Walgreens Boots Alliance has found a new legal chief in Lanesha Minnix, an in-house veteran who has led legal teams spanning the building materials, electricity and industrial equipment industries.

Walgreens global CLO Lanesha Minnix. (Courtesy photo)

Minnix comes to Walgreens from the water treatment and purification company Ecolab, where she’s been the top lawyer since 2022. She’s was previously chief legal officer at FlowServe, the world’s largest maker of pumps, valves and seals. Prior to that, Minnix was general counsel at Building Materials and Construction Solutions and deputy general counsel and chief compliance officer at ABM Industries. Earlier in her career, she was in-house counsel at Shell Oil and Nextel.