The international law firm of Crowell & Moring has announced the addition of Mark Egert as partner in the firm’s Corporate and Financial Services groups, as well as a member of the firm’s White Collar & Regulatory Enforcement Group. Egert will draw upon 15 years of in-house counsel experience to spearhead the firm’s regulatory and […]
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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Management Changes at American Electric Power
American Electric Power has named Sandra Williams as chief compliance officer, responsible for designing, implementing and administering AEP’s ethics and compliance programs. Williams joined AEP in 2000 to support its telecommunications affiliates. Later that year, she was named senior counsel of regulatory services, representing AEP’s operating companies before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio and […]
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Primerica Appoints New Board Member
$2.2 billion Primerica, a distributor of financial products, has elected P. George Benson to the company’s board of directors. He also will serve on both the audit and compensation committees. Benson has been the President of the College of Charleston in Charleston, S.C., since February 2007. Prior to that, he served as Dean of the […]
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Cigna Appoints New Board Member
$18.4 billion CIGNA Corporation has elected Joseph Sullivan, former chairman and CEO of Protocare, a clinical trials and pharmaceutical industry consulting firm, to its board of directors effective April 27. He will be a member of the corporate governance committee and the people resources committee. Sullivan has been a private investor since 2003. He currently […]
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Barnes Group Appoints New General Counsel
$1 billion Barnes Group, a diversified global manufacturer and logistical services company based in Briston, Conn., has appointed Claudia Toussaint as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary. She succeeds Signe Gates, who retired April 1 after more than 10 years with the company.
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eBay Victory Sketches Outlines of Trademark Efforts
A federal appeals court ruling earlier this month has laid down the law for how far e-commerce businesses must go to enforce trademark protections—and the victory goes to the e-commerce shops. The closely watched ruling, Tiffany v. eBay, is the first to address trademark law in the world of virtual retailers. Tiffany & Co., the […]
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Survey: IT Risk, IFRS Are Internal Auditors’ Top Worries
A new survey of internal auditors finds that they are most concerned about improving their mastery of IT risks and global accounting standards, but seem to be less worried about their expertise in enterprise risk management. So say the results of the 2010 “Internal Audit Capabilities and Needs Survey,” conducted by consulting firm Protiviti, which […]
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Former Bearing Point CCO Joins Stinson
The law firm of Stinson Morrison Hecker has hired Russell Berland, who will join the firm’s Kansas City office. Previously with Bearing Point (formerly KPMG Consulting) where he served as vice president and chief compliance officer, Berland joins the Corporate Finance Division as of counsel. Berland brings 17 years of legal expertise to the corporate […]
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ING Hires Chief Risk Officer
ING has hired Prakash Shimpi as chief risk officer for ING U.S. In this new role, Shimpi will oversee the enterprise-wide risk monitoring and management program for ING’s U.S. insurance operations. His responsibilities will include managing the framework for measuring, controlling, hedging, and pricing risk, as well as compliance with all global financial reporting standards […]
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CCO of Macquarie Global Infrastructure Resigns
Macquarie Global Infrastructure Total Return Fund has announced the resignation of Sally Worrall as chief compliance officer, who has accepted a new position within Macquarie Funds Group and is relocating to Sydney, Australia. Immediately assuming her role is Brett Byrd, associate director at Macquarie Funds Group in Los Angeles. In other news, the company also […]