The Mont-Blanc Circle is a private, independent initiative. There are no sponsors involved. The Mont-Blanc Legal Circle for Legal Executives was founded in 2010 by Pascal De Roeck, Managing Director. In 2015, he also created the Mont-Blanc Circle for Compliance Executives and in 2017 the Mont-Blanc Circle for Chief Internal Auditors was created. Each Circle has a six-person Steering Committee that coordinates the activities of the Circle and vets new members. The members of the Mont-Blanc Circles are based in 17 countries throughout Europe (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.) and represent leading companies, most of which are Fortune 500 companies.