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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has appointed Carlo di Florio, currently Director of the Securities and Exchange Commission Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, will join the organization as executive vice president of risk and strategy, effective June 24. In this role, di Florio will lead the Office of Risk, Emerging Regulatory Issues, Enterprise […]

Ford Motor Co. is reshuffling its top compliance executives: James Carroll, who held the director of corporate compliance role since 2008, has now taken another job at the automotive giant handling its legal affairs with Washington. Replacing him is Raphael Richmond, who has been legal counsel with Ford in various capacities since 1996.

99 Cent Only Stores, a discount retail chain based in Los Angeles, has hired Tom Rudenko to be the $1.8 billion company’s new director of internal audit and chief audit executive. Rudenko formerly headed up the internal audit function at Caesar’s Corp., the gambling company in Las Vegas. In his new role he will help […]

Think Finance, an online financial products company, has appointed Martin Wong to the newly-established role of chief integrity officer. In this role, Wong will oversee the company’s compliance with state and federal laws, as well as work with the product teams. Wong joins Think Finance from health insurance company Cigna Corp., where he served as […]

The Aztec Group, a real estate investment banking firm, has named Rylee Muddle to the newly-created role of chief risk officer. In this new role, Muddle will focus on providing overall leadership, vision and direction for enterprise wide risk management with the aim of leading the Aztec Group’s risk management function. He will report directly […]

Nokia Siemens Networks has appointed Maria Varsellona as general counsel. Gerwin Zott will continue in his role as acting general counsel until Varsellona joins the company July 1. Varsellona will report to Chief Executive Officer Rajeev Suri and join the company’s executive board. She joins Nokia Siemens from food packaging and processing company Tetra Pak, […]

State Auto Financial Corporation has appointed Matthew Pollak as vice president, treasurer and chief accounting officer. Pollak also serves in these capacities with subsidiaries State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company and State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Company. Pollak joins State Auto with more than 25 years experience in both public accounting and the property and […]

Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta has appointed Haig Kazazian as treasurer. He will succeed Senior Vice President and Treasurer Andrew Mills when he retires, effective May 31. Kazazian was appointed first vice president and assistant treasurer in April 2012. He joined the Bank in 1992 as a credit analyst and was most recently serving […]

The Securities and Exchange Commission this week announced that it has appointed Anne Small as general counsel. She will succeed Geoffrey Aronow, who will become a senior counsel to Chairman Mary Jo White.  Small rejoins the SEC from the White House Counsel’s Office where she has been serving as Special Assistant to the President and […]