CW Staff

Accounting and advisory firm EisnerAmper has appointed Peter Bible to the newly-created role of chief risk officer, with immediate effect. As CRO, Bible will be responsible for managing the firm’s liability exposure and will work closely with the firm’s Professional Practices Group to ensure compliance with the firm’s quality control policies. He also will retain […]

Caterpillar, a manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, has appointed Mike DeWalt as corporate controller, in addition to his current role as director of investor relations. He assumes the position of corporate controller from Janie Copeland, who will continue in her role as chief accounting officer. In his new role, DeWalt will be responsible for […]

Holding company Navistar International Corp. has appointed Samuel Merksamer to its board of directors. He replaces Diane Gulyas, who retired after serving for three years as a board member. Both changes are effective as of Dec. 10. Merksamer is a managing director at holding company Icahn Capital, where he has served since 2008, responsible for […]

Former Securities and Exchange Commission Chief Accountant James Kroeker will join Deloitte as deputy managing partner of professional practice, pending approval by the board of directors, effective Jan. 7. Kroeker will serve as a senior consultative resource promoting high audit quality by helping Deloitte engagement teams and clients. Since January 2009, Kroeker has served as […]

Ballast Nedam, a Netherlands-based construction and engineering company, has appointed Sylvie Bleker as chief compliance and risk officer, effective Jan. 1, 2013. In her new position, Bleker will oversee the company’s compliance and risk program, reporting to the supervisory board. Bleker will join Ballast Nedam from asset management company Stork BV, where she currently serves […]

Chemical manufacturer Cytec Industries has appointed Jeffery Fitzgerald as treasurer and Raymond Heslin as corporate controller, both effective Jan. 1, 2013.  Fitzgerald served as corporate controller at Cytec for five years, and has held various financial positions with the company over his 25-year tenure, including eight years as controller of the engineered materials business. Heslin […]

Coinstar has appointed Tad Larsen as chief accounting officer, effective Dec. 16. Larsen succeeds Saul Gates, who has left Coinstar to serve as chief financial officer at another company, effective Dec. 14. Scott Di Valerio will serve as interim chief accounting officer between the resignation of Gates and the appointment of Larsen. Larsen has served […]

Financial holding company First Commonwealth Financial Corporation has appointed Jon Gorney to its board of directors. Gorney joins the board with 37 years of financial services experience, most recently serving as executive vice president at PNC Financial Services Group. Gorney began his banking career with National City Corporation, where he served in various operations and […]

Willbros Group, an independent contractor serving the oil, gas, power, refining and petrochemical industries, has appointed Geoffrey Stanford as vice president and chief accounting officer, effective as of Dec. 5. He succeeds Ron Lefaive, vice president of accounting and tax and corporate controller, who is retiring at the end of the year. Stanford joins Willbros […]

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has appointed Beth Slavet as the new director of the Whistleblower Protection Program. Slavet has more than 30 years of experience with the enforcement of federal whistleblower statues. She is the former chairman of the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, where she also served as […]