Appointment Blogs | Compliance Week – Page 84
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Mars, Inc. appoints new general counsel
Mars, Incorporated has promoted Stefanie Straub, current vice president and general counsel for Mars Wrigley Confectionery, to the role of vice president and general counsel for Mars, Incorporated.
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Starbucks names general counsel, secretary
Starbucks has appointed Rachel Gonzalez as executive vice president, general counsel, and secretary. She reports to Chief Executive Officer Kevin Johnson.
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Dyadic International names chief accounting officer
Dyadic International, a global biotechnology company, has promoted Ping Rawson to the role of chief accounting officer on March 14.
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Former McDonald's executive to join Welbilt board
Welbilt, a global provider of commercial foodservice equipment, has nominated Janice Fields to stand for election to its board of directors at its 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 27, 2018.
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SEC pitches changes to liquidity risk disclosures
The SEC is looking to amend liquidity-related disclosure requirements for certain open-end investment management companies. Under the proposal, funds would discuss, in their annual report, the effectiveness of their program.
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Former FDIC counsel joins BitcoinIRA.com as senior compliance officer
BitcoinIRA.com, the world’s first and largest cryptocurrency IRA conduit that allows customers to purchase Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies for their retirement accounts, has appointed Maryann Bullion as general counsel and senior compliance officer.
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Novartis strengthens executive committee further
Novartis this week announced changes to its senior leadership team to support the implementation of its strategic priorities. These changes include the appointment of Shannon Klinger in the elevated and expanded role of chief ethics, risk, and compliance officer, effective April 1.
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Theranos executives charged by SEC for 'massive fraud'
The SEC has charged Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes, and its former President Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, with raising more than $700 million from investors “through an elaborate, years-long fraud.”
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What is the price for profits?
LaFargeHolcim, a global construction materials and solutions company, is facing an investigation after it was uncovered that its Syrian operations funded terrorist groups to keep a cement plant operating.
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Post-breach, Equifax remains in a harsh spotlight
For a company embroiled in one of the nation’s largest data breaches, things have been relatively quiet in recent weeks on the Equifax front. That has changed with an insider trading charge, and inclusion in controversial Senate legislation.
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Of Saudi princes and gilded cages
If you have done business in Saudi Arabia or with wealthy Saudis over the past few years, now might be a very good time to review not only those business relationships, but also your FCPA compliance program, writes The Man From FCPA.
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March Madness and corruption
March Madness is looked at as one of the greatest sporting events of the year. It combines great play, underdogs felling giants, fantastic venues, devoted fans, and competition galore ... but this year it offers something else: an abject lesson in the failure of ethical conduct of the very institutions ...
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The role of boards is to ‘put sand in the shoes of management’
One of the ongoing questions from members of boards of directors is how to resolve the tension between oversight and managing. An excellent starting point to understanding this role is to consider the metaphor, “put sand in the shoes of management.”
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Key factors to consider in any board-led investigation
Many companies have an investigation protocol in place when a potential Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or other legal issue arises. Many boards, however, do not have the same rigor when it comes to an investigation, which should be conducted or led by the board itself, writes The Man From the ...
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Transportation company to pay $2M in FCPA case
Transport Logistics International, a company that provides services for the transportation of nuclear materials to customers in the United States and abroad, agreed to pay a $2 million criminal penalty in connection with a scheme that involved the bribery of an official at a subsidiary of Russia’s State Atomic Energy ...
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SEC settles with audit firms over unregistered work
The SEC has settled charges with foreign affiliates of KPMG, Deloitte, and BDO for overseas audit work that was not properly registered with the PCAOB.
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Senators urge NLRB to advance McDonald’s joint-employer case
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is leading a group of five senators who wrote to Peter Robb, general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, requesting that he allow the trial in the McDonald’s joint-employer case to proceed so that a judge may rule on the fast food giant’s liability.
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Senators seek ties between Kushner loans, Citigroup, and Apollo Global Management
A team of senators and representatives is quizzing Citigroup and Apollo Global Management on reports that the companies provided more than $500 million in loans to the businesses of senior advisor to the president Jared Kushner.
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Bill seeks to save kids from identity theft
The Senate has advanced the Protecting Children from Identity Theft Act, bipartisan legislation that would augment the ability of financial institutions to prevent synthetic identity fraud, a scam involving stolen Social Security account numbers.
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Clearing House Association, Financial Services Roundtable combine forces
The Financial Services Roundtable and The Clearing House have announced plans to merge their non-partisan advocacy and research arms.