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Compliance Week regularly tracks personnel moves, including the appointments of compliance, governance and risk officers and executives. Key changes at boards of directors are also tracked, as are changes at regulatory bodies. Please submit announcements to Compliance Week's Jaclyn Jaeger. Also, don't forget to check out Compliance Week's Help Wanted section for the latest job postings.

Capital Southwest Corp. Names Two New Directors

May 25, 2012

Capital Southwest Corporation, a business development company, has appointed Richard Strup and T. Duane Morgan to its board of directors. Details inside.
 

Omnicare Appoints New Director

May 24, 2012

Omnicare, a pharmaceutical company, has appointed Sam Leno to its board of directors. He will also serve on the company's audit committee...
 

Securities Litigator Joins Foley & Lardner

May 24, 2012

Law firm Foley & Lardner has appointed Christopher Cutler as partner in the securities enforcement and litigation practice. In his new role, Cutler will represent clients involved with investigations before the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission...
 

Covidien Appoints New Treasurer

May 23, 2012

Covidien, a provider of healthcare products, has appointed Gregory Andrulonis as treasurer and vice president, effective immediately. He assumes this role from Kevin DaSilva, who will continue to serve as chief financial officer and vice president...
 

Northern Tier Energy Announces Senior Management Appointments

May 23, 2012

Northern Tier Energy, a downstream energy company, has appointed Tim McCauley as corporate controller and Lesley Zaun as deputy general counsel...
 

Community West Bancshares Appoints Chief Risk Officer

May 23, 2012

Community West Bancshares, the parent company of Community West Bank, has appointed Thomas Wetzel as chief risk officer and senior vice president, effective June 4...
 

Rex Energy Names New Chief Accounting Officer

May 23, 2012

Rex Energy, an oil and gas exploration and production company, has appointed Curtis Walker as chief accounting officer...
 

KIT digital Announces Senior Appointments

May 21, 2012

KIT digital, a video management software and services company, has appointed Avi Aronovitz as senior vice president of corporate finance, corporate controller, and chief accounting officer. The company also appointed Steve LoGiudice as director of internal audit...
 

Baker Hughes Appoints New Board Member

May 21, 2012

Baker Hughes, a supplier of oilfield services, products, technology and systems to the oil and natural gas industry, has appointed Lynn Elsenhans to its board of directors. She will serve on the audit/ethics and governance committees...
 

NGL Energy Partners Appoints New Board Member

May 21, 2012

NGL Energy Partners has appointed Bryan Guderian to the board of directors of its general partner, NGL Energy Holdings, effective immediately. He will serve on the audit committee and also as an independent director...
 

Best Buy Elects New Chairman

May 21, 2012

Best Buy has elected director Hatim Tyabji to succeed Richard Schulze as chairman of the board of directors, effective at the conclusion of the company's June 21 annual meeting. The departure of Schulze follows an independent internal investigation, which concluded that Schulze failed to inform fellow board members in December 2011 after he was notified about personal misconduct allegations made against former Chief Executive Officer Brian Dunn, who resigned in April. Details inside.
 

Tiffany & Co. Appoints New Board Member

May 18, 2012

Jewelry retailer Tiffany & Co. announced that its stockholders have appointed Robert Singer to its board of directors. He will chair the board's audit committee and replaces Thomas Presby, who has retired...
 

Oliver Wyman Group Appoints Chief Risk & Compliance Officer

May 18, 2012

Oliver Wyman Group, comprised of management consulting firms Oliver Wyman and NERA Economic Consulting, has appointed Rachel Kirsh as chief risk and compliance officer...
 

Willbros Group Corporate Controller to Retire

May 18, 2012

Willbros Group—an independent contractor serving the oil, gas, power, refining and petrochemical industries—has announced the upcoming retirement of Ron Lefaive from his roles as vice president of accounting and tax, and corporate controller, effective at the end of 2012...
 

Willbros Group Corporate Controller to Retire

May 18, 2012

Willbros Group, an independent contractor serving the oil, gas, power, refining and petrochemical industries, has announced that Ron Lefaive will be retiring from his roles as vice president of accounting and tax, and corporate controller, effective the end of 2012. Details inside.
 

Aquila Group Appoints New Chief Compliance Officer

May 15, 2012

The Aquila Group of Funds, a bonds and funds company, has appointed Randall Fillmore as chief compliance officer. He will serve in this capacity for the Aquila Group of Funds, Aquila Investment Management and Aquila Distributors, collectively the Aquila Entities. He assumes this position from Bob Driessen, who is retiring...
 

VirTra Systems Appoints Corporate Controller

May 15, 2012

VirTra Systems, a provider of firearms training simulation systems, has named Mark Skidmore as corporate controller and director of finance...
 

Wells Fargo Names New Chief Compliance Officer

May 14, 2012

Wells Fargo, a financial services company, has appointed Yvette Hollingsworth as chief compliance officer, effective June 1. She assumes this position from Tim Marrinan, who retired late last year...
 

New York Racing Association Appoints Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, Acting General Counsel

May 14, 2012

The New York Racing Association has appointed Kenneth Handal as chief ethics and compliance officer and acting general counsel...
 

ING U.S. Appoints New Chief Risk Officer

May 11, 2012

ING U.S., the U.S.-based retirement, insurance and investment management operations of Dutch-based ING, has appointed Michael Smith as chief risk officer. In his new role, he will be responsible for overseeing the enterprise-wide and business-level risk monitoring and management program...
 

LCH Clearnet Appoints Chief Risk Officer

May 11, 2012

LCH Clearnet, a U.K.-based independent clearing house group, has appointed Dennis McLaughlin as chief risk officer. He will also join the company's executive committee, independent group risk committee and will serve as chairman for the internal executive risk committee...
 

News International Names New General Counsel

May 10, 2012

News International, a mass media corporation, has appointed Paul Chinnery as general counsel...
 

Farmers Capital Bank Corporation Announces Changes to its Board of Directors

May 10, 2012

Farmers Capital Bank Corporation, a bank holding company, has announced changes to its board of directors...
 

Principal Accounting Officer, Controller of BancorpSouth to Retire

May 10, 2012

BancorpSouth, a financial holding company, has announced the retirement of Gary Bonds from his positions as principal accounting officer and senior vice president of BancorpSouth and as executive vice president and controller of BancorpSouth Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of BancorpSouth, effective June 29.
 

IKONICS Names Additions to Board of Directors

May 10, 2012

IKONICS Corporation, an imaging technology company, has appointed of Ernest Harper and Darrell Lee to its board of directors...
 

EOG Resources Names General Counsel, Corporate Secretary

May 08, 2012

EOG Resources, a crude oil and natural gas company, has named Michael Donaldson as general counsel, corporate secretary and vice president, effective May 3. He assumes this role from Frederick Plaeger, who will continue to serve as vice president of government relations until his retirement from EOG...
 

Carrier IQ Names New General Counsel

May 08, 2012

Carrier IQ, a mobile network company, has named Magnolia Mansourkia Mobley as general counsel and chief privacy officer. In her new role, Mansourkia Mobley will focus on accelerating and broadening consumer privacy...
 

Celgene Appoints General Counsel, Corporate Secretary

May 07, 2012

Celgene Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company, has appointed Thomas Moriarty as general counsel and corporate secretary. In his new role, he will be responsible for global legal strategy and serve on the company's management committee...
 

PNC Financial Services Group Names New General Counsel

May 07, 2012

PNC Financial Services Group has named Robert Hoyt as general counsel. He will assume the post on May 31 from Helen Pudlin, who will be retiring after an 18-year stint with the company...
 

SEC Enforcement Division Names Deputy Director

May 07, 2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed George Canellos as deputy director of the Division of Enforcement, effective June 4...
 

Former Inspector General Joins Goodwin Procter

May 07, 2012

Law firm Goodwin Procter has appointed Michael Bromwich as partner in its litigation department. He will be a member of the firm's securities litigation and white collar defense group, where he will focus on corporate internal investigations, compliance, monitoring and white-collar criminal defense...
 

National Golf Management Company Names Corporate Controller

May 03, 2012

National Golf Management Company—a golf course management company formed in February 2012 with the merger of Burroughs and Chapin Golf Management and Myrtle Beach National Company—has appointed Brent Wise as corporate controller...
 

Spokeo Names New General Counsel

May 02, 2012

Spokeo, a people search engine, has appointed Angela Saverice-Rohan as general counsel and chief privacy officer. She will be responsible for the company's privacy compliance and will provide counsel on all legal matters...
 

Starbucks Appoints New Board Member

May 02, 2012

Starbucks has appointed Robert Gates to its board of directors. He will serve on the board's nominating and corporate governance committee...
 

eBay Appoints Chief Accounting Officer

May 02, 2012

eBay has appointed Brian Doerger as chief accounting officer and vice president, effective as of May 1. He will also serve as principal accounting officer. Doerger assumes this position from Phillip DePaul who has assumed new responsibilities within the company...
 

Energizer Holdings Appoints New Board Member

May 02, 2012

Energizer Holdings, a consumer goods company, has appointed Daniel Heinrich to its board of directors, effective as of April 30. He also has been appointed to the nominating and executive compensation committee...
 

CTS Corporation Names Assistant Secretary, General Counsel

May 01, 2012

CTS Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of electronic components and sensors and a provider of electronics manufacturing services, has hired John Dudek as vice president and assistant secretary. He also has been appointed general counsel, effective May 1.
 

Former FDA Chief Counsel Joins Gibson Dunn

May 01, 2012

Law firm Gibson Dunn has appointed Steven Tave as counsel. He will focus his practice on FDA and health care compliance, enforcement and litigation with regard to pharmaceutical and medical device issues...
 

The Laclede Group Announces Management Changes

April 30, 2012

The Laclede Group, a public utility holding company that provides natural gas services, has announced executive management changes, effective May 1...
 

TMG Health Names New Chief Compliance Officer

April 30, 2012

TMG Health, a provider of solutions for government-sponsored health plans, has appointed Patricia Savitsky as chief compliance officer and senior vice president...
 

EMRISE Corporation Appoints Principal Accounting Officer, Secretary

April 30, 2012

EMRISE Corporation, a multi-national manufacturer of defense and aerospace electronic devices and communications equipment, has appointed Timothy Blades as principal accounting officer, corporate secretary, and director of finance...
 

SEC Enforcement Division Names Deputy Chief Litigation Counsel

April 30, 2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed Matthew Solomon as deputy chief litigation counsel of the Division of Enforcement, effective in June. He assumes this position from Mark Adler, who currently serves as deputy chief trial counsel at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board...
 

Eisai Appoints General Counsel

April 30, 2012

Eisai, a research-based human health care company, has appointed Allen Waxman as general counsel and senior vice president, effective immediately...
 

W.R. Berkley Corporation Names Chief Compliance Officer

April 27, 2012

W.R. Berkley Corporation, an insurance holding company, has appointed Scott Mansolillo to the newly-created role of chief compliance officer and vice president, effective immediately...
 

HP Names New General Counsel

April 27, 2012

Technology-giant HP has appointed John Schultz as general counsel and executive vice president, effective immediately. He assumes this role from David Healy, who has served as interim general counsel since December 2011...
 

Liberty Energy Announces Creation of Advisory Board, Appointments

April 24, 2012

Houston-based Liberty Energy, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, has appointed Pete Gawith to its newly created advisory board...
 

Endurance Specialty Holdings Appoints Chief Risk Officer

April 24, 2012

Endurance Specialty Holdings, a Bermuda-based provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, has appointed Nicholas Campbell as chief risk officer and executive vice president. In his new role, Campbell will be responsible for Endurance's company-wide enterprise risk management activities...
 

Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation Names New Chief Accounting Officer

April 23, 2012

Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation has appointed Kevin Miller as chief accounting officer, effective May 7...
 

Diebold Appoints New Corporate Controller

April 23, 2012

Diebold, a provider of self-service delivery and security systems and services, has appointed Christopher Macey as corporate controller and vice president. He assumes this position from Leslie Pierce, who has retired after a 22-year career with the company...
 

Levi Strauss Appoints New Board Member

April 20, 2012

Apparel company Levi Strauss has appointed Troy Alstead to its board of directors, effective April 19...
 
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