Anne T. Madden is Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Honeywell. She is responsible for managing legal affairs, Government Relations, health, safety, environment, product stewardship and environmental sustainability. Anne is also responsible for Honeywell’s global M&A efforts.
Prior to taking this role in 2017, Anne was Vice President, Corporate Development and Global Head of M&A, leading acquisition and divestiture activities for 16 years. During her tenure, Honeywell made around 100 acquisitions, representing approximately $15 billion in revenues and divested about 70 businesses, representing close to $9 billion of non-core revenues. Anne joined Honeywell’s predecessor AlliedSignal in 1996 as General Counsel of Fluorine Products. Later that year she became Vice President and General Counsel of Specialty Chemicals and then Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Performance Materials and Technologies (PMT). Prior to that, Anne worked at Shearman & Sterling and KPMG Peat Marwick.
Anne earned an A.B. in English and American literature from Brown University, an M.S. in accounting
and MBA in finance from the NYU Stern School of Business, and a J.D. from the Fordham University School of Law, where she was Managing Editor of the Law Review.
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Honeywell has committed to becoming carbon neutral in its operations and facilities by 2035. Honeywell's General Counsel, Anne Madden joined Cheddar to discuss just what steps the manufacturing and technology company will take to get there.