<Li> Provide a forum for practical and business focused input on key areas of legislative and policy reform common to UK listed companies . </Li> <Li> Enable members to share best practice in relation to law, risk management, compliance and other areas of common interest . </Li> <P> Membership of the GC100 is by invitation only . At the AGM on the 16 January 2007 members voted in favour of extending membership to company secretaries as well as general counsel in the FTSE 100 . The formal name of the GC100 is now "The Association of General Counsel and Company Secretaries of the FTSE100", although it will continue to be known as the GC100 . </P> <P> Mark Harding, the first chair of the GC100, has stated that the GC100 is not a campaigning body, although they work closely with the FD100 (a similar grouping of blue chip finance directors). </P>

Difference between general counsel and chief legal officer