Host hotels & resorts, inc. appoints julie aslaksen as evp, general counsel and secretary

Host hotels & resorts, inc. announced the appointment of julie aslaksen as executive vice president, general counsel and secretary, effective november 14, 2019. she succeeds elizabeth abdoo who recently stepped down from her role at host. ms. aslaksen joins the company with more than 19 years of strategic legal and business leadership counsel experience. in her new role, she will serve as the senior legal executive for host, directing the company’s legal affairs and providing partnership and advice on legal and strategic business issues to senior management and the board of directors. additionally, she will oversee all legal matters surrounding corporate finance and capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, compliance, risk management, litigation and contracts. most recently, ms. aslaksen served as vice president and general counsel at general dynamics information technology (gdit), a global information technology services company, where she was responsible for the company’s legal strategy and affairs, including litigation, investigations and the negotiation of significant business transactions. prior to her role at gdit, ms. aslaksen spent 14 years with general dynamics corporation, where she served as staff vice president, deputy general counsel and assistant secretary. she started her career as a corporate and finance associate with dickstein shapiro morin & oshinsky llp in washington, d.c.
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