About

Jose Lechuga has held in-house legal positions in a number of companies since 2000. He began his in-house career as a contracts attorney at Carrier, the world leader in high-technology heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration solutions. He then became corporate and intellectual property attorney in 2002 at Industrias AlEn, a manufacturer of consumer cleaning products. Lechuga also spent almost three years at global food producer Mars México as legal manager before moving to his current role at Navistar in 2006. Navistar is a holding company whose subsidiaries and affiliates produce commercial and military trucks, diesel engines, school and commercial buses. During his time in the role Lechuga has directed and coordinated several major transactions, handling all legal aspects of M&A work including litigation, risk and governance management, governmental filings, due diligences, legal audits, and intellectual property matters. As part of his role Lechuga has served as a data privacy officer, secretary of the board of directors in several legal entities as well as the group’s compliance and governance officer, demonstrating his integral function to the company’s operations and strategy.