TWC Names VP for External Affairs and Policy

Time Warner Cable announced that Fernando Laguarda has joined the company as Vice President, External Affairs and Policy Counselor.

Laguarda will report to Steven Teplitz, Senior Vice President, Government Relations, and will be based in the company's Washington, D.C. office. Laguarda will play a significant role in helping the company develop and advance its policy positions, and will assume primary responsibility for working with third party policy influencers, including think tanks, academics, public interest and inter-governmental groups, and diversity organizations.

"Fernando is an accomplished attorney who comes to Time Warner Cable with a unique mix of experiences and he will bring a fresh perspective to the many policy issues we will be addressing," Teplitz said. "He knows our business extremely well and will play an essential role in helping to advance Time Warner Cable's advocacy agenda."

Laguarda was most recently a partner at Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis, where he represented a variety of communications clients, including a coalition of digital media companies in successfully opposing increased royalties for Internet music sales. He was previously a partner at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, where he focused on antitrust and telecommunications counseling and litigation.

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