Amid headlines trumpeting the first trial conviction under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and record criminal penalties doled out by the Justice Department, it’s no surprise that anti-corruption is top-of-mind for many compliance officers today. Now with just one month away from the U.K. Bribery Act going into effect, compliance officers say they are revamping […]
Jaclyn Jaeger
Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal, enforcement, technology, and more. Prior to joining CW, she spent four years as a legal reporter for Lawyer’s Weekly. Jaclyn attended undergraduate school at St. Joseph’s College of Maine and graduate school at Emerson College, earning degrees in journalism.
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Ball Corporation Names Corporate Secretary
Ball Corporation, a supplier of high quality packaging for beverage, food and household products customers, and of aerospace and other technologies and services, has announced that David Westerlund, executive vice president, administration, and corporate secretary, will retire later this year after a 36-year career with the company. Lisa Pauley, vice president, administration and compliance, will […]
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Air Products Names New Board Member
Susan Carter, executive vice president and chief financial officer of KBR, has been elected to Air Products’ board of directors. Carter has served as CFO of KBR, a $10 billion global engineering, construction and services company, since 2009. During her career, Carter has held various senior financial management positions at Crane, DeKalb Corporation, and […]
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Hilton Worldwide Names EVP, General Counsel
Global hospitality company, Hilton Worldwide, has appointed Kristin Campbell as executive vice president and general counsel. Beginning on June 27, she will report to Hilton Worldwide’s president and chief executive officer, Christopher Nassetta, and will be responsible for leading the company’s legal team. Campbell joins Hilton Worldwide from Staples, an office products supplier company, where […]
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Wellpoint Removes Chief Accounting Officer
Health insurer, WellPoint, has announced the sudden removal “without cause” of its chief accounting officer, Martin Miller. WellPoint said Millers’ removal is not reelated to the company’s financial statements or accounting practices. Miller joined WellPoint in September 2008 from Molson Coors Brewing Co., and had served as senior vice president, chief accounting officer, controller and […]
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DHS Director Stempfley: Managing Cyber-Security Risks
As the Obama Administration contemplates expansion of cyber-security responsibilities under the Department of Homeland Security, a DHS official speaking at the Compliance Week 2011 conference this week stressed the need for government and industry to work together to fend off hackers. DHS National Cyber-security Division Director Roberta Stempfley, a keynote speaker at the conference, talked […]
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A Conversation With Rio Tinto’s Top Compliance Minder
As part of our occasional series of conversations with compliance executives and others influential in the corporate governance world, Compliance Week caught up with Neville Tiffen, global head of Compliance for mining company, Rio Tinto. Tell us a little about Rio Tinto. Rio Tinto is a global mining company headquartered in London. Most of our […]
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Fraud Reporting Near Record Levels
An intense enforcement environment and a slew of new regulations is pushing reporting of fraud to near-record levels. According to a study by The Network and BDO Consulting, incidents of fraud, including reports on corruption and fraud, misuse of assets, conflicts of interest, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations by employees went up last quarter […]
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Latest FCPA Trial Sheds New Light on State-Owned Companies
Executives at Lindsey Manufacturing gambled earlier this month by going to trial with the Justice Department over Foreign Corrupt Practices Act charges against the company. They lost. On May 10, a federal district court jury convicted the company and two senior executives of bribing government officials in Mexico—the first time in the FCPA’s 34-year history […]
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The Hartford’s CRO to Retire
The Hartford Financial Services Group, a provider of insurance and wealth management services, has the retirement of Lizabeth Zlatkus, executive vice president and chief risk officer. The Hartford is launching an internal and external search for her successor. Zlatkus joined The Hartford in 1983 in the company’s property and casualty operations. Throughout her career at […]
