Lyft Lawyer Ties Functions Together in New Presidential Role

Lyft Inc.‘s move to make general counsel Kristin Sverchek its first-ever president of business affairs will unite core business units while maintaining the same legal reporting structure, the company said.

Sverchek’s new job brings together the legal, people, public policy, supply chain management, business development and chief information officer functions, said Ashley Adams, a Lyft spokeswoman.

Lyft’s law department has been led since 2012 by Sverchek, who joined the company that year as its first legal hire. Her new position was disclosed in a company securities filing Nov. 10. Lindsay Llewellyn, Lyft’s former head of litigation, has succeeeded Sverchek ...