WEX Inc. announced that Sara Trickett, current Acting General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary at WEX, has been appointed Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, effective June 4, 2024. Trickett succeeds Hilary Rapkin, who is retiring as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of WEX. To support an orderly transition, Rapkin will remain with the Company in an executive advisor role until March 3, 2025.

Trickett, who will report to Smith, joined WEX in 2021 and has served in various leadership roles at the Company, including Deputy General Counsel and Vice President, Corporate Legal Services. Most recently, she served as Acting General Counsel. Prior to WEX, she held other senior legal roles at Visa and Latham & Watkins.

She holds a J.D. and LL.M. from Duke University School of Law and a B.S. in Science, Technology, and International Affairs from Georgetown University. Since Rapkin joined WEX in 1996, she has played a pivotal role in the Company?s expansion into a publicly traded global payments company that reported approximately $2.55 billion in 2023 full-year revenue. In addition to serving as Chief Legal Officer, Rapkin also held other senior leadership roles, including Interim Chief Human Resources Officer and SVP, General Counsel.

She has also been a champion for and supporter of WEX and its communities during her tenure, including leading the WEX Compassion Fund and establishing and serving as the executive sponsor of the Women of WEX employee resource group.