CW Staff

ITG, an independent broker and financial technology provider, has appointed Thomas Shpetner as global chief compliance officer, effective April 12. He will report to Angélique DeSanto, ITG managing director and general counsel.

DreamWorks Animation has appointed Steven Adams as chief accounting officer, effective as of March 8. Chief Financial Officer Fazal Merchant had been serving as acting chief accounting officer since March 4, following the resignation of Edward Aleman.

Randall Mehrberg, who has more than 35 years of experience in private practice and as a chief legal counsel and a strategic business leader for multi-billion-dollar public companies, is rejoining Jenner & Block. As partner in its Chicago office, Mehrberg will support the firm’s Corporate, Litigation, and Restructuring and Bankruptcy Practices. He will also help grow the firm’s Energy and Regulatory industry groups.

iRobot, a robotic technology-based solutions company, has appointed Michael Bell to its board of directors, effective immediately. The company also announced several corporate governance enhancements. Details inside.

Beacon Roofing Supply, a distributor of residential and commercial roofing materials and complementary building products, has appointed Gregory Jorgensen as chief accounting officer, effective March 28. In this role, Jorgensen will oversee all accounting operations, financial consolidations, and SEC reporting efforts.

MDU Resources Group has named Jason Vollmer as chief accounting officer, in addition to his role as treasurer, effective March 19. He replaces Nathan Ring, who is resigning effective March 18.

FlexShopper, Inc. has named Ravi Radhakrishnan as chief risk officer.  Radhakrishnan was most recently head of underwriting valuations and senior vice president of consumer card services at Bank of America, where he managed various facets of decisioning, risk strategy and underwriting across a $90 billion credit card asset portfolio.

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has selected Marlene Timberlake D’Adamo as chief compliance officer, effective on April 11. In her new position, Timberlake D’Adamo is responsible for all aspects of the enterprise compliance program, including full responsibility for administering a comprehensive compliance monitoring and oversight program in relation to legislative and regulatory requirements and industry guidelines.

Jonathan Nuechterlein, former general counsel for the Federal Trade Commission, has joined law firm Sidley Austin as partner and co-leader of the firm’s communications regulatory practice. He also joins the antitrust/competition practice.

Associated Banc-Corp has announced the retirement of Arthur Heise as chief risk officer, effective July 1. Randall Erickson will assume Heise’s responsibilities as chief risk officer on May 1, in addition to his current roles as general counsel and secretary.