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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 […]

Energy producer and transporter Dominion has announced several management promotions. These new appointments are as follows: Christine Schwab, currently vice president of regulatory compliance and chief risk officer has been promoted to vice president, chief compliance and risk officer. She will continue to report to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Mark McGettrick for […]

Flowserve Corporation, a provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, has appointed Carey O’Connor as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary. She succeeds Ron Shuff, who will retire in 2013 after nearly 25 years with the company. In her new role, O’Connor reports to President and Chief Executive Officer […]

Casual dining company Brinker International has announced the resignation of Michael Dixon from its board of directors following his appointment as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Ignite Restaurant Group. Dixon joined the board in April 2011, and also served on the audit committee during his tenure.

Exa Corporation, a fluids simulation and product engineering company, has appointed Stephen Sarno to the newly created role of vice president of finance and chief accounting officer. He will assume responsibility for all accounting and financial planning controls, processes and procedures. Prior to joining the company, Sarno served as senior vice president of finance and […]

Global financial institution ING has appointed Doug Caldwell as chief risk officer  of insurance/IM EurAsia, effective Dec. 1. He also will serve as a member of the management board insurance EurAsia. Caldwell will be responsible for all operational and business-related aspects of risk management. He joined ING in 1999 and served in various senior management […]

Polaris Industries, a maker of power sports, has appointed PepsiCo’s Chief Executive Officer Brian Cornell to its board of directors. Cornell has served as CEO of PepsiCo since March. Prior to his current position, he served four years as president, CEO and executive vice president of Sam’s Club, a division of Wal-Mart. Previously, Cornell served […]

Alcoholic beverage company Brown-Forman Corporation has appointed Brian Fitzgerald as chief accounting officer, effective Jan. 1, 2013. He will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day accounting and corporate reporting functions. With more than ten years experience in finance and accounting, Fitzgerald joined Brown-Forman in 2003 as an analyst in corporate development and was named director […]

Federal Trade Commission chairman Jon Leibowitz has announced that agency general counsel, Willard Tom, has resigned to returned to private sector. The FTC’s principal deputy general counsel David Shonka will serve as acting general counsel. Tom served as general counsel for more than three years. He also served as deputy director of the Bureau of […]