Overview
- Lisa Jackson will retire in late January 2026, and Kate Adams will retire in late 2026 after serving as general counsel since 2017.
- Jennifer Newstead joins Apple in January as a senior vice president and becomes general counsel on March 1, 2026, reporting to Tim Cook.
- Legal and Government Affairs will be combined under Newstead, with Government Affairs moving to Adams after Jackson departs and then to Newstead upon Adams’s exit.
- Apple’s Environment and Social Initiatives teams will report to Chief Operating Officer Sabih Khan following Jackson’s retirement.
- The changes add to a wider leadership turnover this year that includes AI chief John Giannandrea, design lead Alan Dye moving to Meta, and COO Jeff Williams, as Tim Cook credited Jackson with helping cut Apple’s emissions by more than 60% since 2015.