ETS, a global education and talent solutions organization, announced that Rick Sinkfield will join the company as chief legal officer.

Prior to joining ETS, Sinkfield served as the chief legal officer and chief ethics and compliance officer for Laureate Education. Earlier, he practiced law at Sidley and Akin Gump, where he developed specialties in corporate/securities law and public policy in banking, international trade and investment, and intellectual property issues.

He also served as a senior executive in the Treasury Department and as an attorney at the U.S. Department of State.