SVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Courtney Nelson Wills

Courtney Nelson Wills serves as SVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of MiniMed Group, Inc. Prior to her current role, Ms. Nelson Wills served in a variety of legal leadership positions at Medtronic, including Vice President, General Counsel of the Diabetes Operating Unit, as well as Chief Corporate Governance & Securities Counsel, Assistant Corporate Secretary, General Counsel of Medtronic’s Global Regions Legal team, Chief Counsel for Medtronic’s Neuroscience Portfolio, Vice President and Chief IP Counsel, Vice President, Chief Legal Counsel for Diabetes and Vice President, Chief Legal Counsel for Brain Therapies.

Prior to joining Medtronic in 2009, Courtney worked as a patent litigation attorney at Fish & Richardson P.C. and served as a law clerk for the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. 

She holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota’s Institute of Technology and a J.D. from University of Minnesota Law School.