Housing organisation Habitat for Humanity International welcomed Tim Phillips as the organization’s new chief legal officer.

Philips joins Habitat from the American Cancer Society where he served for six years as chief legal and risk officer following a collective 13 years as general counsel and senior counsel.

Prior to his time at ACS he worked as a tax attorney at Troutman Sanders (now Troutman Pepper), and is also a former U.S. Navy SEAL officer.