Global IT company Unisys Corp. has hired Claudius Sokenu as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary.

Sokenu succeeds Gerry Kenney, who will retire April 30 after nearly nine years as legal chief. Sokenu—who will lead Unisys’ global legal, ethics and compliance functions—joins the company from Cognizant, a Fortune 200 information technology company, where he was senior vice president, global deputy general counsel and chief of staff to the general counsel.