Jeff Vining Email & Phone Number

United States

Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point Area

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Deputy General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Assistant Secretary to Lowe’s Companies, Inc., a Fortune 40 Company, with approximately 300,000 employees and over $95B in revenue. Member of Senior Leadership Team with direct leadership oversight of a global team of 75+ professionals responsible for the Chief Compliance Officer function, Corporate Sustainability, Enterprise Risk Management, and the majority of the legal functions (complex transactions, general liability and commercial litigation, commercial recoveries, regulatory enforcement and investigations, intellectual property, eCommerce, supply chain, technology, certain M&A activities and shareholder matters, and international).Secretary to the Audit Committee, Technology Committee, and Sustainability Committee of the Lowe’s Board of Directors.Oversaw global compliance and ethics program with accountability for development, execution and enforcement of ethics policies and procedures (Code of Ethics, Vendor Code of Conduct), ethics hotline, anti-corruption, antitrust, insider trading, corporate and government investigations, and regulatory.Supervised all commercial, regulatory, and general liability litigation. Managed Sustainability function responsible for developing and executing enterprise wide ESG strategy.Supervised Privacy Office, implementing global enterprise privacy compliance framework and directing execution of data incident response plan and preparedness. Managed certain legal and compliance M&A activities, including brand acquisitions and divestitures of global businesses.Achieved highest employee leadership and engagement scores among the enterprise's senior leadership team for the last 3 years on annual Employee Opinion Survey.Board member of Lowe’s India Pvt., chair of Enterprise Risk Council, and chair of Multi-Gen Business Resource Group.

Took over management of the Corporate Sustainability and Enterprise Risk Management functions in addition to continuing to manage legal groups of 55+ employees responsible for general liability and commercial litigation, commercial and consumer law, technology, intellectual property, supply chain, compliance and ethics, and international with personnel located in the US, Mexico, Canada, India, and China.Secretary and legal / compliance advisor to Audit and Sustainability committees of Lowe’s Board of Directors. Supported establishment of the Technology Committee.Led department integration of the corporate sustainability function and assumed overall responsibility for group, establishing a formal sustainability strategy and new publicly stated goals.Oversaw business and legal aspects of Lowe’s exit of operations in Mexico and divestiture of assets, negotiating buyout of Lowe’s India joint venture partner, and managing legal / compliance teams responsible for divestiture of assets of allied business entities.Managed Privacy Office, developing data incident response plan, overseeing cross-functional incident response actions. Chaired stakeholder group responsible for implementing program to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act.

Mooresville, Nc

Took over responsibility of the litigation, commercial law, and legal intelligence functions in addition to continuing to manage the compliance and international legal functions with teams located in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, India, and China. Legal / compliance advisor to Audit and Public Policy committees of Lowe’s Board of Directors.Led legal / compliance integration in Canada following RONA acquisition and India joint venture.Oversaw and managed reorganization of commercial and general litigation groups, leading to new processes for evaluating spend, legal providers, and identifying exposure trends for the business.Established Privacy Office, managing development of policies, procedures, and impact assessments.Implemented anti-corruption policies and procedures, supporting Mexico expansion activities and entry into India.

Mooresville, Nc

Promoted to lead compliance and ethics program and international legal function development during phase of aggressive global expansion. Managed global legal / compliance personnel in Mexico, China, and India. Developed and oversaw anti-corruption controls and led corporate investigations. Established mandatory compliance, ethics, and anti-corruption training for US and international personnel. Managed enforcement of social accountability issues for global vendors / factories, resulting in discontinuing business relationships with vendors with social and ethical concerns.

Mooresville, Nc

Managed all environmental legal matters, impacting the company, including defending and negotiating resolution of environmental enforcement actions, such as California Hazmat settlement with California District Attorneys; resolving environmental shareholder proposals; and regulatory counseling. Oversaw investigations of all compliance allegations against strategic vendors and personnel. Supported establishment and management of the legal / compliance offices in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Mexico. Managed monitoring of compliance reporting channels, including EthicsPoint, and refined triaging process and manner for investigating and documenting ethics and compliance matters. Secretary to LOWPAC and the Lowe’s Employee Relief Fund.

Mooresville, Nc

Managed large portfolio of civil and regulatory litigation and pre-suit matters involving real estate, construction, property management, and environmental issues. Principal attorney supporting the Asset Protection, Quality Assurance, and Engineering & Construction groups. Responsible for regulatory counseling.

Sacramento, California

J.D. (With Honors)

B.S, Geographic Science, Business (Minor)

Activities and Societies: Varsity Athlete (Tennis), GTE Scholar Athlete Award, President's List

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