All articles by CW Staff – Page 122

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    Enumeral Appoints New Board Member

    2014-12-05T12:30:00Z

    Enumeral Biomedical Holdings has appointed Robert Van Nostrand to its board of directors. Details inside.

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    Evariant Appoints Chief Compliance Officer

    2014-12-03T11:30:00Z

    Evariant, a digital marketing solutions provider for healthcare companies, has named Tammy Preisner as chief compliance officer. Details inside.

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    Baylor University Names Chief Compliance Officer

    2014-12-03T11:00:00Z

    Baylor University has appointed Juan Alejandro as vice president of governance and risk and chief compliance officer, effective immediately. He had been serving in an interim capacity since July. Details inside.

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    BNY Mellon Elects Investor Activist Ed Garden to Board of Directors

    2014-12-02T14:45:00Z

    BNY Mellon, an investment management and investment services company, has elected Ed Garden, Chief Investment Officer and a founding partner of Trian Fund Management, to its board of directors, effective immediately. He also will join the human resources and compensation committee, and the risk committee of the board. Details inside.

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    Two Harbors Investment Appoints Chief Risk Officer

    2014-11-26T14:00:00Z

    Two Harbors Investment, a real estate investment trust, has appointed Robert Rush as chief risk officer, effective Jan. 1, 2015. He assumes the role from Paul Richardson, who will remain in his role as partner and chief risk officer for Pine River Capital Management, the parent of the company’s external ...

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    Former American Airlines CEO Joins Walmart Board

    2014-11-24T15:15:00Z

    Walmart has appointed Tom Horton, former chairman and CEO of American Airlines, to its board of directors, effective as of Nov. 21. Horton became the sixteenth member of the board and will also serve as a member of the audit committee. Details inside.

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    Yale Names New General Counsel

    2014-11-21T13:45:00Z

    Yale has named Alexander Dreier as general counsel, effective March 23, 2015. He will assume this role from former general counsel Dorothy Robinson, who retired in August. Details inside.

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    State Street Global Advisors Names Chief Risk Officer

    2014-11-19T08:45:00Z

    State Street Global Advisors, the asset management business of State Street Corporation, has appointed David Saulnier as chief risk officer, with immediate effect. Saulnier previously served as chief risk officer for State Street’s investment servicing business in the Americas. Details inside.

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    Lowe's Names Chief Compliance Officer

    2014-11-19T08:30:00Z

    Lowe's Companies has named Ross McCanless as general counsel, secretary and chief compliance officer, effective Jan. 12, 2015. McCanless will replace Gaither Keener, who announced plans to retire from the company following 30 years of service. Details inside.

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    Morgan Lewis Admits 227 Partners from Bingham McCutchen

    2014-11-17T11:45:00Z

    Morgan Lewis recently voted to admit 227 new partners to its firm, all joining from law firm Bingham McCutchen. The firm now will be comprised of nearly 2,000 lawyers and serve clients in the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Details inside.

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    Veteran Compliance Officer Joins TRACE

    2014-11-17T11:30:00Z

    TRACE International announced today that Michael Ward has joined the anti-bribery association's advisory practice as senior director of compliance solutions, with immediate effect. Ward will be based in San Francisco, expanding TRACE's West Coast presence. Details inside.

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    Protection 1 Names Chief Accounting Officer for Brite Energy

    2014-11-17T10:45:00Z

    Protection 1, a business and home security company, has hired Simi Gupta as its new chief accounting officer for Brite Energy, which is Protection 1’s recently-formed solar energy company. Details inside.

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    Transgenomic Names New Chief Accounting Officer

    2014-11-14T15:30:00Z

    Transgenomic, a global biotechnology company, has appointed Leon Richards as chief accounting officer. He also will continue in  his current role as corporate controller. Details inside.

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    Kimball International Names General Counsel, Corporate Secretary

    2014-11-14T15:15:00Z

    Furniture company Kimball Interational has promoted Julia Heitz-Cassidy to general counsel and corporate secretary. She previously served as deputy general counsel. Details inside.

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    Castlight Health Names Chief Compliance Officer

    2014-11-12T14:45:00Z

    Castlight Health, a cloud technology company for the healthcare industry, has appointed Jennifer Chaloemtiarana as general counsel and chief compliance officer. Chaloemtiarana joins Castlight from Levi Strauss, where she was senior counsel. Details inside.

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    Former Pfizer General Counsel Joins Blue Buffalo Board

    2014-11-11T14:30:00Z

    Blue Buffalo, a natural pet food company, has appointed Amy Schulman to its board of directors. Details inside.

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    Former Acting General Counsel for HUD Joins Jenner & Block

    2014-11-10T12:45:00Z

    Damon Smith, former acting general counsel for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), has joined the law firm Jenner & Block as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Smith will be a member of the Government Controversies and Public Policy Litigation and Real Estate Practices. Details inside.

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    Target Names Chief Risk and Compliance Officer

    2014-11-07T09:00:00Z

    Image: Title: RiceRetail giant Target has appointed Jacqueline Hourigan Rice as chief risk and compliance officer, effective Dec. 1. She will report directly to Chief Executive Officer Brian Cornell. The company is elevating the position to include centralized oversight of enterprise risk management, compliance, vendor management, and corporate security under ...

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    Laureate Education Names Assistant General Counsel for Global Compliance

    2014-11-06T12:00:00Z

    Ana-Paola Capaldo has been named assistant general counsel for global compliance and ethics at Laureate Education, a global higher-education provider. Details inside.

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    Higher One Names New Chief Risk Officer

    2014-11-05T09:45:00Z

    Higher One, a financial services and data analytics provider to colleges and universities, has named Mark Archer as chief risk officer. He will oversee Higher One’s strategy and operational processes for all risk-related activities and will report directly to the newly-formed risk and compliance committee of the board of directors. ...