Craig Segal Toronto

Craig Segal, a technology lawyer from Toronto, Ontario, intertwines legal expertise with strategic business insights. Throughout his career, he has held roles as a lawyer and a business advisor. Known for his practical approach to legal challenges, he has been instrumental in using legal strategies to address complex business issues.

For the last number of years, he has served as the Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at Hootsuite, where he merges his legal and risk management skills with his interests in digital technologies and SaaS. He enhances efficiencies through innovative process improvements and the adoption of legal technologies. This transforms the legal department and significantly empowers the legal team to support the company's strategic objectives.

His legal career transitioned from private practice to in-house roles when he joined Canon as Senior Counsel. There, he led numerous legal initiatives and ensured alignment with global corporate goals. This experience enriched his understanding of in-house legal functions, paving the way for his leadership role at Dundas Data Visualization (now insightsoftware), where he expanded his expertise in managing legal aspects of tech-focused business operations.