As part of its continuing effort to address climate change, the Environmental Protection Agency has published yet more final rules to limit greenhouse gas emissions, this time focusing on heavy emitting industrial facilities. The final rule (all 515 pages of it) requires facilities that release at least 75,000 tons of greenhouse gasses annually to obtain […]
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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Talking ERM at Tyco Electronics
As part of our occasional series of conversations with corporate governance and compliance officers, this week we conclude our two-part interview with Richard Suminski, deputy general counsel and chief ethics and compliance Officer of Tyco Electronics. Part one, published on May 4, 2010, focused on Tyco’s efforts at ethics and compliance training for its 78,000 […]
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New Chief Risk Officer at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, a financial group with a global network spanning over 40 countries, and a subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has hired Charles Trunz as chief risk officer, effective as of May 18. Based in New York, he will be responsible for all risk management and compliance functions for the Americas. […]
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New Board Member at Prestige Brands
Prestige Brands Holdings, a consumer products company with a diversified portfolio of well-known brands in over-the-counter healthcare, household cleaning, and personal care categories, has appointed Charles Hinkaty to the company’s board of directors. Hinkaty brings almost forty years of executive experience in consumer products to the board. Most recently, he served as President and CEO […]
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Executive Changes at EZCORP
EZCORP, a pawn store operator and provider of specialty consumer financial services, has announced that Brad Wolfe, senior vice president and chief financial officer, has left the company to pursue other interests. On an interim basis, Danny Chism, vice president and chief accounting officer, will serve as the company’s principal financial officer pending the selection […]
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Interline Brands Names Chief Accounting Officer
Interline Brands, a distributor and direct marketer of maintenance, repair, and operations products to facilities maintenance professionals, has named David Serrano chief accounting officer, the company announced in an 8-K filing. Since 2005, Serrano had previously served as vice president of finance and corporate controller for the company. He will continue to serve as corporate […]
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Study Reveals Hurdles to Embracing CSR
Contrary to popular belief, corporate executives say they are prepared for—and even support—more government action to address climate change. They’re just frustrated with the pace of action. So says a new study from PricewaterhouseCoopers, “Appetite for Change,” that polled more than 700 executives in 15 countries. The study asked about attitudes in the global business […]
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Details of Goldman Sachs’ Business Standards Committee
The Goldman Sachs Group has released some additional information on its newly created Business Standards Committee, announced last week at the company’s annual meeting of shareholders. The Committee will undertake a review of the company’s business standards and make recommendations to the board of directors and senior management to reinforce the firm’s client focus and […]
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New Risk Officer at Republic First Bancorp
$43 billion Republic First Bancorp, based in Philadelphia, has hired Tracie Young to serve as senior vice president and chief risk officer. Young was a 16-year employee of Harleysville National Bank and Trust, serving as director of internal audit and director of risk management.
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Caisse Chief Risk Officer Resigns
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, a Canada-based financial institution that manages funds primarily for public and private pension and insurance plans with $131 billion in assets, has announced the departure of Susan Kudzman as executive vice president and chief risk officer. After a long absence on sick leave, Kudzman has decided not […]
