Retail giant Target this week appointed Jacqueline Hourigan Rice as chief risk and compliance officer, effective Dec. 1. She will report directly to Chief Executive Officer Brian Cornell.

In addition, the company is elevating the position to include centralized oversight of enterprise risk management, compliance, vendor management, and corporate security under her leadership. “Earlier this year, Target stated our commitment to overhaul our information security and compliance structure and practices, and with that came the need to elevate the role of key positions in the company,” Cornell said in a statement.

Rice comes to Target from General Motors, where she most recently was chief compliance officer. Her 17-year-career with the company included global leadership roles in areas that included ethics, compliance, and data privacy.