A former chief operating officer of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft and Hogan Lovells has been appointed to a senior operational role at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, according to Law360.

The executive brings decades of experience managing large-scale legal and business operations at two of the world's most prominent law firms. The Church has increasingly recruited corporate leadership talent from outside traditional ecclesiastical pathways as it manages a global organization with substantial real estate, investment, and humanitarian operations.

The appointment reflects the Church's ongoing professionalization of its administrative structure, particularly in managing its extensive business holdings and institutional operations.