Apple today announced that Katherine Adams, former senior vice president and general counsel for Honeywell, will join the company as general counsel and senior vice president of global and legal security, reporting directly to CEO Tim Cook.
Before joining Honeywell in 2003, Adams was a partner at Sidley Austin in New York. Earlier in her career, she was a Supreme Court Judge Sandra Day O'Connor; as a trial attorney for the United States Department of Justice, Appeal Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division; and as a law clerk for Stephen Breyer, then chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Kate Adams, new general counsel and senior vice president of global and legal security at Apple.She earned a BA in Comparative Literature from Brown University and a law degree from the University of Chicago School of Law.
But why the sudden change? For a fair reason: Bruce Sewell, current senior vice president and general counsel (has been in office since 2009), retiring at the end of the year.
Here is Tim Cook's statement:
We are excited to welcome Kate to our team. She is an experienced leader with excellent judgment and who has worked on a wide variety of legal cases globally. Throughout her career, she has also been an advocate for many of the values ​​that Apple believes. Bruce has our best wishes for his retirement, after eight years of dedicated Apple service and a tremendously successful career. He tirelessly defended our intellectual property, our customers' right to privacy and our values. Bruce has set a new standard for general counsel and I am proud to have worked with him and to call him a friend.
Adams also said:
Apple had a tremendous impact on the world and an honor to join the team. I am excited to help Apple continue to grow and evolve around the world, protecting its ideas and intellectual properties, and upholding our shared values.
Tim Cook (CEO) and Bruce Sewell (current senior vice president and general counsel for Apple).Sewell's words:
Having worked with this amazing executive team and all the incredibly smart people at Apple, especially my colleagues in legal and global security, has been the honor of life. The years I spent on this job were the most rewarding of my career. I am delighted that Kate is joining and I know that she will be a great asset.
Good rest for Sewell; and that Adams has a successful career at Apple!
