Lincoln Financial Group, whose companies hold assets totaling $146 billion, has named Nicole Jones senior vice president and general counsel, effective as of May 24. She will report directly to President and CEO Dennis Glass and will sit on the company’s senior management committee. In her new role, Jones will serve as the chief legal […]
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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SunPower Names Corporate Controller
$1.5 billion SunPower, a California-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels, and solar systems, has hired Eric Branderiz as vice president and corporate controller, reporting to the CFO. In this key role, Branderiz will oversee all accounting and financial reporting for the company. Branderiz brings more than 17 years of financial expertise to SunPower, […]
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Succeeding With External Compliance Monitors
Any compliance officers out there who believe they have a hard time working with a government-appointed compliance monitor, be quiet. United Launch Alliance has a story that tops yours. The aerospace concern, a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin to build rockets and send satellites into orbit for the U.S. government, had to accept […]
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Barney Frank, SEC’s Aguilar on Financial Crisis
As regulators at the Securities and Exchange Commission seek to understand the root causes of the financial crisis, legislative leaders in Congress are striving to enact new laws intended to prevent it from happening again. Those were the messages from SEC Commissioner Luis Aguilar and U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, delivered in keynote speeches at Compliance […]
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Weaver Names Two New Partners
Weaver, an independent certified public accounting firm, has announced the promotions of Melvin Hunt to audit partner in Assurance Services, and Mary Thomas to international consulting partner in Tax and Strategic Business Services, effective June 1. Hunt, who joined Weaver in 2007, previously served as an audit senior manager in the firm’s Houston office, prior […]
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Former DoJ Senior Counselor Joins PwC
Kimberly Peretti, a former senior counselor with the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, has joined PricewaterhouseCoopers as a director in in the firm’s U.S. Forensic Technology Solutions practice. Based in the Washington D.C. office, she will help clients respond to cyber attacks and breaches, as well as advise clients on […]
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AK Steel Makes Senior Management Changes
AK Steel, based in Westchester, Ohio, has named Richard Williams as the company’s new controller and chief accounting officer. He assumes the roles from Roger Newport, who has been promoted to vice president of business planning and development. The company also approved the promotion of several members of its executive management team, along with some […]
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McCormick Appoints New Board Member
McCormick & Co., a global manufacture, marketer, and distributor of flavor products and other specialty food products to the food industry, has appointed Patricia Little to its board of directors, effective as of May 25. Little is currently the executive vice president and chief financial officer of human resources solutions provider Kelly Services, a role […]
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New Chief Risk Officer at Aviva North America
Aviva North America, part of global insurance and annuities company Aviva plc, has hired Dan Guilbert as chief risk officer. Guilbert joins Aviva after serving 14 years with The Hartford Life Insurance Co., where he most recently served since last August as chief actuary and risk officer. In his new role, Guilbert will be responsible […]
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Disclosures Abound Under Healthcare Legislation
Companies in the business of making drugs, biologics, healthcare supplies, or medical devices should prepare themselves: Healthcare reform is going to make their world much more transparent. Numerous “sunshine provisions” under the healthcare reform laws—the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act passed in March—seek far more disclosure […]
