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Grant Dixton is also a former Boeing general counsel General Motors (GM) has hired Grant Dixton as executive vice president and chief legal and public policy officer, effective July 15. Dixton most recently was chief legal officer of Activision Blizzard, a role he took on in 2021. Before that he spent 15 years at Boeing, during which time he held several executive-level positions, including most recently general counsel and corporate secretary. Earlier in his career, Dixton was associate counsel to former president George W Bush from 2003 to 2006, a role in which he provided legal advice on domestic policy…

Jim Lee was previously general counsel and corporate secretary at Maxar Technologies Mass-capacity data storage company Seagate Technology Holdings has appointed Jim Lee as senior vice president, chief legal officer and corporate secretary. Lee previously spent five years as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary at space technology company Maxar Technologies. According to an announcement from Seagate, during his tenure with Maxar Lee had a successful litigation track record and played a key role in multiple transactions. Before Maxar, Lee spent almost 15 years at Aramark Corporation where he held leadership roles of increasing responsibility. According to his…

Craig Morford to retire in July ExxonMobil has named Jeff Taylor as its new vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. He succeeds Craig Morford, who has announced his retirement, effective July 1. Taylor joined ExxonMobil in May this year from Fox Corporation, where he was executive vice president and general counsel. Before joining Fox, he was deputy general counsel and chief compliance officer for General Motors Co and previously general counsel of Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems. He worked for more than 15 years in the federal government, including as the US Attorney for the District of Columbia from 2006…

Stacy Mitchell joined the utility in 2019 American Water has promoted Stacy Mitchell to become executive vice president and general counsel, succeeding the retiring James Gallegos. Mitchell was previously senior vice president and deputy general counsel, in which role she led American Water’s regulatory strategy and the execution of overall company-wide legal strategies. Before joining American Water in 2019, Mitchell was vice president for rates and regulatory affairs at SJI Utilities in Atlantic City, New Jersey. She also held that position for SJI’s subsidiary, South Jersey Gas. Before her time at SJI, she was an attorney with Cozen O’Connor providing…

Stephen Simcock succeeds Rob Lavet, who is retiring SoFi Technologies has picked Stephen Simcock as the company’s new general counsel. He succeeds Rob Lavet, who is retiring as chief legal officer and moving into an advisory capacity for the company. Simcock is joining SoFi from JPMorgan Chase & Co, where he has been vice chair of the bank’s legal department and general counsel of its retail businesses. According to his LinkedIn profile, he has spent more than nine years at JPMorgan Chase, before which he was the general counsel of Citigroup’s global consumer bank, which operated in more than 40…

Atiba Adams joining doughnut firm from Bausch + Lomb Atiba Adams will join Charlotte, North Carolina-based Krispy Kreme as chief legal officer, effective June 25. In his new role, he will report to Josh Charlesworth, president and CEO. Adams is joining the doughnut company having most recently been senior vice president and deputy general counsel at Bausch + Lomb. According to his LinkedIn profile, he previously spent more than four years based in London as general counsel of Mars Global Petcare. Before that he was general counsel of Mars Global Chocolate, based in New Jersey. Earlier in his career Adams…

Ed Nekritz to retire from role in January after three decades with the company Prologis chief legal officer (CLO) Ed Nekritz will retire from his role, effective January 1, 2025. Deborah Briones, who is at present deputy general counsel, will succeed Nekritz, who will continue to be a senior adviser to the company next year. Briones joined Prologis in 2004 as associate counsel before being promoted to successively more senior roles. She was previously an attorney with Latham & Watkins. In her current position she leads the corporate, energy, mobility, Prologis Essentials and Latin America legal teams and government affairs…

EJ Wunsch has been CLO since 2016 Almost one third of votes cast at Mondelēz International’s AGM last week backed a shareholder proposal asking the snack-maker’s board to ‘commission an independent third-party report… assessing the effectiveness of the company’s implementation of its human-rights policy for operations in conflict-affected and high-risk areas (CAHRAs), including Russia/Ukraine.’ The resolution, filed by Wespath Funds Trust, seeks information in the report that: Analyzes the effectiveness of the policy’s assessment, mitigation and reporting on human-rights risks in CAHRAs, such as Russia and Ukraine Assesses whether ‘additional policies, practices and governance measures are needed to mitigate risks.’…

Rob Berntsen was previously chief of staff and general counsel at BHE Renewables Xcel Energy has recruited Rob Berntsen as the company’s executive vice president and chief legal and compliance officer, overseeing the firm’s legal, compliance and corporate secretary and securities teams. Berntsen most recently was senior vice president, chief of staff and general counsel at BHE Renewables, a Berkshire Hathaway Energy business that develops, owns and operates solar, wind, geothermal and hydroelectric power plants. According to his LinkedIn profile, before that he was senior vice president and general counsel at BHE Infrastructure Group for two years. Berntsen previously worked…

Chad Ho was part of the original management team at Hulu Lumen Technologies has hired Chad Ho as executive vice president and chief legal officer (CLO), effective next month. Ho was part of the original management team at Hulu and spent more than 14 years at the company as general counsel and corporate secretary. Following Hulu’s sale and integration into Disney, he oversaw legal matters for the global business operations across Disney’s TV networks and streaming services. Most recently, Ho was CLO for Sabre Corporation, a travel technology company. Ho succeeds Stacey Goff, who has worked at Lumen and its…