Walmart Inc. (NASDAQ: WMT) announced that Erin Nealy Cox will serve as the company's next Executive Vice President of Global Governance, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary, effective April 13, 2026.

Cox joins Walmart from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where she has worked as a partner in the Government, Regulatory & Internal Investigations Practice Group since 2021. She previously served as United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, leading federal investigations and prosecutions involving white-collar crime, national security, cybercrime, and public corruption.

Before her U.S. Attorney appointment, Cox worked as an Executive Managing Director at Stroz Friedberg, a cybersecurity and risk management firm, where she led the global incident response practice. She also served nearly a decade as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Northern District of Texas.

Cox earned her law degree from SMU Dedman School of Law and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin.

"To lead Global Governance for a company of our scale and complexity, you need a leader who has thrived in the most demanding environments. Erin is exactly that leader," said Walmart President and CEO John Furner.

Walmart's Global Governance organization encompasses legal, compliance, ethics, corporate governance, digital citizenship, enterprise risk management, litigation, aviation, investigations, and corporate security functions.

The information was provided in a company press release.