Google Chief Legal Officer David Drummond quits for inappropriate relationship

San Francisco: Google parent company Alphabet’s Chief Legal Officer David Drummond has decided to quit following a potentially inappropriate workplace relationship with a subordinate.

Drummond joined Google way back in 1998 and spent 18 years as the company’s top lawyer, working closely with co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin who have also moved on, handing over the reins of the company to Sundar Pichai.

In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday, the company said: “On January 10, 2020, Alphabet Inc. announced that David Drummond has informed the company that he will be retiring from Alphabet, effective as of January 31, 2020”.

“With Larry and Sergey now leaving their executive roles at Alphabet, the company is entering an exciting new phase, and I believe that it’s also the right time for me to make way for the next generation of leaders,” read Drummond’s internal memo obtained by CNBC.

“As a result, after careful consideration, I have decided to retire at the end of this month”. (IANS)

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