4/24/17: Scott Becker, Nissan North America
Scott E. Becker is senior vice president, Administration, for Nissan North America, Inc. He is responsible for overseeing corporate services, audit, information systems, market intelligence, corporate planning and program management office (PMO), information security, legal, government affairs, and corporate development and social responsibility for Nissan’s operations in North America.
Prior to being named senior vice president in August 2009, Becker served as vice president, legal and government affairs, and general counsel for NNA. His duties included providing legal advice and counsel to the company on a broad range of corporate governance, transactional, litigation and legal compliance matters, as well as leading Nissan’s government affairs activities.
Before joining Nissan in July 2006, Becker was vice president and deputy general counsel for retail operations, real estate and services, for Sears Holdings Corporation. Becker joined Sears in 2000 and held several litigation positions in the company’s legal department.
Prior to joining Sears, Becker worked for the Chicago law firms of Sanchez & Daniels; Rosenthal and Schanfield PC; and D’Ancona & Pflaum LLC.
Becker holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Chicago and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He is based in Franklin, Tennessee.