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Jack A. Van Woerkom joined The Home Depot as executive vice president general counsel and corporate secretary in June 2007. Jack is responsible for all legal functions worldwide including securities litigation employment mergers and acquisitions real estate operations and regulatory intellectual property and risk management. As corporate secretary he serves as a liaison between the board of directors and the company and is responsible for all corporate governance matters. Jack is also responsible for the company’s government relations and corporate security services.
Jack brings significant global retail experience to his role joining The Home Depot from Staples where he served as executive vice president general counsel and secretary. In that position he was responsible for all legal matters including governance matters of the board of directors securities mergers and acquisitions compliance intellectual property and general corporate issues. He was also instrumental in spearheading Staples’ strategic entry into the Asia market.
Prior to his work in retail Jack served as VP and general counsel for Teradyne Inc. a publicly traded semiconductor chip testing manufacturer. Before that he was chief legal counsel vice president of development and managing director of Europe for A.W. Chesterton.
A native of Muskegon Michigan Jack received his Bachelor of Science in Finance from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his Juris Doctor degree from the Boston University School of Law. | 