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Altegrity, a provider of information and intelligence solutions, has appointed Carole Yanofsky as vice president and chief ethics and compliance officer. In this role, Yanofsky will develop and enhance compliance systems and processes across all of Altegrity’s companies. Prior to joining Altegrity, Yanofsky served as director of the office of compliance and risk management at […]

Biopharmaceutical company Affymax has appointed Karin Walker as vice president of finance and chief accounting officer. In this newly-created position, Walker will be responsible for the strategic and operational leadership of the finance function and accounting activities. Walker has over two decades of financial management experience, including in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Prior to […]

Kelley Elliott, the principal accounting officer and controller at Express Scripts, has resigned from the company, effective Sept. 27, due to personal reasons. “Ms. Elliott’s departure was not due to a dispute or disagreement with the company,” Express Scripts announced in a Form 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. “The company has initiated […]

Pepco Holdings, an energy delivery company, has appointed Russell Frisby to its board of directors. Frisby currently serves as partner at law firm Stinson Morrison Hecker in the energy and telecommunications group, where he is responsible for regulatory matters affecting public utilities and companies in the energy, communications and technology areas. Before joining Stinson Morrison […]

Biopharmaceutical company Omeros Corporation has appointed Arnold Hanish, chief accounting officer and vice president at Eli Lilly and Company, to its board of directors. He also will serve as chairman of the audit committee. Harnish, who has over 40 years of finance experience, has been in his current position with Eli Lilly and Company since […]

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has promoted John Vogel as regional director in New York. Prior to his promotion, Vogel had been serving in New York as deputy regional director for risk management.  In his new position, Vogel directs the supervision of approximately 890 FDIC-insured depository institutions with assets of more than $1.5 trillion. […]

Wayne Matus, currently a litigation partner with law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, will be departing the firm to join $41 billion financial-services giant UBS AG. In his new role at Switzerland-based UBS, Matus will lead the global eDiscovery group. With over 30 years of experience handling commercial and intellectual property litigation, Matus most recently […]

Rouse Properties, a real estate investment trust, has promoted Timothy Salvemini to the position of chief accounting officer. Salvemini joined Rouse in January 2012, following the company’s spin-off from General Growth Properties. At that time, the company entered into a services agreement with Brookfield Asset Management under which Salvemini, a Brookfield employee, would serve as […]

Law firm Alston & Bird has appointed Kamal Jafarnia as counsel in the firm’s financial services and products group, and as a member of the firm’s real estate investment trust (REIT) team. Jafarnia has almost two decades of experience as an attorney and a compliance professional for investment program sponsors, broker dealers, investment advisers and […]

The CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals that sets the standard for professional excellence and credentials, has appointed Alan Meder chair of the Board of Governors, effective as of Sept. 1. Meder succeeds Daniel Meader, founder and managing partner of Trinity Private Equity Group, who continues to serve on the board as immediate past […]