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 Social Responsibility Intuit partners with The Farmlink Project to address climate change and combat food waste Life at Intuit How to become a better trans+ and non-binary ally Life at Intuit Here’s how women at Intuit inspire inclusion Taxpayer Empowerment Powering prosperity for women means addressing gender inequities in the tax code Job Readiness Powering prosperity, one community at a time Taxpayer Empowerment Setting the record straight on tax preparation Small Business Intuit acquires IP and hires talent from Proper Finance Canada Growing with Intuit Social Responsibility Intuit and Khan Academy team up to offer free financial education to students and teachers Innovative Thinking A new tool to make taxes more transparent