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Tonya Robinson was previously acting general counsel of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development Vanguard has hired Tonya Robinson as general counsel and managing director of its legal division. Robinson, who will join Vanguard in October, will be responsible for all legal and compliance activities, public policy and investment stewardship. She will also be secretary of the Vanguard board and Vanguard funds. Robinson is joining the firm from KPMG, where she has been vice chair and general counsel for legal, regulatory and compliance since 2017. Before moving to KPMG, Robinson was acting general counsel of the US Department…

Kimberly Hicks to also lead company’s worldwide defense general counsel team Rolls-Royce has promoted Kimberly Hicks to become general counsel for defense and Rolls-Royce North America (RRNA). Hicks, who is based in Washington, DC, now leads the company’s global defense general counsel team and oversees other general counsel team members located in the US. She also joins the RRNA board, which is accountable for oversight of Rolls-Royce’s special security agreement with the US Department of Defense. Hicks has been interim general counsel for defense and RRNA since January 2024. Before joining Rolls-Royce in 2022 as assistant general counsel, she led…

Amy Tu was most recently chief administrative officer at Tyson Foods Target Corporation has recruited Amy Tu as chief legal and compliance officer and corporate secretary, effective August 25. She succeeds Don Liu, who had announced his upcoming retirement and will move into a strategic advisory role. Tu is joining Target having most recently been group president for international markets and chief administrative officer at Tyson Foods. She began work at Tyson in 2017 as executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary before becoming chief legal officer, secretary and head of global governance and corporate affairs. According to her…

Jamie Gallagher has spent 16 years with the company behind shows such as The Walking Dead Jamie Gallagher, veteran general counsel and executive vice president at AMC Networks, will retire at the end of the year. The company has launched a search for a successor. Gallagher joined AMC Networks in 2008 having previously been executive vice president and general counsel for Tommy Hilfiger Corporation. Before that he spent six years at HSN, formerly known as Home Shopping Network, as executive vice president and general counsel. Earlier in his career he was group counsel at American Express Travel Related Services. Before…

Rashida La Lande had been with the food company since 2018 Rashida La Lande will join The Estée Lauder Companies as executive vice president and general counsel, effective August 19. She will report to William Lauder, executive chair, and Fabrizio Freda, president and CEO. La Lande was previously chief legal and corporate affairs officer at The Kraft Heinz Company. Her decision to step down from the company was announced on Monday in an SEC filing. She joined Kraft Heinz as senior vice president, global general counsel and corporate secretary in January 2018. She was senior vice president, global general counsel…

Katherine Moran Meeks was previously a partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Fox News Media, which is owned by Fox Corporation, has hired Katherine Moran Meeks as general counsel, effective August 19. She will report to CEO Suzanne Scott. Meeks is joining the company from Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, where she has been a partner in the law firm’s Washington, DC office practicing in the litigation department in addition to the appellate and constitutional law and labor & employment groups. Meeks has represented journalists and media companies in libel and other speech-based tort cases. She has litigated appeals in state…