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MasterCard has appointed Andrea Forster corporate controller and principal accounting officer, effective immediately. Forster previously worked at Pepsi Bottling Group in various positions, including corporate controller and vice president of North America finance; most recently she was vice president of supply chain transformation at PepsiCo. Forster will report to Martina Hund-Mejean, MasterCard’s CFO. John Sulca, […]

INX Inc., a provider of IP-based unified communications and data center software, has appointed William Casper controller and chief accounting officer. Prior to joining INX, Casper served as cheif accounting officer for SourceCorp, a business process outsourcing company. He also previously worked as assistant controller for BMC Software, where he was responsible for worldwide accounting […]

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, the Waterbury, Vt., coffee business that ran afoul of a Securities and Exchange Commission probe into its revenue recognition practices in 2010, has named a new chief accounting officer. The company has tapped Stephen Gibbs as vice president and chief accounting officer, effective immediately. The position is a newly created role; […]

Lufkin Industries has announced that Paul Perez, vice president and secretary, passed away July 12 at Memorial Health Systems of East Texas in Lufkin, Texas.   “Paul Perez has been a valuable member of the Lufkin team for nearly two decades,” said President and Chief Executive Officer, John “Jay” Glick. “His contributions have touched virtually […]

The Export-Import Bank of the United States has named Angela Mariana Freyre as senior vice president and general counsel. With more than 25 years of legal experience, Freyre most recently was senior vice president and deputy general counsel for legal and strategic affairs at The Nielsen Company, a global information services company with operations in […]

A. O. Smith Corporation, a global manufacturer of residential and commercial water heating equipment, has named Daniel Kempken vice president and controller. In his new position, Kempken will oversee the accounting, financial planning, internal audit, and risk management functions for the company. Kempken brings more than 13 years of public accounting experience to A. O. […]

Global health service and financial company, CIGNA, has appointed Nicole Jones as general counsel. She will succeed Carol Ann Petren in this role, effective June 6. Jones currently is senior vice president and general counsel for Lincoln Financial. She is returning to CIGNA, where she served from 2006 to 2010 as deputy general counsel, corporate […]

MoneyGram International, a global money transfer company, has appointed Aaron Henry as senior vice president, associate general counsel, global regulatory and chief privacy officer. In his role, Henry will continue to build strong relationships with regulators around the world and communicate with lawmakers on matters that impact MoneyGram and money services businesses. Henry brings to […]

PwC has hired Paul Basso as a partner in its internal audit services practice. He will be based in Boston and will serve clients in the Northeast, which includes the firm’s offices in Boston, Mass., Hartford, Conn. and Albany, N.Y.  Basso joins PwC from Ernst & Young, where he was a principal leading the US […]

The Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) has elected Scott Clark as president for the 2011 term, effective Jan. 1. Clark is the risk and benefits officer for the School Board of Miami-Dade County, Fla. Clark served as secretary for RIMS in 2010 and has been a member of the RIMS board since 2000. Clark […]