Northrop Grumman Corporation, global security company, has appointed Judy Perry Martinez vice president and chief compliance officer, effective April 9. Martinez reports to Sheila Cheston, corporate vice president and general counsel. Martinez, who joined Northrop Grumman in 2003, most recently served as assistant general counsel, litigation. Prior to that, she held positions as senior corporate […]
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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Invacare Corporation Hires Compliance Officer
$1.7 billion medical device manufacturer, Invacare Corporation, has hired Colleen Craven as chief compliance officer. In this role, she will be responsible for overseeing the company’s initiatives to ensure it is in compliance with relevant laws and regulations regarding the design, manufacture and distribution of medical devices. Craven joins Invacare as the company looks to […]
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Shiner International Appoints Corporate Secretary
Shiner International, an emerging global supplier of packaging solutions for food, tobacco, and consumer products, has appointed Adam Liu as corporate secretary, effective immediately. In his new role, Liu will oversee internal communications and documentation for Shiner and its board of directors. Liu has nearly three decades of international sales, management, communications and project development […]
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A. Schulman Names Chief Accounting Officer
A. Schulman, an international supplier of high-performance plastic compounds and resins, has named Donald McMillan as chief accounting officer, effective immediately. He will report directly to Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Joseph Gingo. McMillan, who has been with A. Schulman for 15 years, also will retain his previous title of corporate controller. He has […]
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Omnicare Appoints General Counsel
Omnicare, a pharmaceutical care provider, has appointed Alexander Kayne to the role of senior vice president, general counsel and secretary. Kayne was formerly Omnicare’s interim general counsel and secretary, and a partner with Dewey & LeBoeuf in its New York litigation department. He has represented firms in a variety of industries, including the insurance and […]
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Ascena Retail Group Names Accounting Chief
Clothing retailer, Ascena Retail Group, which went public in January 2011, has appointed Jay Levine as senior vice president, chief accounting officer and corporate controller. He will report to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Armand Correia, effective immediately. In his new role, Levine will be responsible for SEC reporting, financial planning and analysis, […]
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Frontier Communications Names Chief Accounting Officer
Frontier Communications Corporation has hired Susana D’Emic as senior vice president, corporate controller and chief accounting officer, effective April 15. She replaces Robert Larson and will report to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Donald Shassian. Most recently, D’Emic was vice president and corporate controller of Reader’s Digest Association. There, she was responsible for […]
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Expanded ‘Disabled’ Definition Could Lead to More Claims
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued final regulations that clarify when employees qualify as “disabled,” paving the way for more disability claims against employers to go to trial. The regulations issued last month provide additional guidance on the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), which went into effect in January 2009. Congress passed […]
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In Court, FCPA Comes Under Fire
Call it one of the great assumptions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: that employees of state-owned companies overseas qualify as “foreign government officials” who should never be bribed by U.S. companies. After all, of the roughly 20 FCPA enforcement actions in 2010, 12 involved employees of state-owned or state-controlled entities, according to Michael Koehler, […]
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SEC Names Associate Regional Director for Enforcement
The Securities and Exchange Commission has promoted Sanjay Wadhwa to associate regional director for enforcement in the agency’s New York Regional Office, effective immediately. He will continue to serve as deputy chief of the market abuse unit under the direction of Unit Chief, Daniel Hawke. Wadhwa joins the office’s two other associate directors for enforcement—Andrew […]
