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Cummins, a power provider, has announced the creation of an Ethics and Compliance Organization with officer-level leadership and accountability, and has appointed deputy general counsel Mark Sifferlen to this role. Sifferlen will become the company’s first vice president, ethics and compliance. He will also assume the duties of corporate secretary, where he will focus on […]

Houston-based Cabot Oil & Gas has appointed Deidre Shearer as corporate secretary and managing counsel. She assumes the role from Lisa Machesney, who is retiring in March. Shearer joined Cabot from KBR, where she served as assistant general counsel for the last five years. She has served in many legal and management positions with a […]

Fossil, a design, marketing and distribution company, has appointed Diane Neal to its board of directors, effective Feb. 20. She also will serve on the compensation committee. Neal most recently served as chief executive officer of Bath & Body Works. She joined the company in November 2006 as president and chief operating officer and held […]

Siemens, an electronic and electrical engineering company, has appointed Rose Marie Glazer as general counsel, senior vice president and secretary. She is the first female general counsel for Siemens, United States. Glazer most recently served as general counsel for Siemens PLM Software in Plano, Texas. She was responsible for the global legal affairs of the […]

Atlanta-based Arbor Pharmaceuticals has appointed Leslie Zacks as chief compliance officer and general counsel. Zacks most recently worked at Shionogi Pharma, where he built the legal department and served on the company’s executive leadership team. In that capacity, he was responsible for all legal, intellectual property, and compliance functions. He served as chief compliance officer, […]

Transocean, an oil and gas contract drilling company, has appointed David Tonnel as principal accounting officer, controller, and senior vice president of finance, effective March 1. Tonnel currently serves as senior vice president of the Europe and Africa unit. Prior to this position, he served as vice president of global supply chain. Previously, he served […]

Choice Hotels International has named Simone Wu general counsel, corporate secretary and senior vice president. She will provide leadership as the primary legal advisory to the company’s senior management team and board of directors. She will advise on all legal matters including major domestic and international contracts and transactions, and matters relating to securities compliance, […]

Deloitte has appointed Deborah Bailey as the banking and securities regulatory practice’s managing director. Additionally, Christopher Spoth and John Corston, senior regulators from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation have joined Deloitte’s banking and securities team as directors. Bailey joined Deloitte in June 2009 as a director. In this new role, she will serve as the […]

Cubist Pharmaceuticals has appointed Alison Lawton to its board of directors. With the addition of Lawton, the board of directors will increase to 10 members, nine of whom are independent. Lawton currently serves as senior vice president, general manager Biosurgery at Genzyme. She joined Genzyme in 1991 as an international regulatory affairs specialist. As head […]

Cadiz, a renewable resources company, has appointed Scott Slater to its board of directors. Slater currently serves as the company’s president and general counsel. Slater joined Cadiz in 2008 as general counsel to oversee the company’s land and water resource management efforts, including development of the Water Project, (a.k.a. Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and […]