CW Staff

The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority today announced the appointments of two key executive roles, with Mark Steward becoming the new Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight, and Barbara Frohn the new Director of Risk and Compliance Oversight. The FCA also announced three recent key director appointments. Details inside.

Online social networking service Twitter has appointed Robert Kaiden as chief accounting officer, effective as of June 1. Details inside.

Worldwide Express, a global logistics franchisor, has named Richard Kolman as general counsel and chief compliance officer. In this capacity, Kolman manages the legal and franchise compliance departments, including overseeing network compliance with system standards. Details inside.

E*TRADE Financial has named Paul Brandow as acting chief risk officer. Brandow will assume the chief risk officer role from Michael Pizzi, who will become chief financial officer, effective June 16, after current CFO Matthew Audette advised the company of his decision to leave to pursue a new opportunity. Details inside.

The Inland Real Estate Group, part of The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, has named Prashant Bodhanwala as chief accounting officer. In this role, he will oversee accounting, financial strategic planning and financial analyses for Inland. Details inside.

Paragon Offshore has named Alejandra Veltmann as chief accounting officer. She reports to Chief Financial Officer Steven Manz. Details inside.

AK Steel has named Joseph Alter as corporate secretary, in addition to his current roles as general counsel and chief compliance officer. Details inside.

Big Lots has appointed Ronald Robins as general counsel and corporate secretary.  He will be a member of the executive leadership team and report directly to President and CEO David Campisi. Robins previously served as general counsel, chief compliance officer, and secretary of apparel retailer Abercrombie & Fitch.

Stephen Cosgrove, controller and chief accounting officer of Johnson & Johnson, will retire in October, the company announced in a Form 8-K. Upon Cosgrove’s retirement, these roles will be filled by Ronald Kapusta, who is currently vice president of finance of J&J’s supply chain. Details inside.