David Hanssens is president of Consulting Services for North American Legal. He oversees Hildebrandt International, the world's leading provider of management consulting services to the legal profession; Baker Robbins & Company, the premier technology consulting firm serving large law firms and corporate legal departments; and Thomson Reuters Litigation Consulting, a leading e-discovery and litigation management consulting business.

Mr. Hanssens most recently served as executive vice president and chief strategy officer for the Thomson Legal & Regulatory market group, where he led development and implementation of the segment's strategy in the global legal, regulatory and business markets.

Prior to joining Thomson, Mr. Hanssens served as managing director of The Parthenon Group. In this role, he oversaw Parthenon's relationship with Thomson, which included working on the merger of Thomson Legal Publishing and West Publishing; assisting with strategy development for many Thomson businesses; and providing consultation on acquisitions, global market trends and customer relationships. During his career with Parthenon, Mr. Hanssens also provided strategic consulting for McGraw-Hill, MacMillan and Houghton Mifflin.

Before joining Parthenon, Mr. Hanssens served as the director of Business Planning & Strategy for the Beverages Group at PepsiCo, and was an engagement manager with Bain & Company in its information industry practice. He graduated from Cornell University and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.