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Josh McMorrow, formally general counsel of Air Liquide Global Engineering & Construction Solutions in the Americas, announced that he has left this post to pursue another job opportunity. Since June, McMorrow has been serving as vice president, general counsel and secretary for PSC, an environmental and industrial service solutions company. As general counsel and secretary, […]

eSecLending, a global securities lending agent, has appointed Peter Economou to the newly created position of chief risk officer, effective Aug. 6. In this capacity, Economou will be responsible for the oversight and strategic development of enterprise risk management on a global basis. Economou has over 25 years of experience in capital markets, balance sheet […]

HomeStreet, a financial services company, has appointed Cory Stewart as chief accounting officer and executive vice president. He will be responsible for the company’s accounting, finance, taxation and planning functions. Stewart joined HomeStreet in March 2012 as senior vice president and corporate controller of the company and senior vice president of finance and accounting for […]

MGIC Investment Corporation, a private mortgage insurer, has appointed Timothy Mattke as chief accounting officer, controller and senior vice president. Mattke previously served as controller and vice president with MGIC since February 2009. He also served as assistant controller at the company’s principal subsidiary, Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation, and prior to this was a manager […]

Scientific Learning, a provider of technologies for accelerated learning, has appointed Chris Brookhart as general counsel, corporate secretary and senior vice president. Brookhart assumes this position from Linda Carloni, who retired July 26. Prior to joining the company, Brookhart served as associate general counsel at Ancestry.com, a subscription-based software-as-a-service and content-internet company. Previously, he served as […]

Baker & McKenzie has appointed former U.S. Department of Justice attorney Jonathan Poling as partner. Poling will work on with the international trade compliance practice, handling complex and international export control matters and trade-related investigations and prosecutions. Previously, Poling served as a trial attorney with the DOJ’s national security division, counterespionage section, prosecuting export control, […]

Supermarket chain Stater Bros. has appointed David Harris as principal accounting officer, senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer, effective as of June 18. Harris has over 28 years of accounting, auditing and business advisory experience. He joined the company in 2009 as vice president of finance. He was promoted to senior vice […]

Lincoln Financial Group, an asset management company, has appointed John Rhodes as chief risk officer, effective immediately. Rhodes joined the company in 2009 as the head of equity risk management and will continue to serve in that role along with his promotion. His new responsibilities will include identifying, assessing and prioritizing risks across the organization […]

GATX Corporation, a railcar leasing company, has appointed Paul Yovovich to its board of directors. Yovovich will also serve on the audit committee. Yovovich has been the president and principal of private equity firm Lake Capital since he co-founded it in 1998. He has over 30 years of experience as a senior executive and principal […]

Global law firm Duane Morris has appointed Mark Kessler as of counsel to the firm’s corporate practice group. He will continue to serve as senior counsel and vice president at homebuilding company Toll Brothers, where he has served as outside counsel since its formation. In his new role, Kessler will focus on corporate and securities […]