Richard Cotton

• Executive Vice-President and General Counsel
  NBCUniversal

1965, degree, Harvard; 1969, graduate, Yale Law School. 1977, Deputy Executive Secretary, US Department of Health, Education and Welfare; 1978, Executive Secretary; 1980, Special Counsel to Deputy Energy Secretary; 1980-86, private practice, Washington DC; 1987-89, President and Chief Executive, HCX; 1989-2000, Executive Vice-President and General Counsel, NBC; 2000-04, President and General Manager, CNBC Europe; since 2004, current positions. Chairman, Coalition Against Counterfeiting and Piracy, US Chamber of Commerce. Member, Steering Committee, Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy.