- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Jaclyn Jaeger2020-07-08T17:27:00
A month after admitting guilt in the wildfire deaths of 84 Californians, PG&E announced organizational changes to its risk, audit, and safety leadership teams.
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Pacific Gas & Electric avoided criminal charges in agreeing to pay more than $55 million in civil contributions and penalties as part of a settlement in California regarding the utility company’s alleged role in the 2019 Kincade Fire and 2021 Dixie Fire.
PG&E Corp. is shaking up its management team, including the impending appointment of John Simon as executive vice president, general counsel and chief ethics & compliance officer.
Found to be at fault for yet another wildfire last week, PG&E’s return from bankruptcy is off to a rocky start. A new reorganization plan at the company built around risk management and safety is key to avoiding a takeover by the state of California.
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Norfolk Southern Corp., the railroad still cleaning up the environmental and financial damages caused when one of its trains derailed in a small Ohio town, has fired its top executive and chief legal officer after concluding they had an affair that violated company policies.
