Scot Elder
Chief Legal & Compliance Officer, Corporate Secretary
Mr. Elder brings nearly 20 years of diverse global experience in the fields of Legal
and Compliance to Treace. Mr. Elder has served as our Chief Legal & Compliance
Officer, Corporate Secretary since October 2022. Prior to that, Scot served as our
SVP, Chief Compliance Officer since he joined Treace in October 2021.
Prior to joining Treace, Mr. Elder was the Vice President and Chief Ethics and
Compliance Officer of Medtronic. He spent over 12 years in total at Medtronic in
roles of progressively increasing responsibilities, including as VP, General Counsel
for Medtronic’s Restorative Therapies group and as VP, Chief Counsel, Compliance &
Privacy Officer for Medtronic’s Surgical Technologies business. In addition, he
serves on the AdvaMed Executive Steering Committee.
Before joining Medtronic in 2009, Mr. Elder practiced commercial litigation and
business transactions at Holland & Knight, LLP and was also Chief Litigation Officer
for the St Joe Company.
Mr. Elder earned a B.A. in History from the University of Utah in 1998 and a Juris
Doctor from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law in 2002.
He is fluent in Japanese, and also proficient in Mandarin Chinese.