Medtronic Gets 3M Law Chief To Join Medical Device Maker in 2022

Medtronic Plc has nabbed 3M Co.'s legal chief, as Ivan Fong joins the medical-device maker Feb. 1 as executive vice president and general counsel.

Fong succeeds Brad Lerman, who is retiring at the end of January in accordance with Medtronic’s mandatory executive officer retirement age of 65, according to a company statement Thursday.

He had been with 3M since 2012 and was the executive vice president, chief legal and policy officer for the past nine months. Before joining the company, he was general counsel at the Homeland Security Department for more than three years during President Barack Obama’s first ...