Rashida La Lande will join Kraft Heinz as its new global general counsel and corporate secretary in mid-January 2018. Currently a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in New York, La Lande has 18 years of experience representing companies and private equity sponsors in the CPG, retail, financial services, and technology industries.
She replaces Jim Savina, who has decided to leave the business to pursue other opportunities.
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