Tejal Vakharia

As senior vice president and general counsel, Tejal Vakharia leads the day-to-day legal and compliance affairs of the company, as well as the company’s government affairs group. As general counsel, Tejal advises the board of directors and executive management on all legal matters, including those relating to mergers and acquisitions, contracts, partnerships, employment, litigation, regulatory affairs, cybersecurity, intellectual property, and governance. She continues to lead the company’s global compliance department, which she established, and is responsible for areas such as privacy and security, healthcare compliance, the foreign corrupt practices act, pharmaceutical, and medical device regulations, antitrust, health reform, and reimbursement. Previously, Tejal served as senior vice president and chief compliance counsel for Allscripts. Prior to joining Allscripts, she held business, compliance, and legal leadership positions at General Electric and Abbott Laboratories, and was an attorney at the multinational law firms of Foley & Lardner and Dentons.