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    Commonwealth Bank of Australia Chief Risk Officer to Retire

    2016-01-29T13:00:00Z

    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

    2016-01-29T12:45:00Z

    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

    2016-01-26T14:15:00Z

    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

    2016-01-25T12:30:00Z

    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

    2016-01-25T12:00:00Z

    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

    2016-01-22T15:45:00Z

    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

    2016-01-22T15:00:00Z

    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

    2016-01-22T15:00:00Z

    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

    2016-01-22T14:45:00Z

    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.

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    CMS Energy Hires Chief Compliance Officer

    2016-01-22T14:45:00Z

    CMS Energy has named Melissa Gleespen as chief compliance officer for the company and its chief subsidiary, Consumers Energy. She will also continue to serve in her current role as vice president and corporate secretary.

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    Macy's Names Controller and Chief Accounting Officer

    2016-01-19T10:15:00Z

    Macy’s has elected Felicia Williams, who is currently senior vice president for enterprise risk and internal audit, as vice president and controller. She also will serve as chief accounting officer, effective June 1, 2016.

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    DreamWorks Animation Chief Accounting Officer Resigns

    2016-01-19T10:15:00Z

    DreamWorks Animation announced last week in a Form 8-K filing that Edward Aleman, the company's chief accounting officer, notified the company of his intent to resign for personal health reasons.

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    Zain Group Names Chief Risk Officer

    2016-01-19T09:15:00Z

    Zain Group, a mobile telecommunications company headquarted in Kuwait, has announced the promotion of AbdulGhaffar Setareh to the newly created role of chief risk officer, reporting to the risk committee. In this new role, Setareh will be responsible for delivering the global risk framework and strategy across all operations within ...

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    Former FinCen Chief Counsel Joins Crowell & Moring

    2016-01-19T08:45:00Z

    Law firm Crowell & Moring has named Carlton Greene as partner in both its International Trade and White Collar & Regulatory Enforcement Groups. Greene joins the firm after serving as chief counsel of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.

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    American National Names New Chief Accounting Officer

    2016-01-15T12:45:00Z

    American National Bankshares, parent company of American National Bank and Trust Company, has appointed Cathy Liles as chief accounting officer, effective as of on Jan. 4. She reports to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer William Traynham.

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    PayPal Appoints New Board Member

    2016-01-13T15:45:00Z

    PayPal Holdings has appointed Wences Casares to its board of directors, effective of as of Jan. 12. He will serve on PayPal’s compensation committee.

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    Layne Christensen Appoints New Board Member

    2016-01-13T15:45:00Z

    Layne Christensen, a global solutions provider to the world of essential natural resources, has appointed Alan Krusi to its board of directors, effective Jan. 15.

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    Africa Finance Corporation Names Chief Risk Officer

    2016-01-08T11:30:00Z

    Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), a development finance institution for infrastructure projects in Africa, has appointed David Johnson as chief risk officer. He succeeds Roger Ellender, who reached the mandatory retirement age, after serving as AFC's chief risk officer for six years.

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    EMCOR Group Names General Counsel

    2016-01-08T11:15:00Z

    EMCOR Group, a mechanical and electrical construction services, industrial and energy infrastructure and building services company, has named Maxine Lum Mauricio general counsel as of Jan. 4. Mauricio succeeds Sheldon Cammaker, who has assumed the vice chairman position.

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    MainSource Hires Chief Risk Officer

    2016-01-06T13:30:00Z

    MainSource Financial Group, a financial holding company with assets of approximately $3.25 billion, has named Karen Woods as corporate counsel and chief risk officer.  She oversees all regulatory matters for the company, including compliance and audit functions, loan review, information security, as well as all legal matters.