All articles by CW Staff – Page 122

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    Aeterna Zentaris appoints chief accounting officer

    2016-02-22T15:15:00Z

    Aeterna Zentaris, a specialty biopharmaceutical company, has appointed Geneviève Lemaire, currently interim corporate controller, to serve as the company's vice president of finance and chief accounting officer. She assumes these roles from Keith Santorelli, who has left the company to pursue other opportunities.

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    AIMCo Names Chief Risk Officer

    2016-02-12T11:15:00Z

    Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo), a Canada-based institutional investment management firm with approximately $90 billion of assets under management, has appointed Remco van Eeuwijk as chief risk officer, effective May 2. Reporting to Chief Executive Officer Kevin Uebelein, he will join AIMCo's executive committee.

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    FBD Holdings Names Chief Risk Officer

    2016-02-12T11:00:00Z

    FBD Holdings, an Irish insurance company, this week named David Costello as chief risk officer for its FBD Insurance business, effective Feb. 22. Costello will join FBD from Allianz Worldwide Care, where he is head of actuarial services for the past nine years and a member of the executive management ...

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    Axiom Bank Names Chief Risk Officer

    2016-02-12T11:00:00Z

    Axiom Bank has named Penny Sanders as chief risk officer. She replaces Ronald Strand-Sorrell, who has moved to the position of executive vice president, chief operations officer.

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    Rabobank Names Chief Risk Officer

    2016-02-12T10:45:00Z

    The Supervisory Board of Rabobank has nominated Petra van Hoeken as chief risk officer and member of its executive board. Her nomination will be submitted for regulatory review and for advice from the Works Council.

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    Pfizer Names Executive Leadership Team Following Allergan Merger

    2016-02-12T10:30:00Z

    Pfizer this month announced the executive leadership team for the combined Pfizer and Allergan business, following the close of the proposed transaction. Pfizer and Allergan will continue to operate as two separate companies until the close of the transaction, which is expected in the second half of 2016, subject to ...

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    Coast Capital Savings Names Chief Risk Officer

    2016-02-12T10:15:00Z

    Coast Capital Savings, Canada's largest credit union by membership, this month appointed Bruce Schouten as chief risk officer. Schouten recently held senior positions at OSFI (Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions) and TD Bank, where he helped to build, and led for several years, the enterprise risk management function ...

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    The Bancorp Names Chief Compliance Officer

    2016-02-11T12:45:00Z

    The Bancorp has appointed Sepideh Behram to chief compliance officer, as the company works to revamp its compliance and risk program after resolving a settlement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in December.

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    Allianz Life Names Chief Compliance Officer

    2016-02-08T14:00:00Z

    Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America and Allianz Life Insurance Company recently hired Steve Koslow as chief compliance officer to oversee the compliance management system for insurance, broker/dealer and investment advisor regulated business, as well as compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

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    Volkswagen Group of America Names New General Counsel

    2016-02-08T13:30:00Z

    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

    2016-02-08T13:30:00Z

    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

    2016-02-08T13:15:00Z

    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

    2016-02-01T11:30:00Z

    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

    2016-02-01T11:30:00Z

    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

    2016-02-01T11:15:00Z

    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

    2016-02-01T11:00:00Z

    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

    2016-02-01T10:45:00Z

    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

    2016-02-01T10:30:00Z

    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

    2016-01-29T13:45:00Z

    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

    2016-01-29T13:15:00Z

    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.