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14 February 2018
Lumileds appoints Cheree McAlpine as senior VP & general counsel
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LED maker Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA has appointed Silicon Valley veteran Cheree McAlpine as senior VP, general counsel. She joins from global electronic components and services provider Avnet Inc, where she served as VP & general counsel.
“She brings extensive legal and business expertise, which will be extremely valuable to Lumileds,” comments CEO Mark Adams.
Previously, McAlpine served as VP & general counsel of Wyse, which was acquired by Dell in 2012. She was also a senior legal leader at Sun Microsystems. Her areas of expertise include advising executive leaders on strategic and corporate governance matters, as well as providing counsel and management of M&A activities, intellectual property transactions and operations. McAlpine holds a Law Degree from the Suffolk University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Alabama.