The Financial Accounting Foundation, an independent, private-sector organization responsible for the oversight of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, has elected four new members to its board of trustees. Each of the appointments is for a five-year term that begins in January 2011. Among the newly appointed candidates are: John […]
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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Aventine Appoints Compliance, Accounting Chief
Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, which produces and markets ethanol to energy companies, has named Calvin Stewart as chief accounting and compliance officer, effective as of Nov. 12. Stewart joined Aventine in September 2010. Prior to that time, Stewart held increasing roles of responsibility at White Energy, an ethanol production company, where he most recently served […]
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Affymax Appoints Chief Accounting Officer
Biopharmaceutical company, Affymax, has hired Herb Cross as chief accounting officer and vice president of finance. With more than sixteen years of experience as a financial executive, Cross joins Affymax from Facet Biotech Corporation, where he was vice president of finance. Prior to Facet Biotech, he served as corporate controller at PDL BioPharma. Earlier in […]
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Kodak Appoints New General Counsel
Eastman Kodak has appointed Laura Quatela to the newly consolidated position of general counsel and chief intellectual property officer. She will report directly to Kodak CEO Antonio Perez. Quatela, who has served as chief intellectual property officer since January 2008, assumes the additional role of general counsel from Joyce Haag, who is retiring Dec. 31. […]
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SEC Names Chief Counsel
The Securities and Exchange Commission has elected Joseph Brenner as Chief Counsel of the Division of Enforcement. Brenner is filling the Chief Counsel position previously held by Joan McKown, who left the agency in August after 24 years of service. In his new role, which he is expected to begin in the next several weeks, […]
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Dominion General Counsel to Retire
Dominion announced that James Stutts, senior vice president and general counsel, will retire from the company, effective Jan. 1, 2011. He has been with the company for 13 years. Upon Stutts’ retirement, Robert Blue will be appointed as senior vice president of law, public policy & environment. Currently, Blue is senior vice president of only […]
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Lubrizol General Counsel to Retire
$4.6 billion Lubrizol Corporation, a specialty chemical company that produces and supplies technologies to customers in the global transportation, industrial and consumer markets, has hired Suzanne Day as corporate vice president and general counsel, effective Jan. 3, 2011. She will replace Joseph Bauer, who is retiring after 25 years with the company. Day joined Lubrizol’s […]
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Aflac Names Chief Accounting Officer
Aflac Incorporated has appointed June Howard as chief accounting officer, assuming the role from senior vice president, Ralph Rogers, who is retiring. Howard also will continue to serve in her current position as senior vice president of Financial Services and International Financial Reporting Standards at Aflac. Howard joined Aflac in 2009 as vice president of […]
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Xe Services Appoints Compliance Officer
Xe Services (formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide), a private sector solutions provider to the U.S. government, has appointed Clifford Chance partner, Wendy Wysong, as external special compliance officer for a period of three years. Her appointment is pursuant to a Consent Agreement XE reached with the U.S. Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls […]
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Securian Names Chief Risk Officer
Securian Financial Group, a financial services provider, has appointed Leslie Chapman as chief risk officer. Before being appointed to her new position, Chapman was formerly vice president and chief actuary. She joined Securian in 1976 as an actuarial trainee. She has held increasingly responsible positions in several areas of the company, including taxation, rating agency […]
