Automotive financial services company, Ally Financial, has appointed Barbara Yastine to the newly created role of chief administrative officer, effective immediately. Her appointment follows the departure of Chief Risk Officer Samuel Ramsey, who announced on May 7 his decision to leave the company for personal reasons. Ramsey will remain with Ally until May 31. After […]
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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Amgen Appoints Chief Accounting Officer
$14.6 billion biotech company Amgen has appointed Thomas Dittrich to serve as vice president of finance and chief accounting officer. His appointment follows the company’s previously announced move of Michael Kelly into the role of acting chief financial officer. Dittrich has served as Amgen’s vice president, International Finance, in Zug, Switzerland since joining the company […]
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Crowe Horwath Appoints New Director
Crowe Horwath, a public accounting and consulting firm, has announced that Bart Kimmel has joined the firm’s risk consulting group as director, based in Crowe’s Los Angeles, Calif., office. Kimmel has more than 24 years of experience in enterprise risk management, enterprise risk identification and assessment, information technology audit and advisory services, and internal audit. […]
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CalSTRS Appoints General Counsel
The California State Teachers’ Retirement System, with a pension fund portfolio valued at $138 billion, has appointed Brian Bartow as its new general counsel, effective June 1. As General Counsel, Bartow will provide operational and executive leadership at CalSTRS while serving as the chief legal advisor to the Teachers’ Retirement Board, the pension fund’s governing […]
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Hercules Offshore Names Chief Accounting Officer
Hercules Offshore, a provider of oil and gas producing services, has named Troy Carson as chief accounting officer. Carson joined the company as vice president and corporate controller in March 2007 and was named principal accounting officer in July 2008. Previously, Carson served in a variety of roles, including as the assistant corporate controller, at […]
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AOL Names New General Counsel
AOL has appointed Julie Jacobs as executive vice president and general counsel. She succeeds Ira Parker, who is transitioning to an advisory role at AOL after serving as general counsel since 2006. Jacobs, who will report to Chairman and CEO Tim Armstrong, will assume responsibility for all legal, regulatory, compliance and public policy matters for […]
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Ruling Defines Statute of Limitations for Class Actions
The U.S. Supreme Court has finally clarified when the statute of limitations starts on federal securities lawsuits, an issue last addressed 20 years ago. Until the high court’s ruling last month, appellate courts had taken various views on exactly when the clock starts ticking for such claims. For that reason alone, says Jonathan Youngwood, a […]
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Shop Talk: Managing Third-Party Risks
On April 22, 2010, Compliance Week and SAI Global presented an exclusive editorial roundtable about strategies for managing third-party risks. The roundtable, held at the Jefferson Hotel in Washington D.C., was moderated by Compliance Week Editor Matt Kelly and Christine Mills, senior vice president of SAI Global. Panelists included executives from Hewlett-Packard, Johnson Controls, Aramark […]
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CIT Group Names Chief Risk Officer
$3 billion CIT Group, a provider of financing to small businesses and middle market companies, has named Lisa Polsky as its chief risk officer, effective May 17. She will report directly to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Thain. In her new role, Polsky will be responsible for developing and implementing an enterprise-wide risk management […]
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MetLife Names General Counsel
$41 billion insurance provider MetLife, has named Nicholas Latrenta general counsel. He succeeds James Lipscomb, who retired from the position at the end of April after almost 38 years of service. As general counsel and head of MetLife’s legal affairs organization, Latrenta will lead the company’s global legal operations. He also will oversee MetLife’s government […]
