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Jun 20, 2024

Seagate Technology appoints legal chief

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 LinkedIn profile, these included corporate leadership responsibilities such as real estate, M&A, labor relations and environmental and remediation matters. Before that he was an attorney with law firm O’Melveny & Myers. 

Seagate CEO Dave Mosley says in a statement: ‘I am thrilled to welcome Jim to our leadership team. As an accomplished public company general counsel, Jim brings a wealth of experience and broad legal knowledge that make him well suited for this role with Seagate. I look forward to his contributions as we continue to innovate breakthrough storage technology to capture the tremendous data-growth opportunities ahead.’

Ben Maiden

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...

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