Imraan Patel

EG GroupGroup General Counsel and Company Secretary

Imraan is EG Group’s General Counsel and Company Secretary having joined the business in 2016. He has over 15 years of experience in negotiating, and delivering legal and commercial advice on complex, frequently high profile transactions around the world. During his tenure, EG Group has grown to be the UK’s second largest private business, with operations spread across 3 continents. Imraan plays a central role in M&A activity and has broader responsibility for all Legal, Compliance and HESS functions. Most recently, he led the acquisition of ASDA for the Issa brothers, and before then EG Group’s entry through transformational transactions in the US, Australia, and across Europe.

Imraan is passionate about improving academic standards in areas of deprivation and to facilitate opportunities and experiences for young people. He has championed progressive people development programs at EG Group, he sits as a trustee of Star Academies (one of the UK’s leading multi academy trusts) and he is a founding Chair of Governors at two Schools in his birth city of Preston.

Prior to joining EG Group, Imraan held a variety of roles at businesses of Orange SA and BT Group plc, and Ashurst LLP. Imraan was one of The Lawyers Hot 100 in 2019.