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Rex Energy, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, has appointed Curtis Walker as chief accounting officer. Walker joined Rex Energy in 2007, serving in several financial positions, including director of accounting, before being promoted to vice president of accounting in 2009. Throughout his tenure, he has been responsible for financial planning and […]

Candy giant The Hershey Company has appointed Leslie Turner as general counsel, secretary, and senior vice president, effective July 9. In her new role, Turner will lead the company’s legal, government relations, corporate security and corporate secretary functions. She will also serve as a member of the global leadership team. With 25 years of legal […]

Jacki Trevino has joined Dallas-based Fluor Corp. as senior manager of corporate compliance, after a short stint at software vendor Global Compliance. Trevino has been assistant director of global ethics and compliance at Dresser Inc. from 2004 to 2011, and then moved to Global Compliance early last year. Global Compliance, in turn, was acquired by […]

Owens Corning, a global producer of residential and commercial building materials, glass-fiber reinforcements and engineered materials for composite systems, has appointed Suzanne Nimocks to its board of directors, effective September 12. She also was named to the compensation and governance and nominating committees. Nimocks is a retired director of McKinsey & Company, a management consulting […]

Larry Thompson, the former deputy attorney general under the Bush Administration who helped usher in the Justice Department’s modern approach to handling corporate fraud, has rejoined PepsiCo as general counsel—a position he had held at the company from 2004 to 2011, and vacated less than one year ago. Pepsi’s current general counsel, Maura Abeln Smith, […]

Barnes Group, an international aerospace and industrial manufacturing and service provider, has appointed Claudia Toussaint as general counsel, corporate secretary and senior vice president. She rejoins the company after serving in this capacity from April 2010 to March 2012. Toussaint left this position and briefly joined Tyco Flow Control, a spin-off of Tyco International. Prior […]

The International Federation of Accountants has appointed Jörgen Holmquist as the first independent chair of the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA), beginning September 2012 for a three-year term. The appointment of an independent chair for the IESBA was recommended by the Monitoring Group in its 2010 final report, “Review of the IFAC Reforms.” The […]

Thermon Group Holdings, an engineered thermal solutions company, has appointed Kevin McGinty and John Nesser to its board of directors, effective as of June 15. McGinty, who has over 40 years of experience in the banking and private equity industries, currently serves as managing director of private equity fund management firm Peppertree Capital Management. Prior […]

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, part of The McGraw-Hill Companies, has appointed Don Howard as chief risk officer, effective as of June 18. In addition, he will serve on the firm’s executive committee. In his new role, Howard will oversee groups in risk management, compliance, criteria, and quality. He will be responsible for administering programs […]

Hudson Valley Bank, a subsidiary of Hudson Valley Holdings, has appointed Susan Cullen as chief risk officer and executive vice president. In this newly created position, she will be responsible for overseeing company-wide risk management programs. Cullen has more than 25 years experience in auditing and risk management. She previously spent 18 years at Grant […]