Sara Velazquez Ponessa currently serves as the Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary at FMC Corporation since June 2025. Previously, Sara held the position of Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary at Arcadium Lithium from January 2024 to April 2025 and at Livent (now Rio Tinto) from June 2018 to January 2024. Earlier roles include Senior Business Counsel at FMC Corporation, where Sara was lead counsel for several divisions and oversaw a global ethics and compliance training program. Sara's extensive experience includes serving as Senior Counsel at AstraZeneca, where all legal aspects of M&A and strategic transactions were managed, and as Vice President at Wilmington Trust, overseeing risk management and compliance. Early career experiences involved public finance as a Legal Associate at Saul Ewing LLP and work with low-income communities as a Fellow at the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania. Sara's education includes a JD from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and a BA in Political Science and Spanish from Rutgers University.
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