Leadership

Backstory Appoints Shilpa Varma As CTO To Lead Enterprise AI Engineering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 14, 2026

Backstory has appointed Shilpa Varma as Chief Technology Officer, bringing in an experienced enterprise software and AI engineering leader as the company scales its revenue intelligence platform with enterprise customers.

Horizon3 Promotes Ellen Sundra To Chief Customer Officer As Customer Base Surpasses 7,000 Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 14, 2026

Horizon3 has promoted Ellen Sundra to Chief Customer Officer, expanding her responsibilities across six customer-facing functions as the cybersecurity company continues to scale its NodeZero Proactive Security Platform.

WIN Expands Executive Leadership Team With Three Appointments Following Rapid Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 14, 2026

WIN has expanded its executive leadership team with three newly created roles as the fertility and family support benefits company approaches one million families supported.

Troutman Pepper Locke Adds Jason Gosselin, Kate Villanueva, Christopher Petillo And Emily Jolly As Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 14, 2026

Troutman Pepper Locke has expanded two of its key practices with the addition of four partners, strengthening its insurance litigation capabilities in Philadelphia and its energy regulatory platform in Austin.

Choreo Names Gabriel Rodriguez As Chief Technology Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 14, 2026

Choreo appointed Gabriel Rodriguez as Chief Technology Officer, adding a veteran wealth management technology executive to lead the firm’s advisor technology, platform integration, and artificial intelligence strategy.

Squire Patton Boggs Adds Real Estate Partners Rachel Kerr And James Eddowes In Birmingham

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 14, 2026

Squire Patton Boggs has expanded its Real Estate Practice Group with the appointment of partners Rachel Kerr and James Eddowes in Birmingham. Both lawyers join the firm from Gowling WLG and bring extensive experience advising investors, developers, and private equity clients on significant real estate transactions.

GDS Associates Appoints Gary Cooley As Chief Financial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 14, 2026

Inter Appoints Francisco Santos As Chief Growth Officer And Expands Alexandre Riccio’s Leadership Role

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 14, 2026

Inter & Co. is evolving its senior leadership structure, with Francisco Santos expected to join the company as Senior Vice President and Chief Growth Officer and Alexandre Riccio taking on an expanded group-level role as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

State Street Elects Alexander Vollert To Board of Directors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 14, 2026

State Street Corporation announced the election of Alexander Vollert to its Board of Directors, adding an executive with more than two decades of leadership experience across global financial services, technology, operations, and large-scale transformation.

Stifel Europe Names Harry Brun Managing Director in Global Technology Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 14, 2026

Stifel Europe has appointed Harry Brun as a Managing Director in its Global Technology Group, based in London. The hire expands the firm’s European technology and software investment banking capabilities, particularly across enterprise application software and cybersecurity.

Hall & Wilcox Adds Andrew Klein As Partner To Strengthen Canberra And Commonwealth Government Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 14, 2026

Hall & Wilcox appointed Andrew Klein as a partner in Canberra, strengthening the firm’s national employment and Commonwealth Government practices.

Jones Walker Names Ted Jones As Head Of Baton Rouge Office

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 14, 2026

Jones Walker appointed Ted Jones as head of its Baton Rouge office, effective September 1, 2026.

Dilworth Paxson Adds Stephen Lazare, Yale Glazer, And Andrew Premisler To New York Insurance Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 14, 2026

Dilworth Paxson added Stephen M. Lazare, Yale Glazer, and Andrew M. Premisler to its Insurance Services Group in New York, expanding the firm’s capabilities in complex insurance coverage counseling and litigation. The team joins from Lazare Potter Glazer & Moyle.

McDermott Will & Schulte Adds Paul Kovachev As Real Estate Finance Partner In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 14, 2026

Withers Launches Japan Disputes Practice With Partner Hiroko Nihei

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 14, 2026

International law firm Withers has launched an arbitration and litigation practice in Tokyo, adding partner Hiroko Nihei and expanding the firm's dispute capabilities in Japan. Nihei joins Withers from Hillford Law, which she co-founded after O'Melveny & Myers closed its Tokyo practice.

Debevoise Adds Brianna Van Kan As Intellectual Property And Technology Transactions Partner In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 14, 2026

Debevoise & Plimpton added Brianna van Kan as a partner in its Intellectual Property & Technology Transactions Group in New York.

Weil Adds Shu Du As Partner To Launch Asia Capital Markets Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 14, 2026

Weil, Gotshal & Manges appointed Shu Du as a partner in its Corporate practice in Hong Kong, where she will lead the firm’s newly launched Asia Capital Markets practice.

Willkie Adds Kruti Trivedi As Litigation Partner In Chicago

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 14, 2026

Willkie Farr & Gallagher added Kruti Trivedi as a partner in its Litigation Department in Chicago, expanding the firm’s trial, investigations, white-collar, and crisis management capabilities.

Polsinelli Adds Zach Manning As Shareholder In Restructuring & Strategic Capital Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 14, 2026

Polsinelli added Zach Manning as a shareholder in its New York Restructuring & Strategic Capital Practice, expanding the firm’s capabilities in complex financings, strategic transactions, and restructurings.

WealthStream Names Larry Roth To Strategic Advisory Board

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 13, 2026

WealthStream appointed Larry Roth to its Strategic Advisory Board as the company expands its Advice Intelligence platform across the wealth management industry.

Moritt Hock & Hamroff Adds Seven Law School Graduates To 2026 Incoming Class

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 13, 2026

Moritt Hock & Hamroff welcomed seven law school graduates to its 2026 incoming class, adding junior legal talent across several of the firm’s practice areas and offices.

Bank Of America Tops 300 Hires In Belfast As It Advances Toward 1,000-Job Commitment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 13, 2026

Bank of America has hired more than 300 people in Belfast, marking a major milestone toward its commitment to create up to 1,000 roles in Northern Ireland.

Carson Group Names Matt Humphrey As Divisional President Of Integrated Advisor Channel

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 13, 2026

Carson Group named Matt Humphrey Divisional President of its integrated advisor channel and appointed him to the firm’s executive leadership team.

Mesirow Names Paul Arnold As Managing Director And Head Of Investment Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 13, 2026

Mesirow appointed Paul Arnold as Managing Director and Head of Investment Solutions for Mesirow Wealth Management, strengthening the firm’s investment research, portfolio construction, and manager due diligence capabilities.

Shore To Summit Wealth Management Names James Dunn As Managing Principal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 13, 2026

Shore to Summit Wealth Management appointed James Dunn as Managing Principal, adding a veteran wealth management professional with more than three decades of experience.

Clifford Chance Adds Former New York Jets General Counsel Jill Kelley As Partner In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 13, 2026

Clifford Chance added Jill Kelley as a partner in New York, strengthening the firm’s entertainment and sports capabilities and its broader private capital offering.

Milbank Adds Jarrett Doe As Energy And Infrastructure Finance Partner In Chicago

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 13, 2026

Milbank added Jarrett Doe as a partner in its Global Project, Energy & Infrastructure Finance Group in Chicago, continuing the firm’s expansion in energy and infrastructure finance.

Snowflake Names Jeff Naughton As Technical Fellow To Advance Data Systems For The Agentic Enterprise

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 13, 2026

Snowflake appointed Jeff Naughton as Technical Fellow, adding one of the database industry’s most prominent researchers to help shape the company’s data infrastructure for the AI era.

Sidus Space Appoints Larry G. Swets Jr. To Board And Names Him Audit Committee Chair

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 13, 2026

Sidus Space appointed Larry G. Swets Jr., CFA, to its Board of Directors as an independent director, effective October 5, 2026.

Draganfly Establishes U.S. Defense Subsidiary And Names Thomas Modly As Chairman

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 13, 2026

Draganfly established Draganfly Defense USA, a dedicated U.S. defense subsidiary designed to support the company’s expansion across defense and national security markets.