Sivan Whiteley is Block, Inc.’s (formerly Square, Inc.) Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary. She oversees a worldwide team responsible for the company’s legal, regulatory, public policy & communications, compliance, and security operations. Block–an ecosystem of businesses united by their purpose of economic empowerment–is made up of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD.
Ms. Whiteley joined Block in March 2013 and previously served first as a legal Director, then Block’s Associate General Counsel, as well as its General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Prior to Block, Ms. Whiteley served as Associate General Counsel at Better Place, Inc., as Commercial and Product Counsel at eBay Inc., and was a litigator at Bingham McCutchen LLC. Ms. Whiteley holds a B.A., magna cum laude, in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego, and a J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School.