Guy Beringer has a portfolio of SME and third sector board appointments, ranging from music in the workplace to the promotion of the rule of law. He is Chair of the Bingham Centre Appeal Board, BAILII, the Temple Music Foundation, SageTech Medical, and City Music Services, and serves as a Director of LegalUK and the National Pro Bono Centre, and a Trustee of BIICL and the Dracaena Centre.

In his first career, Guy was a corporate lawyer and became Senior Partner of Allen & Overy, the global law firm (2000 – 2008). He was appointed Queen’s Counsel (Honoris Causa) in 2006 for his contributions to pro bono and legal services. In 2009, he became Chair of UK Export Finance, the UK’s export credit agency, and in 2016 was awarded a CBE for services to export finance and pro bono work in the legal sector.

He played a key role in transforming the College of Law into The Legal Education Foundation, where he served as Chair until 2021. He also chaired the Taskforce on Business Ethics and the Legal Profession, which produced its report with the Institute of Business Ethics in 2023.

His current interests lie in the role legal systems play in enabling individual fulfilment and collective economic prosperity. He is working on projects to highlight the value of English law as a global commercial platform and to show how ESG initiatives depend on business investment in rule of law principles. He also co-founded BCKR, an organisation that encourages lawyers to take on board roles beyond legal practice.

He is the author of Tales from Port Navas Creek, a trilogy of illustrated children’s books inspired by his seven grandchildren and the Cornish woodland where the stories are set. The books follow seven young woodland creatures as they take on the wicked Crow dynasty — weaving together themes of justice, courage, and imagination, with more than a few courtroom twists. The books are beautifully illustrated by his wife, Margaret Beringer.

Outside of his professional work, Guy has played rugby against the New Zealand All Blacks, sung Papageno on stage in an amateur production of Mozart’s Magic Flute at Glyndebourne, and now enjoys sport and music from a safe distance. He is married to Margaret, and they have three daughters and seven grandchildren. They divide their time between London, Cornwall and North Wales.