Apple Executive Tag Team: Retirement Relay and Corporate Musical Chairs
KEY POINTS
- •Apple announced Lisa Jackson will retire in January 2026, ending her tenure as VP for Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives.
- •Kate Adams, Apple’s General Counsel since 2017 and former Honeywell lawyer, plans to retire late next year; Jennifer Newstead from Meta will succeed her in March 2026.
- •Organizational changes include government affairs shifting from Adams to Newstead and environmental teams reporting to COO Sabih Khan.
Apple’s elite execs must be competing in the Retirement Olympics, as 2025-26 brings a COO (Jeff Williams), AI chief (John Giannandrea), design head (Alan Dye), and environmental VP (Lisa Jackson) all bowing out. Jennifer Newstead leaps from Meta’s legal hot seat to Apple’s in March 2026, replacing Kate Adams, who’s been Apple GC since 2017 and swiped her credentials from Honeywell’s 14-year roster. Meanwhile, environmental & social gigs get handed off to COO Sabih Khan, who’s probably thrilled to multitask his job description. Government affairs are in a limbo ladder, passing through Adams before Newstead takes the reins with a new, fancier title emphasizing ‘combining’ two orgs—because synergy is life. And just for extra chaos, Jackson aligned Apple’s mood ring with President Obama’s EPA, showing big tech loves a good political echo chamber.
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Apple’s exec retirements look less like a transition and more like a high-stakes game of corporate hot potato nobody wants to lose.
When Apple’s execs quit faster than iPhone battery life drains, you know the system update needed is for HR, not iOS.
Apple’s exec turnover is like a dysfunctional family reunion where everyone’s tired, no one is sure who’s in charge, but they all wear expensive suits.
Source: Theverge | Published: 12/4/2025 | Author: Jay Peters
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