All articles by CW Staff – Page 120

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    Visa names principal accounting officer

    2016-05-08T21:30:00Z

    Visa has appointed James Hoffmeister, who is currently global corporate controller and chief accounting officer, as principal accounting officer for purposes of the company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Hoffmeister will oversee the company’s accounting matters.

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    Astellas appoints new compliance and legal leaders

    2016-05-08T20:45:00Z

    Pharmaceutical company Astellas announced several new appointments to its ethics and compliance and U.S. legal departments, effective as of April 25.

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    Novartis names new chief ethics and compliance officer

    2016-05-05T15:15:00Z

    Novartis has named Shannon Klinger as chief ethics and compliance officer and head of litigation, effective as of May 1. She assumes these responsibilities from Eric Cornut, who is retiring at a time when Novartis is facing a criminal investigation amid allegations that it made illegal payments to physcians in ...

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    New board member joins Vuzix

    2016-05-03T10:15:00Z

    Vuzix announced that Edward Kay has joined its board of directors. Kay will serve as chairman of the audit committee, taking over the responsibilities of former board member William Lee, who passed away in March.

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    Retail Properties of America names general counsel and corporate secretary

    2016-04-28T11:00:00Z

    Retail Properties of America has appointed Paula Maggio as general counsel and secretary. She will succeed Dennis Holland, who previously announced that he would be retiring on June 30.

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    Centene names chief accounting officer

    2016-04-28T11:00:00Z

    Centene, a multi-line healthcare enterprise providing services to government-sponsored healthcare, has appointed Christopher Isaak to corporate controller and chief accounting officer, effective immediately.

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    FinCEN director stepping down

    2016-04-26T15:30:00Z

    Jennifer Shasky Calvery announced this week that she will be leaving her position as director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) at the end of May. Calvery has served as FinCEN’s director since September 2012.

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    Permanent TSB names group chief risk officer

    2016-04-22T16:15:00Z

    Permanent TSB Group Holdings, a financial services company, has appointed Stephen Groarke as group chief risk officer. Groarke has been acting as interim chief risk officer since September 2015.

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    Deutsche Bank names new global head of compliance

    2016-04-22T16:00:00Z

    Deutsche Bank has named Pamela Root as global head of compliance and group chief compliance officer. The company also named Peter Hazlewood as global head of anti-financial crime and group money-laundering reporting officer.

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    Aerojet Rocketdyne names general counsel and corporate secretary

    2016-04-19T09:15:00Z

    Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings on April 11 appointed Arjun Kampani as general counsel and corporate secretary. Kampani most recently served as vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for General Dynamics Land Systems.

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    Duke Energy forms new Business Transformation and Technology group

    2016-04-18T11:45:00Z

    Duke Energy, an electric power holding company, announced the creation of a new “Business Transformation and Technology” group. This group will be comprised of the company's existing information, technology and security organizations, as well as resources dedicated to business transformation.

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    Carnival chief accounting officer resigns

    2016-04-18T11:30:00Z

    Carnival, a cruise line company, said in a regulatory filing that Chief Accounting Officer and Controller Larry Freedman has resigned.

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    Calvert Investments appoints chief compliance officer

    2016-04-13T12:30:00Z

    Calvert Investments has appointed Jason Rosenberg as chief compliance officer for the investment advisor and broker-dealer. Rosenberg is the latest in a series of recent hires by Calvert to ensure a strong culture of compliance.

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    Tenet appoints chief compliance officer

    2016-04-11T12:30:00Z

    Tenet Healthcare has appointed Howard Hacker as chief compliance officer, effective May 2. He will succeed Vanessa Benavides, who left Tenet to assume the leadership of compliance and privacy operations at Kaiser Permanente.

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    FINRA Deputy Chief Counsel returns to Foley

    2016-04-11T10:45:00Z

    Dean Jeske, Deputy Regional Chief Counsel in the Enforcement Department of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, is returning to the securities enforcement and litigation practice of law firm Foley & Lardner as a partner in the firm's Chicago office.

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    FinCEN Enforcement Director joins Gibson Dunn

    2016-04-11T10:30:00Z

    Stephanie Brooker, director of the Enforcement Division of the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), has joined law firm Gibson Dunn its Washington, D.C. office as a partner. At Gibson Dunn, Brooker will focus on financial services related criminal and regulatory enforcement, compliance, and litigation.

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    Exterran names chief accounting officer

    2016-04-11T09:45:00Z

    Exterran has appointed Ray Carney as chief accounting officer. Carney brings to Exterran a 27-year accounting career. Most recently, he spent eight years with Dresser-Rand Group, serving as its vice president, controller and chief accounting officer.

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    AmBank Group appoints chief compliance officer

    2016-04-05T16:00:00Z

    AMMB Holdings today announced the appointment of Faradina Mohammad Ghouse as igroup chief compliance officer, effecitve as of March 15.

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    Hertz Global names acting general legal counsel

    2016-04-04T12:30:00Z

    Hertz Global Holdings has named Rick Frecker as acting general legal counsel, following the resignation of Thomas Sabatino, who is joining Aetna as executive vice president and general counsel, law and regulatory. Frecker, who has been with Hertz since 2008, has served as vice president and deputy general counsel for ...

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    New York Attorney General Antitrust Bureau chief to join Gibson Dunn

    2016-04-04T10:45:00Z

    Eric Stock, chief of the Antitrust Bureau at the New York Attorney General’s Office, will join law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as a partner in New York, where he will focus on antitrust litigation and investigations, as well as merger review, effective June 1.