Kevin Lord serves as executive vice president and chief human resources officer for Fox Corporation. In this role, he oversees the company’s talent acquisition, colleague development, succession planning, diversity and inclusion, compensation and benefits and employee volunteering strategies.
Before the March 2019 spin off of FOX by 21st Century Fox and the establishment of FOX as a standalone public company, Lord served as executive vice president of Human Resources at the FOX News Channel. Prior to being named to this position, Mr. Lord was the Chief Human Resources Officer at TEGNA Inc. (formerly known as Gannett, Co. Inc.). While there, he oversaw employee relations, performance management, employee development, total rewards administration, diversity and inclusion for a workforce of more than 10,000.
Earlier, Lord served as the executive vice president of Human Resources for NBC News and was the HR Integration leader during NBCUniversal’s transition from General Electric (GE) to Comcast ownership. His initial role at NBCUniversal was senior vice president of Human Resources for its Integrated Media & International divisions.
Before his tenure at NBC, Lord held several HR leadership positions with General Electric, including chief human resources Officer for GE Plastics, HR Leader for Commercial & Communications at GE Corporate, senior vice president of Human Resources for GE Vendor Financial Services, as well as various HR roles at GE Aviation.
Lord began his career in human resources at Burlington Industries, later moving on to similar positions at Hewlett-Packard, Colgate-Palmolive and Roche. A graduate of State University of New York at Brockport with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Lord also received his Master’s Degree in Human Resources from the University of South Carolina.
Lord is married and has three adult children. He currently splits his time between two residences in Greenwich, Connecticut and Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina.