H. Vincent Draa retired in July 2020 after a 36-year career as an in-house lawyer and member of senior management for multiple major publicly-held multinational corporations. 

 

Most recently he served for more than 10 years as Vice President and General Counsel-International for W.W. Grainger Inc. In this role, he was the chief legal officer for Grainger’s multi-channel businesses outside the U.S. and Canada and was a member of senior management teams in the United States, United Kingdom and the Netherlands. In addition, Vince advised the company on fraud, internal investigations, cybersecurity, privacy, anti-bribery and corruption and trade compliance matters. He also represented Grainger in mergers and acquisitions and other complex commercial transactions.

 

He is an Adjunct Professor at Loyola University Chicago School of Law and a  member of the Advisory Committee for the University of South Florida’s Executive Cybersecurity Program. Vince is a Certified Fraud Examiner and previously served as Grainger’s Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer.

 

Prior to joining Grainger, Vince was with Tenneco Inc. for 23 years,  last serving as Vice President, International Law. Before joining Tenneco in 1987, he worked in the legal departments of Hughes Tool Company, the Coastal Corporation and Gulf Oil Company and as a Deputy Sheriff with the Pinellas County (Florida) Sheriff’s Department.