Michele Barker is Legal Counsel and Chief Compliance and Risk Officer at Brandes Investment Partners Europe Limited (“BIPEL”) and has been approved by the Central Bank of Ireland (“CBI”) to perform this role. She is responsible for the legal and compliance function at BIPEL. She previously was responsible for the legal and compliance function at Stepstone Group Europe Limited and prior to that worked in the Regulatory and Compliance Unit at Dillon Eustace where she qualified as a solicitor in 2009. Ms Barker completed her BBLS Degree at University College Dublin in 2005.