CW Staff

IBM has appointed Christina Peters as chief privacy officer. Peters will lead the company’s global engagement in public policy and initiatives on data security and privacy. She will also be responsible for a worldwide team of legal, data protection and technical professionals. Peters has served as a practicing attorney with IBM since 1996, handling various […]

Biotechnology company Amgen has appointed Cynthia Patton as senior vice president and chief compliance officer, effective Oct. 22. She succeeds Anna Richo, who has resigned from the company to join another biopharmaceutical company as general counsel, effective Oct. 31. Patton joined Amgen in 2005 and most recently served as vice president in the Amgen law […]

Banking behemoth The Goldman Sachs Group has appointed Adebayo Ogunlesi as an independent director, effective as of Oct. 15. Ogunlesi also will serve on the firm’s audit; risk; compensation; and corporate governance and nominating committees. Ogunlesi serves as managing partner and chairman at Global Infrastructure Partners, a private equity firm in the energy, transport and […]

Daniel Trujillo, currently deputy general counsel and director of compliance at Schlumberger, says that he will be departing the oil field services company at the end of the month to assume the role of senior vice president and chief compliance officer for retail giant Walmart International. Trujillo today confirmed the move with Compliance Week. The […]

Clothing retailer The Wet Seal has appointed four new members to its board of directors, effective as of Oct. 4. Elected as chair is Lynda Davey, who has served as chairman and chief executive officer of boutique investment bank Avalon Group and its broker-dealer Avalon Securities since co-founding the companies in 1992. Other members elected […]

Mack-Cali Realty Corporation, a real estate investment trust, has appointed Anthony Krug as chief accounting officer. Krug has been with Mack-Cali Realty and its predecessor companies for over 25 years and previously held positions such as vice president of finance and controller. In his new role, Krug is responsible for the company’s corporate consolidation and […]

John Thomas Financial, an independent broker-dealer and investment banking firm, has appointed Richard Nummi as chief risk officer. Nummi has over 20 years of regulatory and compliance experience, including service as a senior enforcement attorney at the Securities and Exchange Commission. Most recently, he served as managing partner at Nummi & Associates, a provider of […]

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), one of Europe’s largest institutional asset managers, has appointed Teresa Poy as chief compliance officer. She will report to  Paul Sweeney, head of legal and regulatory affairs. With more than 25 years of experience in UK regulation and compliance, Poy joins LGIM from investment firm TT International, where she […]

Clothing company Fossil has announced that Mark Quick will retire as vice chairman on Oct. 26. He has been appointed to the board of directors, effective that same day. Quick, who joined the company in November 1995, has served as vice chairman since 2007. He also has held various senior leadership positions. With the addition […]

Lynn Neils, former prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Southern District of New York and the District of New Jersey, has joined the law firm of Covington & Burling as a partner in the firm’s white-collar litigation group. Prior to joining Covington & Burling, Neils most recently practiced as a white-collar partner at […]