SiriusXM Holdings has hired Richard Baer as executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, effective March 3. He will succeed Patrick Donnelly, who is retiring.
Baer is a former chief legal officer (CLO) at Airbnb, where he oversaw the company’s legal, community policy and ethics and compliance functions. Before joining Airbnb, Baer was CLO at Liberty Media, UnitedHealth Group and Qwest Communications.
A SiriusXM SEC filing last month stated that, to help with the transition, Donnelly would continue to be a full-time employee until April 4, 2025 and that after the arrival of his successor he would become an adviser to them until the end of the year.
According to his LinkedIn profile, Donnelly took up his position with SiriusXM in May 1998. It states that during his time with the company he has also been a member of the committee of unsecured creditors in the Hertz bankruptcy proceeding on a freelance basis. Before joining SiriusXM he was deputy general…



























