Deere & Company Appoints Kellye Walker to Chief Legal Officer

Kellye Walker will join Deere & Company as senior vice president, chief legal officer, and worldwide public affairs on April 29, according to a Monday news release.

Walker, who will succeed Mary Jones as general counsel, was previously the vice president and chief legal officer at Eastman Chemical Company, Deere said.

She also held the roles of executive vice president and chief legal officer at Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., an engineering and defense technology provider, chief administrative officer at American Water Works Co., senior vice president and general counsel for Diageo North America, and senior vice president, general counsel, ...