Deirdre Stanley is Executive Vice President and General Counsel for The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
As Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Stanley is responsible for The Estée Lauder Companies’ (ELC) Legal organization globally. She will act as a strategic advisor to the organization and to ELC’s Board of Directors on complex global legal issues and the company’s business interests going forward.
Stanley leads the company’s legal review of potential acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures.
Prior to joining ELC, Stanley served as General Counsel for The Thomson Reuters Corporation and its predecessor company for 17 years. After six years as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of The Thomson Corporation, Stanley was promoted to Executive Vice President and General Counsel following the acquisition of Reuters by Thomson in 2008.
Stanley is a director of Consolidated Edison, Inc. and member of the Board of Trustees of the Hospital for Special Surgery and The Dalton School.
Stanley holds an A.B. in Public Policy Studies from Duke University, and a J.D. from Harvard University, where she served as a member of the prestigious Harvard Law Review.
