All articles by CW Staff – Page 100

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    Patrick Stokes joins Gibson Dunn

    2016-07-05T11:45:00Z

    Former federal prosecutor Patrick Stokes will join the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Stokes most recently served as Senior Deputy Chief of the Fraud Section of the Criminal Division at the U.S. Department of Justice.

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    Roper Technologies names general counsel

    2016-07-05T11:15:00Z

    Roper Technologies has appointed John Stipancich as general counsel and secretary, effective immediately. He succeeds David Liner, who will remain with the company for a transitional period until the end of 2017.

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    Pacific Continental names chief risk officer

    2016-07-05T10:45:00Z

    Pacific Continental, the holding company of Pacific Continental Bank, has promoted Maria Seip to executive vice president and chief risk officer. She will join the organization’s leadership team.

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    Nike appoints Apple CEO Tim Cook as lead indepenent director

    2016-07-01T13:15:00Z

    Nike announced that chairman Phil Knight has retired from the board of directors. The company also announced that Apple CEO Tim Cook has been appointed lead independent director of the board, effective immediately.

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    American Water appoints controller

    2016-07-01T13:00:00Z

    American Water Works, a publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, has named Melissa Wikle as controller, effective July 19. She will lead American Water’s corporate accounting, external financial reporting, SEC compliance, tax, payroll and accounts payable functions.

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    Willbros chief accounting officer tenders resignation

    2016-06-24T13:45:00Z

    Willbros Group, a specialty energy infrastructure contractor serving the oil and gas and power industries, announced that Geoffrey Stanford has tendered his resignation as chief accounting officer, effective July 8.

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    Amedisys brings in new compliance chief

    2016-06-21T12:00:00Z

    Home health and hospice care company Amedisys has hired a new chief compliance officer, one month after announcing that its former chief compliance officer would be taking one year of paid leave.

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    Cardtronics names general counsel

    2016-06-21T11:30:00Z

    Cardtronics, a provider of fully integrated ATM and financial kiosk products and services, has named Roger Craig as general counsel and secretary, effective as of June 20. Craig replaces Michael Keller, who has announced his retirement.

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    MB Financial Bank names chief risk officer

    2016-06-21T11:30:00Z

    MB Financial Bank has named Kevin Moffitt as chief risk officer. Moffitt assumes the chief risk officer role from Brian Wildman, who now leads all of MB’s consumer businesses in his new role as executive vice president of consumer banking.

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    Ultragenyx appoints general counsel

    2016-06-21T11:00:00Z

    Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, has appointed Karah Parschauer as general counsel. In this newly created role, she will be responsible for leading the company's legal, compliance, and corporate governance functions.

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    JLL names general counsel for Americas

    2016-06-21T11:00:00Z

    JLL, a professional services and investment management firm, recently named Kathryn Ditmars general counsel for the Americas region, overseeing the U.S. markets businesses.

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    Fannie Mae names chief audit executive

    2016-06-15T10:30:00Z

    Fannie Mae has appointed J. Douglas Watt as chief audit executive, effective July 11. Watt joins Fannie Mae from GE Capital, where he was managing director and audit executive for the Americas.

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    David Gelfand returns to Cleary Gottlieb

    2016-06-13T15:30:00Z

    David Gelfand, formerly the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Litigation of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, will return to the law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton as a partner in July.

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    Platform Specialty Products appoints general counsel

    2016-06-09T09:45:00Z

    Platform Specialty Products, a global specialty chemicals company, today announced the appointment of John Capps as general counsel and secretary. He will report directly to Chief Executive Officer Rakesh Sachdev.

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    Everest Re Group elects new board member

    2016-06-08T12:45:00Z

    Everest Re Group, a Bermuda holding company, announced the election of John Graf to its board of directors, effective last month.

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    Quantopian hires chief compliance officer

    2016-06-07T13:45:00Z

    Quantopian, a provider of capital, data, and infrastructure to algorithm authors, has appointed Derek Meisner as general counsel and chief compliance officer. He will advise the company on legal, regulatory, and compliance issues.

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    Warner Bros. appoints chief accounting officer

    2016-06-07T10:15:00Z

    Warner Bros. Entertainment has named Roger Willard as chief accounting officer. In this newly created position, Willard will be a key member of the company’s senior finance team, ultimately responsible for all accounting and compliance practices as well as treasury operations of the Studio.

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    Coca-Cola European Partners names general counsel and company secretary

    2016-06-01T09:45:00Z

    Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP), a consumer packaged goods company in Europe, has appointed Clare Wardle as general counsel and company secretary, effective July 15. She will eport to Chief Executive Officer John Brock.

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    Nobilis Health appoints chief accounting officer

    2016-05-31T16:00:00Z

    Nobilis Health has appointed Marcos Rodriguez as chief accounting officer. Rodriguez brings over 17 years of diversified accounting experience to the company.

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    Opus Bank names chief risk officer

    2016-05-26T14:30:00Z

    Opus Bank has appointed Dwayne Sharpy has joined Opus as chief risk officer and has been appointed to Opus’ executive committee.