The Houston-based engineering and construction company KBR has hired veteran legal executive Sonia Galindo as general counsel and executive vice president.

Sonia Galindo, GC at KBR. Courtesy photo

Galindo will succeed Eileen Akerson, who will retire this month after more than two decades with the company, the last seven as general counsel.

Galindo joins KBR from FLIR Systems Inc., a maker of thermal imaging cameras that was acquired by Teledyne Technologies in May. She served as FLIR's senior vice president, general counsel, and chief ethics and compliance officer. Before FLIR, Galindo served as general counsel at education-software company Rosetta Stone Inc. and vice president and associate general counsel of Keurig Green Mountain Inc.