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Social-networking giant Facebook has appointed Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg to the company’s board of directors as its first female director. Her appointment to Facebook’s board follows a wrath of criticism from institutional investors for having an all-male board. Sandberg, who joined Facebook as COO from Google in 2008, oversees Facebook’s business operations including sales, marketing, […]

The Phoenix Companies, a boutique life insurance and annuity company, has appointed Douglas Miller as chief accounting officer and senior vice president, effective immediately. He reports to Peter Hofmann, senior executive vice president and chief financial officer. Miller will be responsible for accounting operations, U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles accounting and expense management, statutory accounting, […]

SquareTwo Financial, an asset recovery and management company, has appointed Judy Messenbrink to the newly-created role of chief compliance officer. In this capacity, Messenbrink will manage and oversee existing regulatory compliance programs and ensure that appropriate policies and procedures are developed and followed by the company, its subsidiaries and its partners. Messenbrink joins SquareTwo Financial […]

Drug developer ViroPharma announced that Richard Morris no longer serves as chief accounting officer, as of June 20. Instead, he will remain with the company as vice president of financial planning and strategic analysis. Morris has been chief accounting officer since April 2008 and vice president since January 2011. “He has a proven track record […]

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on June 19 announced several changes to its senior leadership team. These staffing changes include: Steven Antonakes has been appointed associate director for supervision, enforcement, and fair lending. Previously, he served as the assistant director of Large Bank Supervision at the CFPB. Paul Sanford, who has been serving as chief […]

Suffolk Bancorp, a one-bank holding company, has appointed Patricia Schaubeck as general counsel, corporate secretary and senior vice president, effective immediately. She will assume these positions for both Suffolk Bancorp and its banking subsidiary, Suffolk County National Bank. Schaubeck brings the position of general counsel in-house and assumes the responsibilities of corporate secretary from Douglas […]

glendonTodd Capital, a Dallas-based private equity firm, has appointed Mary Hatcher as chief compliance officer and chief financial officer. Hatcher joins glendonTodd Capital from Blockbuster, a movie rental services company, where she most recently served as a mergers and acquisitions consultant. Since joining Blockbuster in 2000, Hatcher previously served the roles of vice president of […]

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 […]