News Intuit Appoints New Chief People & Places Officer and New General Counsel Intuit has named Laura Fennell Chief People and Places Officer. With a widely-recognized track record of exceptional leadership, Laura served as Intuit’s General Counsel for 14 years. She started her career with the company leading the legal organization, and later expanded her role to include the stewardship of many other teams critical to Intuit’s growth, including Written by Intuit Blog Team Published Aug 15, 2018 - [Updated Nov 9, 2022] 1 min read Intuit has named Laura Fennell Chief People and Places Officer. With a widely-recognized track record of exceptional leadership, Laura served as Intuit’s General Counsel for 14 years. She started her career with the company leading the legal organization, and later expanded her role to include the stewardship of many other teams critical to Intuit’s growth, including security, compliance, data science, and engineering and government relations. She officially began her leadership of the People and Places organization on August 1. Kerry McLean has assumed the role of General Counsel, leading Intuit’s legal, privacy and compliance team. Now in her 13th year with the company, Kerry was most recently Deputy General Counsel, leading the corporate securities, governance, M&A, and Intellectual Property functions, and engaged regularly with Intuit’s Board of Directors and senior leadership team. Kerry previously served in many legal roles, including Legal Business Partner for the Intuit Financial Services business. Kerry is well known for building strong partnerships and high-performing teams across the company. Previous Post Intuit’s 2018 Investor Day Next Post Intuit Fourth Quarter Revenue Up 17 Percent, Full Year Up… Written by Intuit Blog Team More from Intuit Blog Team Browse Related Articles Intuit Experts The Support to Grow your Tax and Bookkeeping Career, Your Way Intuit Experts Flexible Work that Works: Revolutionizing Tax and Bookkeeping Careers with Intuit Intuit Experts How to Become a CPA (A Comprehensive Guide) Intuit Experts 5 Weekend Accounting and Tax Jobs to Boost Your Income People & Culture Closing the gap for women in tech: why mentorship matters Social Responsibility Building Inclusion: supporting career transitions of veterans through mentorship Social Responsibility Building a strong network to grow your career Tech Innovation Global Engineering Days 2023 – a week on the road to beautiful code Global Stories How Intuit’s tech culture helped me grow as an individual and engineer Social Responsibility DEI: Powering prosperity for all