Kenneth S Siegel

Siegel is in his current position since 2017 and is a member of its board of directors. Previously, he was CAO and general counsel of Starwood Hotels & Resorts, and SVP and general counsel of Cognizant Corporation. Kenneth S. Siegel is the Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. Mr. Siegel joined Starwood in 2000. In his role as Chief Administrative Officer, he has responsibility for areas including Human Resources, Labor Relations and Compliance. As General Counsel, Mr. Siegel oversees Starwood's legal and governmental affairs both domestically and internationally and advises the Board of Directors, the Chairman, CEO and management on these matters. From 1994 to 1997, Mr. Siegel was a Partner with Baker & Botts LLP, responsible for a full range of corporate legal services with particular focus on technology-oriented clients including Lotus, Polaroid, Dell and TCI as well as representation of international leveraged buyout funds and securities firms. Before that, he served as Senior Partner of O'Sullivan Graev & Karabell LLP where he focused on work for Lotus and Motel 6 as well as major transactional work for private equity and leveraged buyout funds. Mr. Siegel began his career in 1980 as an Associate with Cravath Swaine & Moore. Mr. Siegel is a member of the New York bar. He is President of Cancer Hope Network and a director of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association and WESFACCA. Mr. Siegel graduated from New York University with a J.D. degree in 1980 and received an A.B. degree from Cornell University in 1977.