All articles by CW Staff – Page 117

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    Council of Institutional Investors Elects New Board, Names New Chair

    2015-04-01T15:00:00Z

    The Council of Institutional Investors this week elected a new board of directors and named Michael McCauley, senior officer of investment programs and governance at the Florida State Board of Administration, as chair of the board. Details inside.

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    Century Aluminum Appoints Chief Accounting Officer

    2015-04-01T08:45:00Z

    Century Aluminum, a producer of primary aluminum, has hired Stephen Heyroth as controller and chief accounting officer.

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    TD Bank Names Head of Enterprise Risk Management

    2015-03-31T14:30:00Z

    TD Bank has promoted Tom Longstroth to head of enterprise risk management. Details inside.

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    Netflix Appoints Two New Board Members

    2015-03-31T13:15:00Z

    Netflix, an Internet television network, has appointed Anne Sweeney, recently co-chair of Disney Media Networks and president of Disney-ABC Television at the Walt Disney Co., and Brad Smith, general counsel, legal and corporate affairs at Microsoft, to its board of directors. Details inside.

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    Newell Rubbermaid Appoints General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

    2015-03-31T13:00:00Z

    Newell Rubbermaid this week appointed Bradford Turner as general counsel and corporate secretary, effective April 1. He will serve on the company's executive leadership team and will report directly to Newell Rubbermaid President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Polk. Details inside.

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    Petrobras Nominates Vale CEO as Chairman

    2015-03-30T12:15:00Z

    Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras last week nominated Murilo Ferreira, chief executive officer for global mining company Vale, as its new chairman. The nomination comes at a time when the company faces several investigations for its involvement in a widespread money-laundering scandal. Details inside.

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    Plug Power Names Chief Accounting Officer

    2015-03-30T11:15:00Z

    Plug Power, a provider of clean, reliable energy solutions, has named Martin Hull as chief accounting officer, effective April 1. He assumes this role from Jill McCoskey. Details inside.

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    Ipsen Names Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer

    2015-03-30T09:15:00Z

    Pharmaceutical company Ipsen has appointed Dominique Laymand as chief ethics and compliance officer for the Ipsen group, effective as of March 16. She will report directly to Chairman and CEO Marc de Garidel. Details inside.

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    PG&E Names Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer

    2015-03-30T09:00:00Z

    As part of its commitment to achieving a best-in-class ethics and compliance program, PG&E has appointed Julie Kane to the newly created position of chief ethics and compliance officer, effective May 18. She will report to CEO and President Tony Earley, with additional reporting responsibility to the audit committee of ...

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    eBay to Add Two Independent Directors

    2015-03-27T15:30:00Z

    eBay this week announced the appointment of two new independent directors in anticipation of completing its previously announced separation of eBay and PayPal. Tony Bates, President of GoPro, and Gail McGovern, president and CEO of the American Red Cross, have been appointed to eBay's board of directors. Details inside.

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    ACE Names General Counsel for Eurasia; Africa

    2015-03-27T11:30:00Z

    ACE Group has appointed Susan McDonald, currently legal and compliance manager for MENA, to the role of regional general counsel for Eurasia and Africa, as it continues to build its management team in its newest business region, effective April 1.

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    Aker Solutions Names Head of Risk Management

    2015-03-27T11:15:00Z

    Aker Solutions, a global provider of products, systems and services to the oil and gas industry, has appointed Tore Sjursen as executive vice president for operational improvement and risk management, effective April 1.

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    Spirit Realty Capital Appoints Chief Accounting Officer

    2015-03-27T11:15:00Z

    Spirit Realty Capital has appointed Michael Bender to the newly formed position of chief accounting officer, effective April 20. Bender currently serves as chief financial officer of the real estate investment trust company.

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    Kadant Promotes Chief Accounting Officer

    2015-03-26T09:45:00Z

    Kadant, a global supplier of critical components and engineered systems, has named Deborah Selwood as chief accounting officer, effective June 30. Selwood is currently the company’s corporate controller.

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    Realogy Names ERM Boss, Accounting Chief

    2015-03-24T10:00:00Z

    Realogy Holdings, a residential real estate franchising and brokerage firm, has promoted Dea Benson to the newly created position of senior vice president of enterprise risk management. Additionally, Tim Gustavson has been promoted to succeed Benson as chief accounting officer and controller. Both will report directly to Anthony Hull, chief ...

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    HomeTrust Bancshares Names Chief Risk Officer

    2015-03-24T09:00:00Z

    HomeTrust Bancshares, the holding company for HomeTrust Bank, has appointed R. Parrish Little as chief risk officer. Little will lead enterprise risk management for the company.

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    YRC Worldwide Names General Counsel and Secretary

    2015-03-20T12:15:00Z

    YRC Worldwide has named James Fry as general counsel and secretary for YRC Worldwide, effective April 20.

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    Adams Resources Adds Two Board Members

    2015-03-20T11:00:00Z

    Adams Resources & Energy has increased its board of directors to seven positions with the appointments of Michelle Earley and Murray Brasseux, effective March 17.  These appointments increase the board's independent director positions from the current three to five positions.

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    Kelly Services Appoints Corporate Controller, Chief Accounting Officer

    2015-03-19T14:00:00Z

    Kelly Services, a workforce solutions provider, has promoted Laura Lockhart to corporate controller and chief accounting officer. Lockhart will report to Olivier Thirot, acting CFO.

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    Standard Chartered Beefs Up Financial Crime Risk Committee

    2015-03-16T11:15:00Z

    Standard Chartered today announced the appointment of three external advisor members to its board financial crime risk committee. The banking giant announced the formation of the committee last year as part of a strategic priority to combat financial crime and continue to invest in its compliance program in the wake ...