DynCorp International, a global provider of specialized mission-critical services to civilian and military government agencies, has appointed Curtis Schehr to the newly created senior executive position of senior vice president, chief compliance officer, and executive counsel, effective immediately. Schehr is currently senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary.

In this new executive capacity, Schehr will be responsible for developing and implementing an integrated governance, risk, and compliance framework across the company that captures ethics, compliance, and regulatory areas, and effectively supports an accountable and transparent business environment. In addition, he will have management oversight for the company’s ethics and business conduct program, related internal investigations, internal audit, and trade compliance, which includes all export and import activities. He also will have responsibility for other related regulatory and compliance matters, and will report both to the President and CEO William Ballhaus, as well as to the audit committee.

Before joining DynCorp International in October 2006, Schehr served from 1996 to 2006 as senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary of military sub-contractor Anteon International Corporation.