Mothercare has appointed Andrew Eames as interim group general counsel and company secretary. He joined the company from Nomura where he was co-head of corporate legal EMEA, responsible for the provision of legal advice, including corporate governance, corporate, commercial, competition, IT, IP, privacy, litigation, employment, real estate and company secretarial. The corporate legal team consisted of 22 professionals based in London, Dubai and Mumbai. The move follows on from the departure of former  GC and company secretary Daniel Talisman who joined the company in January 2016. Prior to that, he worked for GVC Holdings and SportingBet.

Air France-KLM has promoted Pauline Baron to head of legal after serving as head of corporate and securities at the aviation group for over two years. Ms Baron replaces Guillaume Hecketsweiler, who left the company last October. Jérôme Nanty, executive vice president and corporate secretary, ran the company's legal division in the interim period.

Digital education company 2U has promoted Matthew Norden from deputy general counsel to co-general counsel.Mr Norden has been at 2U since September 2013, which he joined from TOMS Shoes where he was general counsel. He was on hand when 2U went through its initial public offering in 2014 as well as its acquisition of GetSmarter, another online learning company.

American bank holding company Huntington Bancshares has appointed Jana Litsey as general counsel, following the retirement of Dick Cheap at the end of the year after 19 years at the Bank. Ms Litsey joins Huntington from Bank of America, where she served for more than 20 years. In her new role, Ms Litsey will be the third general counsel at Huntington and will join Huntington’s executive leadership team reporting to CEO and chairman Stephen Steinour. Mr Cheap led Huntington and its legal team through many successful acquisitions, including its largest-ever with FirstMerit last year.

ChIPs, a nonprofit organisation focused on advancing women in technology, law and policy, has appointed Dorian Daley, Oracle's executive vice president, general counsel and secretary, to its board of directors. The group, which now has over 2000 members, looks for senior executives who hold leadership positions in major technology companies as well as earlier stage ventures. Founded in 2005, it aims to accelerate innovation at the confluence of technology, law and regulatory policy by increasing diversity of thought, participation and engagement. Ms Daley joined Oracle in 1992 after starting her career in private practice in San Francisco. She oversees a 457-member department and has been on the front lines of Oracle's most significant business deals and legal cases.ChIPs also announced the addition of Karen Royer as its first executive director. ChIPs, also known as the ChipsNetwork.org, stands for chiefs of intellectual property, a role all seven women founders held at major technology companies in Silicon Valley at the time they formed the group. ChIPs has expanded to support women and issues beyond its legal roots, advancing into new, groundbreaking territory where technology, law and regulatory policy converge. The ChIPs network now also includes chief legal officers, chief litigation officers, private practitioners, policymakers, lawmakers, judges, government officials, regulators, academics, students, technologists, innovators, founders and entrepreneurs.