Global General Counsel change: Daniel B. Bailey resigns, Brian Clayton appointed as SMP
Management change: Daniel B. Bailey has resigned as Global General Counsel and Senior Management Personnel, ceasing with effect from October 2, 2026.
- Effective date of change
- October 2, 2026
- Outgoing officer
- Daniel B. Bailey, Global General Counsel and Senior Management Personnel
- Incoming officer
- Brian Clayton, Global General Counsel and Senior Management Personnel
- Reason for resignation
- resigned from the services of the Company due to personal reasons
- Appointment approved by
- Board of Directors, based on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Two changes with the same effective date
- Mr. Daniel B. Bailey, Global General Counsel and Senior Management Personnel (SMP) of the Company, has tendered his resignation and will cease to hold the position with effect from October 2, 2026.
- The reason recorded for the change is that he resigned from the services of the Company due to personal reasons.
- Mr. Brian Clayton has been appointed as Global General Counsel and SMP of the Company, with effect from October 2, 2026.
- The appointment follows the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and approval by the Board of Directors.
The outgoing officer
- Mr. Bailey's resignation letter, addressed to the Managing Director & Group CEO, is dated October 1, 2026 and states that he is resigning for personal reasons.
- In the letter he refers to his position as EVP, Global General Counsel. The disclosure records his role as Global General Counsel and SMP, with the date of cessation as October 2, 2026.
Profile of the incoming Global General Counsel
- Described as an accomplished legal executive with more than two decades of experience advising global organisations on complex legal, regulatory, compliance, privacy and commercial matters.
- Prior to joining Sagility, he served as Associate General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer at Omnicom Group, where he led the company's global privacy and compliance programs and advised executive leadership on enterprise legal and regulatory matters.
- Before Omnicom, he spent 20 years in senior legal leadership roles at Conduent, a multi-billion-dollar global BPO provider with a significant healthcare business, partnering with business leaders across the healthcare, technology and business services sectors.
- He earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from New York Law School, where he served on Law Review, and holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Nova Southeastern University.
- He is also an Adjunct Professor at Fordham University School of Law, where he teaches Privacy and Cybersecurity Law.
Other disclosures in the update
- The disclosure of relationships between Directors, in the case of the appointment, is marked "Not Applicable".
- For the outgoing officer, the brief profile and the disclosure of relationships between Directors are also marked "Not Applicable".
What this means for investors
This is a change in a senior management position rather than a change in the Board. The resignation and the appointment take effect on the same date, so the Global General Counsel role passes from Mr. Bailey to Mr. Clayton from October 2, 2026. The reason given for the exit is personal, and the incoming officer's background is set out in some detail in the update.
More numbers
- Senior legal leadership experience at Conduent20 years
- Overall legal experience of incoming Global General Counselmore than two decades
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