Resource Conversations: Making the Case for Budgets, Headcount and Technology to Move the Law Department Forward

Chad is the General Counsel, Secretary and Executive Vice President for Legal and Government Affairs at Sargento Foods, a market leading consumer goods food company.

Previously Chad was the General Counsel for JBS USA and the lead attorney for Swisslog Healthcare Solutions. He is particularly known for using his strong business acumen, sophisticated legal experience, and creative problem solving abilities to build innovative, “solutions-oriented” legal departments that enable the organization’s growth. Throughout his career Chad has shepherded many large M&A deals; guided his clients through high-stakes, complex litigation; and been the driving force behind legislation introduced in the US Congress.

However, most important to Chad, are the successes he’s had in developing young professionals on his teams and encouraging them to realize their full potential. Outside of the office, Chad is committed to community service, the arts, and education. He is often found volunteering with his family and serves as a Director on multiple non-profit boards.

D. Cameron Findlay is senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of Archer Daniels Midland Company, and a member of the company’s Executive Council.

In this role, Findlay oversees the global Legal, Compliance, Regulatory, Government Relations and Insurance functions. Findlay joined ADM in July 2013. Before that, he served from 2009 through 2013 as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary for Medtronic, Inc., the world’s largest medical device manufacturer.

Prior to joining Medtronic, he served from 2003 to 2009 as executive vice president and general counsel of Aon Corporation, the leading global insurance, risk management and human resources firm. He has also practiced law as a partner in the global law firm now known as Sidley Austin LLP.

In addition to his time as a lawyer and businessperson, Findlay has had a distinguished career in government service, including at the White House as deputy assistant to President George H. W. Bush, at the U.S. Department of Labor as the deputy secretary of labor, at the U.S. Supreme Court as a law clerk for Justice Antonin Scalia, and at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit as a law clerk for Judge Stephen F. Williams.

Findlay holds a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University, a master’s degree from Oxford University, which he attended as a Marshall Scholar, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Amy is the Corporate Counsel at BCD Travel.