Overview
- Lisa Jackson will retire in late January 2026 and Kate Adams will retire in late 2026, with Jennifer Newstead set to become general counsel on March 1, 2026 after joining in January as a senior vice president.
- Apple will transfer the Government Affairs organization from Jackson to Adams during 2026, then to Newstead, whose role will combine Legal and Government Affairs.
- The Environment and Social Initiatives teams will move under Chief Operating Officer Sabih Khan.
- Newstead joins from Meta, where she was chief legal officer, and previously served as legal adviser to the U.S. Department of State and in other senior government legal posts.
- The announcements extend a broader leadership turnover at Apple that includes AI head John Giannandrea stepping down, design lead Alan Dye leaving for Meta, and COO Jeff Williams retiring, with some analysts viewing the changes as streamlining Tim Cook’s reporting lines.