AECOM’s former executive vice president and chief legal officer, Carla Christofferson, has been named chief risk officer for DXC Technology, a global information systems and cybersecurity company.
The Northern Virginia-based DXC Technology announced Christofferson’s hiring in a Tuesday press release.
Christofferson will advise DXC President and CEO Mike Salvino on emerging risks. “The management of enterprise risk is a critical function for global companies today,” Salvino said in the press release.
AECOM, the Los Angeles-based infrastructure multinational that is in the process of selling its Energy Department contracting unit, said Nov. 29 it and Christofferson “mutually agreed” she would leave her management post immediately and would exit the company altogether in mid-December.
After joining AECOM in 2015, Christofferson oversaw a legal staff of over 200 people. She also served as managing partner at the O’Melveny & Myers law firm in Los Angeles from 2008 to 2014. During her 22-year tenure at the firm, Christofferson represented industries such as natural gas, oil, and electric power.
