Grant McGee

Executive Vice President and Chief Legal and Compliance Officer Target

Last Reviewed: October 3, 2026

Executive Summary

Grant McGee joined Target in 2026 as Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, the company’s top lawyer, responsible for its legal, risk and compliance practices and its government affairs. He came from Kimberly-Clark, the consumer-products maker, where he had been senior vice president and general counsel since February 2024 and earlier spent seven years rising to senior deputy general counsel. In between he was deputy general counsel and corporate secretary at American Airlines, and earlier he held legal roles at General Electric. His career has been spent inside large consumer-facing companies rather than at a law firm, and at Target he moves from the supplier side of the shelf to the retailer’s.

Career Highlights

• Executive Vice President and Chief Legal and Compliance Officer of Target since 2026.
• Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Kimberly-Clark, February 2024 to 2026.
• Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of American Airlines, 2022 to 2024.
• Vice President and Senior Deputy General Counsel of Kimberly-Clark, in roles there from 2015 to 2022.

Professional Journey

McGee earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration at Creighton University and a law degree at Wake Forest University. He held legal leadership roles at General Electric, according to his Target biography.

He joined Kimberly-Clark in 2015 and over seven years held roles of increasing responsibility in its legal department, finishing as vice president and senior deputy general counsel. In 2022 he moved to American Airlines as vice president, deputy general counsel and corporate secretary.

He rejoined Kimberly-Clark in February 2024 as senior vice president and general counsel, adding the role of corporate secretary from May 2024 to May 2025, according to the company’s annual report. He was still signing its filings as general counsel in May 2026.

His Form 3 filing with Target reports that he became an executive officer on 31 May 2026. As chief legal and compliance officer he is responsible for Target’s legal, risk and compliance practices as well as its government affairs, and he is one of eight members of Target’s leadership team marked as executive officers subject to Section 16, alongside chief executive Michael Fiddelke.

At both American Airlines and Kimberly-Clark he also served as corporate secretary, the officer who supports the board’s governance work. Before the move, Kimberly-Clark’s annual report listed him among its executive officers, at 45, in the general counsel role he had held since February 2024. Target’s leadership team also includes executives who are not Section 16 officers, among them the chief stores officer, the chief supply chain officer and the chief digital and revenue officer.

Education

Creighton University

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration

Wake Forest University

Juris Doctor