Robert Rigby-Hall
Senior Vice President, Human resource,
Lexis Nexis Group
Online services are the first thing that people seek today to keep going on with the fast paced world. Where information is widely available at the click of a mouse, Lexis Nexis, one of the global providers of workflow solutions to professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, law enforcement, accounting and academic markets, would also come up with extensive online information for the legal practitioners.
On his visit to India on the merger of Lexis Nexis Butterworths with Wadhwa Nagpur, Robert Rigby-Hall, Senior Vice President Human Resources, LexisNexis Group and Managing Director of Lexis Nexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur reiterated the efforts of the group in providing online services all across the world. Spread over 26 countries, Lexis Nexis has a total strength of 18,000 and a turnover of four and a half billion. It is still expanding and Rigby-Hall would remain in India for another three months to see the smooth running of the organisation.
?India has a huge potential and a large print market that is radically adapting to the online business. Thus capitalising on this would be profitable?, says Rigby-Hall.
The Vice President has been to India several times before and he has seen a lot of Jaipur, Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Kerala and Cochin and was planning to go around the city of Delhi on this visit to India. ?India has a long historical and rich cultural background. It is a land of contrast ? nowhere in the world will you find a magnificently built modern building with a shanty town with tents drawn on beside it,? observes Rigby-Halls.
?This often creates a negative impression on foreigners but it is interesting note that I can use my electronic signature card to authenticate any document in India. It is noteworthy as we cannot do this even in the US? he adds. It is essential that people come and see and then decide on what India can offer, he suggests. He feels that India has good infrastructure and is on the right track of development.
However, commenting on the legal framework he says that the country should speed up its legal procedure. He personally feels that every country should have an independent judiciary and that India should employ more judges and be more electronically updated to reduce the time spent on each case. The online services that his organisation would be launching early next year would definitely help the lawyers in getting information more easily.
He is fascinated with Indian food. Ask him which is his favourite cuisine and he would tell you that he would love to eat chicken tikka masala everyday when in India. And as for the people in India, they are very friendly and helpful, says Rigby-Hall.