Grant dixton biography

General Motors (GM) has hired Grant Dixton as executive vice president and chief legal and public policy officer, effective July

Dixton most recently was chief legal officer of Activision Blizzard, a role he took on in Before that he spent 15 years at Boeing, during which time he held several executive-level positions, including most recently general counsel and corporate secretary.

Earlier in his career, Dixton was associate counsel to former president George W Bush from to , a role in which he provided legal advice on domestic policy areas, including environmental matters. According to his LinkedIn account, he was previously an associate at law firm Kirkland & Ellis.

In his new role, he will report to GM chair and CEO Mary Barra and oversee the company’s global legal, compliance, corporate governance, privacy and public policy functions.

Dixton succeeds Craig Glidden, who will now focus his time on Cruise, GM’s self-dr