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Michael Holston has been closely involved in the separation of GE into three independent companies Michael Holston, senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of General Electric Company (GE), is preparing to leave the firm as it approaches the completion of its spin-off transactions. GE in 2021 revealed its plan to form three independent public companies focused on aviation, healthcare and energy. GE HealthCare was spun off last year. GE announced Holston’s departure in its latest proxy statement, stating it was agreed ‘[i]n anticipation of the planned spin-off of GE Vernova in early April 2024’ and that he became…

Company has faced scrutiny following last year’s derailment of one of its trains Norfolk Southern Corporation has hired Angie Kolar as vice president and chief compliance officer, effective April 9. It is a new strategic position at the company. She will report to executive vice president for corporate affairs and chief legal officer Nabanita Nag. In her new role, Kolar will be responsible for overseeing Norfolk Southern’s business ethics and compliance function. ‘She will work closely with our enhanced safety function to advance Norfolk Southern’s safety culture and drive engagement throughout the organization,’ the company says in a statement. ‘Kolar…

Deirdre Stanley has been with the firm since 2019 Ira Millstein, a ‘legend’ in the corporate governance world, senior partner with Weil Gotshal & Manges and founding chair of The Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership at Columbia Law School, has died aged 97, his firm has announced. Weil executive partner Barry Wolf says in a statement: ‘The legal community has lost a true visionary. We mourn the loss of our partner and friend and celebrate his achievements and his role in shaping Weil into the firm it is today.’ The Council of Institutional Investors (CII) says in…

Shiv O’Neill was previously deputy general counsel for the Americas at the company – The Wall Street Journal (paywall) reported that JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines terminated their merger agreement, weeks after a judge ruled that the $3.8 bn deal would reduce competition and harm cost-conscious fliers. The airlines had appealed the judge’s January ruling but said on Monday they had come to the conclusion that they probably couldn’t overcome the legal and regulatory hurdles. JetBlue CEO Joanna Geraghty told employees the federal court ruling and the US Department of Justice’s (DoJ) continued opposition made the probability of prevailing anytime…

Lanesha Minnix to join the company on April 15 Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has named Lanesha Minnix as the company’s next global chief legal officer (CLO) and executive vice president, effective April 15. Minnix will join WBA from Ecolab, where she has been executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. She will report to WBA chief executive Tim Wentworth and oversee the company’s global legal, compliance, corporate governance and corporate security functions. According to her LinkedIn profile, Minnix joined Ecolab in 2022. Before that she was senior vice president and CLO for Flowserve, leading the company’s legal, compliance and…

Uma Amuluru is a former prosecutor and White House attorney Boeing is promoting the general counsel of its defense business to become the company’s chief human resources officer and executive vice president, effective April 1. Uma Amuluru is currently vice present and general counsel to Boeing defense, space and security. She will succeed Michael D’Ambrose, who has announced his plan to retire. In her new role, Amuluru will be responsible for Boeing’s talent planning, global talent acquisition, learning and development, compensation and benefits, employee and labor relations and diversity and inclusion initiatives. She will report to Boeing president and CEO…

Julie DeCecco has been with the company since 2017 NYSE-listed Vail Resorts has promoted Julie DeCecco to general counsel and executive vice president. DeCecco was previously the company’s deputy general counsel and vice president. She joined Vail Resorts in 2017 as associate general counsel and the following year was promoted to deputy general counsel. She oversees legal matters for the company’s corporate functions in addition to its mountain division, comprising 41 mountain resorts across 15 states and four countries. She also heads up the company’s real estate division and previously led community relations. Before joining Vail Resorts, DeCecco was associate…

David Antczak is a company veteran Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has appointed David Antczak as its new senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, following the recent departure of Rishi Varma to Cargill. Antczak is named in his new role in HPE’s 2024 proxy statement, filed earlier this month. According to his LinkedIn profile, he has been with the company for almost nine years and before that was with HP for more than four years before the two companies were separated. Most recently Antczak was head of HPE’s global workplace organization, a role in which he was responsible for…

Vaishali Bhatia to resign next month for a new role Vaishali Bhatia, executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of HF Sinclair Corporation, is stepping down next month. According to an SEC filing, Bhatia told the company’s board she will resign, effective March 15, 2024, to pursue another opportunity. The filing states that Bhatia’s resignation is not the result of any disagreement with the company or the board. HF Sinclair Corporation was created in March 2022 as the new parent company of HollyFrontier Corporation and Holly Energy Partners. HF Sinclair completed the acquisition of Holly Energy Partners last December.…

Tom Mattei joined the luxury retail company in 2020 The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) has raised concerns over plans to implement corporate governance guidelines for a range of banks that it says may impact boards outside the industry. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has proposed guidelines that would ‘establish standards’ for corporate governance and risk management that would apply to non-member banks – those that are not members of the US Federal Reserve System, usually state-chartered banks – and others such as state-licensed insured branches of foreign banks with consolidated assets of $10 bn or more. The…