Candy Lawson

SVP, Chief Compliance Officer & Senior Deputy General Counsel at Comcast

Candy Lawson serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, and Senior Deputy General Counsel of Comcast Corporation. In this role, Candy is responsible for overseeing, developing, and implementing the company’s internal policies, procedures, and compliance with laws, regulations, and contracts domestically and internationally across Comcast, NBCUniversal, and Sky.

Prior to joining Comcast, Candy was Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, and Group Chief Compliance Officer at 21st Century Fox, where she advised on compliance matters, including strategies, policies and procedures to mitigate risk across all areas of the business. Following the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by The Walt Disney Company in 2019, Candy was appointed to lead The Walt Disney Company's international compliance team. Candy joined 21st Century Fox from News Corporation where she was Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, and Group Chief Compliance Officer, EMEA and Asia. Prior to that, she was the anti-corruption counsel for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa at Morgan Stanley.

Candy earned a B.A. from Mount Holyoke College and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.

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  • SVP, Chief Compliance Officer & Senior Deputy General Counsel

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