Deirdre Runnette
Bumble Chief Legal Officer
- Role
- Chief Legal Officer at Bumble Inc.
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Deirdre Runnette
Deirdre is a General Counsel and Corporate Secretary with more than 25 years of experience advising tech-focused public and private companies—ranging from late-stage technology startups to Fortune 500s, including T-Mobile—on legal, risk, and compliance matters. A trusted advisor to senior leaders and board members, she has significant experience building and growing businesses and steering companies through periods of transformational change. As a leader, she is deeply committed to creating cultures of inclusion where team members are empowered to do their best and most impactful work. A commercial litigation partner turned General Counsel, she leverages her risk management expertise to help scale fast growing founder led tech companies through unicorn status, funding rounds, to IPO, and through, an IPO and successful acquisition. During her more than 10 years as a General Counsel, she has built and scaled teams to support explosive revenue growth, from $300M in annual revenue to $1.6B and employee growth, from as small as 85 people to more than 3,700. Areas of expertise include- Legal Department Operations & Team Leadership - Strategic Planning, Goal-Setting & Vision/Mission Clarification - Environmental, Sustainability & Governance (ESG) Leadership - Board Governance, Relations & Reporting - Enterprise Risk Management & Regulatory Compliance - Human Resources Management & Strategic Workforce Planning - Litigation & Outside Counsel Management - Organizational Design, Development & Scaling - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Advocacy - Culture-Building / Employee Relations, Engagement & Retention - IPO Preparation / Corporate Funding & Capital Formation Her agility and trusted judgment enabled her to lead other key functions, such as Compliance, Tax, Finance and Human Resources. She has served as a Board Member to private and public company boards.
Experience
Chief Legal Officer
Apr 2025 — Present · Seattle, WA, US
Education
University of Montana
JD, with honors
Washington State University
Bachelor's degree, English
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