Chief Legal Officer & Secretary
Stephen Sonne has served as our Chief Legal Officer and Secretary since September 2022, overseeing all legal activities for the Company. Beginning in February 2024, he also began overseeing the Company’s human resource function. Prior to becoming Chief Legal Officer, Mr. Sonne served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel from February 2022 to September 2022.
From January 2013 until March 2021, he served as Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel and, from April 2018 to March 2021, Corporate Secretary for Booking Holdings (Nasdaq: BKNG), the parent company of Booking.com, priceline.com, KAYAK, agoda.com, Rentalcars.com and OpenTable, overseeing Booking Holdings’ public reporting, securities offering, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance activities, among other things.
Prior to Booking Holdings, Mr. Sonne served as a Partner at O’Melveny & Myers LLP, a premier international law firm. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Spanish from Brigham Young University, an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and a Juris Doctor degree from the Duke University School of Law.