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Global packaging company MeadWestvaco Corporation has hired Brent Harwood as controller, effective Jan. 1, 2013. He assumes this position from John Banu, who is retiring after 37 years with the company. Prior to joining MWV, Harwood served for 12 years at Deloitte in accounting and audit services. He also served for five years as corporate […]

Financial services holding company Protective Life Corporation has appointed Michael Temple as executive vice president and chief risk officer, effective Dec. 3. With more than 27 years of experience in the life and health insurance industry, Temple previously served as senior vice president and chief risk officer at insurance company Unum Group for seven years. […]

Online financial company E*TRADE Financial has appointed James Lam to its board of directors, effective as of Nov. 14. Lam also serves as chair of the risk oversight committee and a member of the audit committee. Lam has over 25 years of experience in risk and business management. He currently serves as president at James […]

The University of Miami has appointed Rudolph Hamilton Green to the newly created position of vice president and chief compliance officer, effective January 2013. His responsibilities will include all compliance functions of the university. In addition, he will provide leadership to internal audit functions. Green has served as director of university compliance services at the […]

Applied Materials, a provider of equipment, services, and software to enable advanced semiconductor manufacturing, has appointed Thomas Larkins as senior vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary, effective Nov. 26. He succeeds Joseph Sweeney, who is retiring as general counsel. Larkins joins Applied Materials from technology and manufacturing company Honeywell International, where he served as […]

Xylem, a global water technology company, has appointed Christian Na as senior vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary, effective Dec. 3. He succeeds Frank Jimenez, who left the company earlier this year. Previously, Na served as deputy general counsel at CIRCOR International, an industrial products manufacturer, since 2010, where he was responsible for the […]

ITC Holdings, an independent electric transmission company, has appointed Thomas Stephens to its board of directors, effective as of Nov. 8. Stephens is a retired vice chairman and global chief technology officer at General Motors Co. He joined the company in 1969 and held various positions of increasing responsibility, including executive vice president. He retired […]

Jeffrey Hessekiel, former chief officer of corporate compliance  and quality for Gilead Sciences, has joined the international law firm of Arnold & Porter as senior counsel in its FDA/Healthcare practice group. During his 10-year career at Gilead Sciences, Hessekiel was responsible for the design and management of the company’s compliance, ethics and risk management programs. […]

The Goldman Sachs Group has appointed Mark Tucker as an independent director, effective as of Nov. 5. He also serves as a member of each of the firm’s audit, risk, compensation and corporate governance and nominating committees. Tucker is group chief executive and president of pan-Asian life insurance group AIA Group Limited. From 2005 to […]

Insurance and reinsurance firm Brown & Brown has appointed Laurel Grammig to the newly-created position of chief compliance and regulatory officer, effective as of Oct. 23. In her new position, Grammig is responsible for compliance and regulatory issues, as well as corporate governance and securities law matters. Previously, Grammig served as vice president and corporate […]