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LPL Financial, a wholly owned subsidiary of LPL Financial Holdings, has appointed Michelle Oroschakoff as chief risk officer and managing director. Oroschakoff also will serve on the management committee and as vice chair of the risk oversight committee. She will report to Chairman and CEO Mark Casady. In her role at LPL Financial, Oroschakoff will […]

Cole Taylor Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Taylor Capital Group, has appointed Tamina O’Neill as group senior vice president and chief compliance officer. O’Neill will report to Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer Randall Conte. O’Neill joins the bank with more than 15 years of senior risk management and compliance experience. […]

Sovereign Bank, N.A, a subsidiary of Santander Holdings USA, has appointed Michael Raffa as executive vice president and chief anti-money laundering officer. Raffa will oversee the bank’s anti-money laundering (AML) initiatives.   Prior to joining Sovereign, Raffa served as global head of AML shared services for TD Bank Group.

Compliance consultancy Cordium has appointed Peter Guarino and Vivek Pingili as vice presidents of the firm. Guarino will join the firm’s Boston office, where he will lead the mutual fund division. Guarino joins Cordium with nearly 30 years of experience as chief compliance officer and in-house counsel. Most recently, he served as CCO at advisory […]

Jack Sonnenschein, former vice president of enterprise compliance risk management at American Express, rejoined Citigroup in May as managing director and chief auditor of compliance. During his four years as vice president of enterprise compliance risk management at American Express, Sonnenschein implemented global compliance risk management program for new Bank Holding Company including risk assessment, […]

EuroChem, a nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer company headquartered in Moscow, Russia, has appointed Valery Lepekhin as chief audit executive. Lepekhin previously served as chief audit and investigations executive at Russian fertilizer company Uralkali. He served in the same capacity at GAZ Group, a cooperative enterprise between Ford and the Soviet Union. Other past positions include […]

Vail Resorts, a mountain resort operator, has appointed Peter Vaughn to its board of directors, effective immediately. Currently, Vaughn is senior vice president of international consumer products and marketing at American Express, where he has served in various capacities since joining the company in 1992. Other positions held by Vaughn at American Express include senior […]

Wesco Aircraft Holdings, a provider of supply chain management services to the aerospace industry, has appointed Norton Schwartz to its board of directors, effective immediately. He will also serve on the nominating and corporate governance committee. Schwartz retired from the U.S. Air Force in 2012 after nearly 40 years of service. From 2008 to 2012, […]

PolyOne Corp., a provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, has elected Sandra Beach Lin to its board of directors. She will also serve on the audit committee and the nominating and governance committee. Beach Lin previously served as president and CEO at solar silicon company Calisolar (now Silicor Materials). She previously held executive […]