Season 12, Episode 5: Disruptive GC - Doing More for Less! (with Vinaya Ganesan)

The future of in-house leadership is bold, efficient, and business-driven. In this episode, Vinaya Ganesan, General Counsel for Europe at Firstsource Solutions, joins Olga Mack to share how GCs can do more with less—without compromising impact, innovation, or team morale.

Drawing on her experience leading legal strategy for billion-dollar deals in tech and global outsourcing, Vinaya redefines what it means to be a modern, business-minded GC. From operationalizing legal strategy to empowering legal teams at every level, she shares actionable insights to elevate legal’s role across the enterprise.

In this conversation, you'll learn:

• How to turn “more for less” into a legal leadership strategy

• How to uncover hidden business pain points—and solve them proactively

• Why empowering legal team members, including paralegals, fuels innovation

• What it takes to build trust and redefine the GC role as a business partner

• Scalable strategies to embed legal in operations and drive business outcomes

Whether you’re a solo counsel, part of a lean legal team, or leading legal at the enterprise level, this episode is packed with insights on building agile, purpose-driven legal functions.