Bjarne P. Tellmann is CEO of FjordStream Advisors GmbH and a Senior Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics. He previously served as Founding General Counsel and Executive Committee member at Haleon plc (FTSE 20), and as Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel at Pearson plc (FTSE 100).
Bjarne is the author of Building an Outstanding Legal Team (Globe Law and Business, 2017), and he speaks and teaches regularly at numerous academic institutions, including Harvard and the London School of Economics, as well as at leading global conferences and executive leadership forums.
His honours include General Counsel of the Year at the British Legal Awards, the Burton Award for Legends in the Law, and inclusion in the Chambers GC Influencers Global 100.
Bjarne has recently published a new book: Law in the Era of AI: Clients, Firms, and the Future of the Legal Industry (Wiley, 2026).
