Indian American Vaishali Bhatia Named Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Aerospace and Defense Company
- She joins the Dallas-based ATI Inc., from the diversified energy company HF Sinclair Corporation.
ATI Inc., a Dallas-based aerospace and defense company, has named Vaishali Bhatia as senior vice president, general counsel, and chief compliance officer. She will lead all aspects of the legal function for the aerospace and defense company, and collaborate closely with business teams to provide risk-based legal partnership.
She succeeds ATI Chief Legal and Compliance Officer Elliot Davis, who announced his intention to retire effective October 1, 2024. Until that time, Davis will serve as Special Advisor, Legal, and Compliance, to ensure a smooth transition.
Bhatia joins ATI from HF Sinclair Corporation (HF Sinclair), where she’s served as executive vice president since 2023, and general counsel and corporate secretary since 2019. She’s been a part of the diversified energy company for over 12 years, starting as counsel at HollyFrontier Corporation (HollyFrontier) and Holly Energy Partners, L.P. (HEP). She played a key role in HollyFrontier’s and HEP’s acquisition of Sinclair Oil and Sinclair Transportation Company, the formation of HF Sinclair as the new publicly traded parent of HollyFrontier and HEP, in 2022, and HF Sinclair’s buy-in of HEP in 2023.
Bhatia began her career as an associate at the multinational law firm Jones Day. She graduated with a Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, from the University of Illinois College of Law, and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin. In 2022, she was named āDFW General Counsel of the Year for a Mid-Size Legal Departmentā by the Texas Law Book and DFW Association of Corporate Counsel.