$22.2 billion New York Life Insurance Company has promoted Katherine O’Brien to senior vice president and deputy general counsel in the Office of the General Counsel. She will report to Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, Sheila Davidson. O’Brien most recently served as vice president and deputy counsel in the Office of […]
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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Accounting Chief of Dean Foods Promoted to CFO
Dean Foods Company has promoted Shaun Mara, currently the company’s senior vice president and chief accounting officer, to the role of chief financial officer, effective Dec. 1. He succeeds Jack Callahan, who has accepted a similar position as CFO of another publicly traded company. Mara has been with the company since June 2010, most recently […]
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AIG Names New Chief Risk Officer
American International Group has named Sid Sankaran senior vice president and chief risk officer, effective as of Nov. 8. He will report to Peter Hancock, who was hired in February as executive vice president to oversee finance and risk. Sankaran succeeds Robert Lewis, who announced in October his intent to retire from AIG after a […]
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DoJ Pursues Anti-Competitive ‘MFN’ Contracts
State and federal regulators are starting to cast a disapproving eye on contracts with “most-favored nation” clauses, where big buyers of a product or service use their market clout to squeeze sellers, forcing them to raise prices on the buyer’s rivals. The Department of Justice and the Michigan state attorney general filed a lawsuit in […]
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Survey Spotlights Corruption in Globalized Legal Profession
A new survey has found widespread corruption in the legal profession around the world and serves as a stark reminder to companies about the potential risks posed by outside advisers. Nearly half of 642 lawyers in 95 jurisdictions around the world surveyed by the London-based International Bar Association said corruption was a problem in their […]
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Brit Insurance Appoints Chief Risk Officer
Brit Insurance, the international general insurance group, has appointed Baldeep Johal to the newly-created position of group chief risk officer. Baldeep will join the executive management committee and report directly to Group CEO Dane Douetil. Baldeep joined Brit Insurance in 2001 and was subsequently promoted to group chief actuary. Replacing Baldeep as group chief actuary […]
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IFAC Appoints New President
The International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), the global organization for the accountancy profession with members and associates in 125 countries, has appointed Göran Tidström of Sweden as president of IFAC for a two-year term ending in November 2012. The IFAC Council also approved the nomination of Warren Allen of New Zealand for deputy president, a […]
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AOL Names Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer
AOL has hired Maureen Del Duca as deputy general counsel of litigation, and chief ethics and compliance Officer. She reports to Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Julie Jacobs. In this new role, Del Duca will be responsible for the oversight of AOL’s global compliance program, and also will manage all litigation matters for the […]
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Alliant Energy Appoints General Counsel
$3.4 billion energy-services provider, Alliant Energy Corporation, has hired James Gallegos as vice president and general counsel, effective Nov. 8. He replaces current executive vice president and general counsel and chief administrative officer, Barbara Swan, who will retire later this year. Gallegos brings to Alliant Energy more than 25 years of business and legal experience, […]
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Great Plains Energy Names Chief Compliance Officer
Great Plains Energy, the holding company of Kansas City Power & Light Company, has promoted Ellen Fairchild to vice president, corporate secretary and chief compliance officer. In her new role, Fairchild will be responsible for leading KCP&L’s compliance and environmental departments. In addition, she will continue her responsibilities with the board of directors as corporate […]
