Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Aaron Ahola is Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary for Akamai. Ahola oversees all legal, privacy, public policy and regulatory matters for Akamai’s operations worldwide.
Ahola joined Akamai in 2000 and has served in the roles of Assistant General Counsel, Deputy General Counsel, Chief Privacy Officer, and Chief Compliance Officer. His experience at Akamai has covered securities, mergers and acquisitions, global compliance, litigation management, patent and intellectual property, international regulations, commercial contracting, employment, risk management, and public policy.
Prior to Akamai, Ahola was a corporate and M&A attorney at Ropes & Gray LLP in Boston and Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York. He currently serves on the Nasdaq Listing and Hearing Review Council. He received a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School, and a Bachelor of Arts in economics and political science from Tufts University.