Jillian Elizabeth Charles practices in the area of Compliance & Competition Law at Eaton, a power management company. In this role, she advises senior executives on successful strategies for managing legal and business risk related to corruption, bribery and other high-impact legal issues confronting multi-national companies. She represents Eaton before domestic and international government agencies and conducts internal investigations related to violation of law and policy. Jillian’s practice also covers the full range of competition law, including strategic counseling and merger and acquisitions. Jillian leads the global risk management team within the Law Department.
She joined Eaton in April 2014 from the United States Department of Justice in Washington DC, where she held a number of roles, most recently as an attorney advisor in the Legal Policy Section of the Antitrust Division. Over the years, Jillian has held various positions of increasing responsibility both in private practice and in-house in the areas of U.S. and international competition law, international trade, and compliance.
Jillian is a sought-after speaker in the areas of antitrust, compliance (FCPA/UKBA, Trade Sanctions), Enterprise Risk Management, leadership, and inclusion & diversity. She was recently named to the select list of top competition law corporate counsels by Global Competition Review.
Jillian sits on Eaton’s Executive Women’s Council and the Advisory Board of iConnect, Eaton’s African-American Employee Engagement Group.
Jillian holds a law degree from Cornell Law School (Ithaca, New York) and earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Williams College (Williamstown, Massachusetts), where she received a Ford-Mellon Fellowship.
She serves on the Board of Trustees for her alma mater, Williams College, and has for many years served as a fundraiser for the college. She is an admissions agent for Williams College and has in the recent past served as an administrator for a key endowed gift bequeathed to the school. Jillian is a member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, where she sits on both the Governance Committee and Development Committee.
Jillian resides with her family in Shaker Heights, Ohio, where they enjoy hiking in the national parks, shopping at local farmer markets, and doing jigsaw puzzles on cold winter nights.