Compliance Week regularly tracks various personnel moves, board appointments, product releases, customer wins, and industry gossip in the corporate governance realm. Submit announcements to Compliance Week’s Jaclyn Jaeger.

General Counsels, Corporate Secretaries

Ruff

$8.8 billion Tenet Healthcare has named Gary Ruff senior vice president and general counsel. Ruff, who has been serving as Tenet’s interim general counsel since March, will be responsible for leading all of Tenet’s legal activities at the corporate, regional, and hospital levels. Prior to his new role, Ruff, who has been with Tenet since 1992, served as vice president and assistant general counsel.

$1.4 billion Spartech Corp., a producer of plastics materials and packaging, has announced the resignation of Jeffrey Fisher as senior vice president and general counsel. Fisher, who is leaving to pursue other business opportunities, will serve as a consultant for the company through Oct. 31, while it initiates a formal search for his successor.

Momenta Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company specializing in engineering of complex drugs, has appointed Bruce Leicher senior vice president and general counsel. Leicher, who brings nearly 20 years of legal experience in the biotechnology industry to Momenta, most recently served as senior vice president and general counsel at Altus Pharmaceuticals.

Accounting Officers, Controllers

$2.8 billion Vishay Intertechnology, a manufacturer of semiconductors and passive electronic components, has appointed Lori Lipcaman to the newly created role of chief accounting officer. Lipcaman has served as corporate senior vice president, operations controller since 1998 and has been with the company since 1989.

Chief Risk, Compliance Officers

The beleaguered British mortgage bank Northern Rock has appointed Rick Hunkin as chief risk officer, effective Sept. 1. Hunkin has 28 years experience in retail banking and was most recently chief risk officer at GE Money Home Lending, where he was an executive director. Earlier this year Northern Rock nearly collapsed, prompting the British government to nationalize the bank and causing howls of outrage in Parliament. The British Financial Services Authority also came under fierce criticism for lax oversight that led to Northern’s predicament.

GE Money Home Lending has appointed former Abbey Business managing director Ian Wilson as its new chief risk officer. Prior to Abbey, Wilson worked for the Royal Bank of Scotland holding key positions, including director of credit risk in retail banking.

On the Board

U.S. Steel has elected David Sutherland to its board of directors. He will serve on the compensation and organization committee and the corporate governance and public policy committee. Sutherland retired from his position as president and CEO of steel producer Ipsco last year.

Nishimuro

IBM has elected Taizo Nishimuro to its board of directors, effective Sept. 22. He will also serve on the corporate governance committee. Since June 2005, Nishimuro has been chairman of the board of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Group, where he served as president and CEO from December 2005 to June 2007. Nishimuro also currently acts as an adviser to the board of Toshiba Corp., where he was president and chief executive officer between June 1996 and June 2000. His election brings IBM’s board to 13 members.

Robert Half International has elected Frederick Richman to its board of directors. Richman most recently served as a principal at Deloitte Tax, a subsidiary of Deloitte & Touche.

Laskawy

$2 billion Bermuda-based Lazard Ltd. has elected Philip Laskawy to the firm’s board of directors. He also will serve on the audit committee. Laskawy most recently served as chairman and CEO of Ernst & Young before retiring in 2001 after 40 years of service with the firm.

$1 billion Kforce, a professional staffing services and solutions provider, has elected Patrick Moneymaker, to serve on its board of directors. Moneymaker recently resigned as CEO of Kforce Government Holdings to become president and CEO of Proxy Aviation Systems.

From the Vendors

KPMG has hired John Gimigliano as a principal in the firm’s national tax practice. At KPMG, Gimigliano will serve as principal in charge of the firm’s newly formed Americas Climate Solutions and Energy Sustainability Practice. Gimigliano was most recently a former senior tax counsel for the House Committee on Ways and Means and staff director for the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.