Appointment Blogs | Compliance Week – Page 38
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Grainger appoints chief legal officer
Grainger, a distributor of maintenance, repair, and operating products, announced the appointment of Nancy Berardinelli-Krantz as senior vice president and chiel legal officer.
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EagleBank names chief risk officer
EagleBank announced the appointment of Jay Namputhiripad as chief risk officer, succeeding the retiring Jeff Curry in the role.
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BWX Technologies announces CCO succession
BWX Technologies, a supplier of nuclear components and fuel to the U.S. government, announced the promotion of Ronald (Chip) Whitford Jr. to the position of senior vice president, general counsel, chief compliance officer, and corporate secretary.
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Make-A-Wish America adds first diversity chief
Nonprofit Make-A-Wish America announced the appointment of Karen Wells as chief strategy and diversity officer.
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Stewart Information Services appoints compliance, legal heads
Real estate services company Stewart Information Services Corp. announced the appointments of Mary Thomas as chief compliance and regulatory officer and Elizabeth Giddens as chief legal officer and corporate secretary.
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SVB adds chief risk officer
SVB Financial Group, parent company of Silicon Valley Bank, announced the appointment of Kim Olson as chief risk officer.
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FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb to resign
Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, announced Tuesday that he will resign within the next month.
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BlogFASB finalizes minor edits to major new lease rules
As companies are about to begin reflecting new lease rules, the Financial Accounting Standards Board has approved some minor edits to the standard that are intended to assure a smooth transition.
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New Zix solution geared toward communications security
Email security firm Zix Corporation announced the availability of its cloud-based business communications security and compliance solution, ZixSuite.
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BlogAutoliv, TRW fined €368M for breaching EU antitrust rules
Autoliv and TRW became the latest automotive-safety equipment suppliers to be fined by the European Commission for cartel activity to the tune of €368 million (U.S. $416 million) for breaching EU antitrust rules. For revealing the cartel activity to the Commission, Takata was not fined.
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BlogFDA singles out Walgreens in nicotine sales crackdown
The FDA is escalating a “forceful” crackdown on retailers and manufacturers that sell nicotine-based products to minors. Among the companies in its crosshairs: Walgreens.
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Shell: Dutch prosecutors to bring criminal charges
Oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell announced that Dutch prosecutors are preparing to levy criminal charges against it concerning a long-running corruption scandal in Nigeria.
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Comcast names general counsel and secretary
Comcast announced on March 1 that it has named Thomas Reid as senior executive vice president, general counsel, and secretary. He will report to Chairman and CEO Brian Roberts.
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CII: Lyft’s planned share structure harms investors
The Council of Institutional Investors is expressing “deep concern” about Lyft’s initial public offering filing, because it implemented a dual-class share structure lacking “sunset provisions to unwind it within a reasonable time period.”
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Eiger BioPharmaceuticals names chief compliance officer
Eiger BioPharmaceuticals has appointed Stephana Patton as general counsel, corporate secretary, and chief compliance officer.
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Lithia Motors names chief accounting officer
Lithia Motors, a U.S. provider of personal transportation solutions, has promoted Tina Miller to chief accounting officer, effective March 1.
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SEC names its first chief risk officer
The Securities and Exchange Commission has named its first ever chief risk officer. The position, to be held Gabriel Benincasa, was created by SEC Chairman Jay Clayton to strengthen the agency’s risk management and cyber-security efforts.
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BlogSEC modifies timing for non-public fund reports
With an eye toward improving data management and cyber-security oversight, the SEC has approved changes to the submission deadlines for registered investment companies filing non-public monthly reports.
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Exiger adds new EMEA regional leader
Risk and compliance solutions provider Exiger announced the appointment of Jason Holt as managing director and EMEA regional leader.
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Blueprint Software, Compliance.ai partner on regulatory risk
Blueprint Software, a provider of regulatory change management solutions, announced its partnership with RegTech company Compliance.ai to supply Blueprint customers with financial-focused regulatory content.