- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
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Jaclyn Jaeger2020-06-08T19:43:00
KPMG, in conducting an independent review of BT Group, has expressed the telecommunications company “did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting” following its accounting fraud scandal.
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