Caterpillar’s board of directors has appointed Suzette Long as the company’s new general counsel and corporate secretary, effective immediately.
Long has been interim leader of Caterpillar’s law and public policy group for the past several months. The group she will lead includes the company’s legal services division and global government and corporate affairs division. She reports directly to Caterpillar CEO Jim Umpleby.
‘Since she assumed the interim role in February, Suzette has demonstrated outstanding leadership while also establishing herself as a trusted adviser and counselor to myself and other senior executives. She is an excellent addition to Caterpillar’s executive office,’ Umpleby says in a statement.
Long joined the manufacturer of construction and mining equipment in 2004 as an attorney in the firm’s legal department. She has since served in a number of senior corporate attorney positions and was named associate general counsel in 2011. In 2013, she became deputy general counsel for the legal services division, and in that role led the environmental health and safety, product regulatory and investigations groups. In 2015, Long became deputy general counsel leading the legal support for Caterpillar’s energy and transportation unit.
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Ben Maiden is the editor-at-large of Governance Intelligence, an IR Media publication, having joined the company in December 2016. He is based in New York. Ben was previously managing editor of Compliance Reporter, covering regulatory and compliance...
