Craig Segal, from Toronto, Ontario, is a technology lawyer who integrates legal expertise with strategic business insights. He is a lawyer, business advisor, and executive. He uses his legal knowledge to address and resolve complex business challenges.
Professional Trajectory
As the Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at Hootsuite, he merges legal insights with risk management to drive business objectives. His primary focus is on optimizing processes through the implementation of legal technologies, enhancing the capabilities of the legal department to support the organization's objectives.
Additionally, he manages the company's procurement processes, applying his broad expertise to streamline operations. He transitioned from private practice to an in-house position as Senior Counsel at Canon, a leading global Fortune 500 company. There, he led critical legal initiatives. His role at Canon provided him with broad in-house experience, allowing him to support various departments and integrate legal strategies within business operations.
After Canon, he assumed the VP of Corporate Affairs and General Counsel role at Dundas Data Visualization (now insightsoftware). In this capacity, he handled vital legal matters concerning the company's business and its enterprise-level software solutions. This position broadened his scope from purely legal responsibilities to broader business management tasks.
Comprehensive Experience
For the last number of years, he has been the Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary at Hootsuite. He manages the company's legal, governance, compliance, privacy, procurement, and RFP desk functions. He leads a global team that supports the company in various capacities, including corporate/commercial, privacy, product compliance, governance, employment, litigation, M&A, and procurement. Before joining Hootsuite, he was the Vice President of Corporate Affairs and General Counsel at Dundas Data Visualization (now insightsoftware), overseeing legal, administrative, and managerial aspects. He started his in-house journey at Canon, where he provided legal advice on diverse corporate matters. Earlier in his career, he was in private practice focusing on M&A, banking and restructuring matters.
Professional Skills
- Corporate/Commercial Law
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Marketing/Brand Protection
- Regulatory Compliance
- Strategic Business Planning
- Risk Management
- IPO Preparation
- Corporate Financing
- Governance
- Privacy and Security
- SaaS/Licensing/Tech Law
