Campbell Soup Company has appointed Adam Ciongoli as general counsel, effective July 13. He will report to Campbell’s President and Chief Executive Officer Denise Morrison, and will responsible for Campbell’s legal, corporate secretary, and government relations activities and will be a member of the Campbell Leadership Team.

Ciongoli joins Campbell with more than 20 years of legal experience. Most recently, he was general counsel of Lincoln Financial Group, an insurance and financial services company, where he directed the law, compliance, corporate secretary and government relations departments.

Prior to Lincoln Financial, he served as group general counsel and secretary for Willis Group Holdings. His previous experience includes serving as the counselor to the Attorney General of the United States, as chief counsel to the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, Federalism and Property Rights and as law clerk to United States Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.