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Volkswagen Group of America Names New General Counsel
Amid its emissions scandal, Volkswagen Group of America has appointed David Detweiler to serve as general counsel, effective as of Feb. 1. Detweiler joins Volkswagen Group of America from the international law firm Clifford Chance in Frankfurt, Germany. He assumes his new role from David Geanacopoulos, who has served for ...
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Achillion Pharmaceuticals Names General Counsel and SVP of Regulatory Affairs
Achillion Pharmaceuticals has announced the addition of two members to the senior management team, including the appointment of a new general counsel and secretary, and a new senior vice president of regulatory affairs.
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TOMI Appoints Three New Independent Board Members
TOMI Environmental Solutions, a global bacteria decontamination and infection prevention company, has appointed three new independent directors to its board, bringing its total to five members.
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Ensco Names General Counsel and Secretary
U.K.-based Ensco, a global provider of offshore drilling services to the petroleum industry, has named Michael McGuinty as general counsel and secretary, effective Feb. 1. He will be based in London. McGuinty succeeds Ron Potter, associate general counsel, who has been serving as interim general counsel.
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American National Appoints Chief Accounting Officer
American National Bankshares last month appointed Cathy Liles as chief accounting officer. She reports to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer William Traynham.
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Ruth's Hospitality Group Chief Compliance Officer Retires
Ruth’s Hospitality Group has announced the retirement of John McDonald as general counsel, chief compliance officer, and corporate secretary. Beginning Feb. 1, McDonald will transition these roles to Alice Givens, lead in-house counsel at J. Crew Group.
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Sonic Appoints New Chief Accounting Officer
Sonic, a drive-in restaurant chain company, has apppointed Michelle Britten to the role of chief accounting officer. Britten previously served as controller.
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FASB Member Daryl Buck to Retire
The Board of Trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) last week announced that Financial Accounting Standards Board member Daryl Buck will retire from FASB, effective December 31, 2016. Buck was appointed to the FASB in February 2011 and is currently serving in his second term.
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HealthCare Partners Names General Counsel
HealthCare Partners, an independent medical group in America, has appointed Ilene Moore as general counsel, effective Feb. 1, 2016. With 19 years of legal experience, Moore joins HealthCare Partners from The Permanente Federation, where she was general counsel.
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Marathon Petroleum Names Chief Compliance Officer
Marathon Petroleum has named Molly Benson as corporate secretary and chief compliance officer. Additionally, J. Michael Wilder, vice president, general counsel and secretary, will retire, effective March 1.
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Barclays Names Chief Risk Officer
Barclays has appointed C.S. Venkatakrishnan as chief risk officer, effective in May 2016. He will join the executive committee of Barclays and report directly to the Group Chief Executive Jes Staley.
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Commonwealth Bank of Australia Chief Risk Officer to Retire
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has announced that Alden Toevs, who was appointed group chief risk officer in 2008, has given notice of his intention to retire from the role at the end of the 2016 financial year.
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RSA Names Chief Risk Officer for U.K. and Western Europe
Insurance company RSA has appointed Doug Stewart to the new role of chief risk officer for the U.K. and Western Europe. He will join the company on March 1 as part of the U.K. and executive team, reporting to William McDonnell, RSA group chief risk officer.
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Hains Celestial Chief Accounting Officer Joins Multi Packaging Solutions
Multi Packaging Solutions, a print and packaging solutions provider, has appointed Ross Weiner as vice president of finance and chief accounting officer, effective Feb. 15. As Compliance Week previously reported, Weiner joins Multi Packaging Solutions from the Hain Celestial Group, where he was serving in a similar role.
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Hain Celestial Chief Accounting Officer Resigns
Food company Hain Celestial Group disclosed this month in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that Ross Weiner, vice president of finance and chief accounting officer, has resigned to pursue another opportunity. His resignation is effective Feb. 9.
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Resilience Capital Partners Names General Counsel
Resilience Capital Partners, a private equity firm, has appointed Chad Hesse to its newly created general counsel role. For the past 11 years, Hesse has worked for Diebold, a publicly traded global manufacturer, sales and service provider of self-service technology, software and security solutions. During his time there, he held ...
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Former Transocean Chief Compliancee Officer Joins Norton Rose
Mike Munro, former deputy general counsel and chief compliance officer at offshore driller Transocean, has joined global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright as head of compliance of its Houston office.
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Economical Insurance Names Chief Risk Officer
Economical Insurance, a property and casualty insurer in Canada, has appointed Elaine Lajeunesse as senior vice president and chief risk officer, effective Jan. 25. Lajeunesse has more than 25 years of experience as a risk management professional and actuary in the Canadian insurance industry.
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Tauber-Rosenberg Names Group Chief Risk Officer
Tauber Rosenberg, a family owned and operated, professional full-service commodities and futures trading brokerage firm, has appointed Wendy Huateng as group chief risk officer. She will report to Ken Cheung, group chief operating officer, and be based in Taipei.
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HomeUnion Names Chief Compliance and Risk Officer
HomeUnion, an online, real-estate investment management firm enabling value investing in single-family rental (SFR) properties, announced that it has hired Geri Brewster as chief compliance and risk officer. In this new position, Brewster oversees legal, risk and compliance functions for the company.