May Lin Chew is an experienced international energy, oil & gas, and chemicals lawyer.
She is the general counsel and executive manager of governance & assurance at Western Power where she leads the legal, company secretarial, governance, enterprise risk, forensic, corporate compliance and internal audit functions.
Prior to that, Ms Chew was an international corporate lawyer with Shell for 17 years in the Singapore, London and The Hague offices; advising on large scale infrastructure projects, M&A, joint ventures, downstream commercial and LNG trading & shipping deals. Her last role at Shell was as head of legal & associate general counsel for its multi-billion dollar global LNG trading and Shell Energy businesses based in Singapore where she designed, implemented, resourced and managed the new global legal team, advising the Shell Energy businesses on all legal, regulatory and compliance matters for delivering innovative, reliable and cleaner energy solutions through a portfolio of gas, power and environmental products. Prior to Shell, Ms Chew worked in private practice at Minter Ellison (Perth) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Derringer (Tokyo).
