Paul Murdock has been named director of Consulting and Professionals Services for the U.S. securities market within Wolters Kluwer Financial Services’ Enterprise Risk Compliance business. In this role, Murdock manages the company’s enterprise risk management offering, ARC Logics for Financial Services, for the securities market. ARC Logics for Financial Services, which is also offered to […]
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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Chairman of IAASB Reappointed to Another Term
The Board of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) has reappointed Arnold Schilder to lead the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB), an independent standard-setting board supported by IFAC, for the period 2012–2014. Schilder’s appointment to a second three-year term as IAASB Chairman begins on Jan. 1, 2012. The Public Interest Oversight Board, an […]
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AECOM Appoints Two New Executives
AECOM Technology Corporation, a provider of professional technical and management support services for government and commercial clients around the world, has announced two key executive appointments as part of the company’s efforts to grow its global business operations. Nancy Laben has joined the company as senior vice president of legal, and general counsel. Eric Chen, […]
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XL Group Board Member to Depart
XL Group, a Dublin, Ireland-based global insurance and reinsurance company, has announced that Thompson Hutton is stepping down from its board of directors to start a new business focused on risk and insurance in renewable energy. Hutton, who joined the insurer in January 2009, served as chair of the special committee on enterprise risk management. […]
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PHH Corporation Names Chief Risk Officer
PHH Corporation, an outsource provider of mortgage and vehicle fleet management services, has named Smriti Laxman Popenoe as executive vice president and chief risk officer, effective Sept. 13, 2010. In this new position, Popenoe will assume responsibility for the design and implementation of an enterprise-wide risk framework and will work with the company’s business units […]
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Adeona Pharmaceuticals Appoints Controller
Adeona Pharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical company developing new medicines for serious central nervous systems diseases, has appointed Julie Caudill vice president of finance and corporate controller. Caudill brings to Adeona more than 15 years of biotechnology-related accounting and Securities and Exchange Commission compliance experience. For the past 15 years, Caudill served in a variety of financial […]
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Audit Committee Checklist: Compliance Programs
In recent years, audit committee members have seen the scope of their responsibilities expand in all directions—but none so much as in their oversight of ethics and compliance. Considering that regulators “are on steroids in this new environment,” ethics and compliance issues are now critically important, says Timothy Lupfer, a director for Deloitte Consulting. “We’ve […]
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CSR Reporting 101: How ConAgra Did It
Companies trying to draft a corporate responsibility report for the first time often find the journey to be a bumpy one. What exactly goes into one? How do you win senior leadership’s support? When is the best time to publish it? The list of questions can be endless. The list of guidance and best practices […]
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Corn Products International Elects New Board Member
$3.6 billion Corn Products International has elected Wayne Hewett as a member of its board of directors effective Sept. 14. Hewett is President and CEO of Tokyo, Japan-based Arysta LifeScience Corporation, the world’s largest privately held crop protection and life science company, which provides crop protection and life science products in more than 125 countries. […]
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New Senior Director for CAQ Professional Program
The Center for Audit Quality has elected Allison Patti as senior director of its “professional practice, policy and research” group. A partner at Deloitte and a former Professional Accounting Fellow in the Office of the Chief Accountant at the Securities and Exchange Commission, Patti will help guide the CAQ’s member services, professional practice and public […]
