When the CEO and founder of LDM Global, a managed e-discovery and cybersecurity provider serving the legal industry, stepped down after over two decades at the helm of the company, the search had been ongoing for some time.

Ultimately, the company could have chosen someone in the e-discovery or cybersecurity field. But instead, it opted for a person from outside the legal technology industry: Conor Looney, the former CEO of Caribbean-based mobile network company Digicel Group.