The Steele Foundation, a global business advisory and risk-management company providing investigative, security, and consulting services, has appointed Diana Lutz to the newly created position of managing director and chief compliance officer. Lutz will report to Kenneth Kurtz, president and CEO of STEELE International. In this new executive capacity, Lutz will be responsible for enhancing […]
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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Accenture Names CCO, General Counsel
$23.1 billion consulting firm, Accenture, has hired Julie Spellman Sweet as general counsel, secretary, and chief compliance officer, effective March 22. She will report to Chairman and CEO William Green. Sweet will succeed Douglas Scrivner, who will step down as general counsel after serving in that role for 14 years. Scrivner will remain with Accenture […]
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PCI Security Standards Council Names Chair
Bruce Rutherford, group head of fraud management solutions and payment system integrity for MasterCard, has been appointed chairman of the PCI Security Standards Council. The global open industry standards body provides management of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, PIN Transaction Security Security Requirements, and the Payment Application Data Security Standard. In his new […]
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Study: Cos. Still Lagging on Records Management
A new study of corporations’ records management programs paints a troubling picture of companies still struggling to keep pace with the huge compliance demands piling onto them, despite the strides made in the last several years. The study, the 2009 Iron Mountain Compliance Benchmark Report, surveyed more than 2,500 enterprises in the public, private, government, […]
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Surviving a Congressional Investigation
The kickoff meeting of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission earlier this month, impaneled to root out the causes of the Wall Street meltdown in 2008 and 2009, is only one of many Washington-backed investigations to come this year. Corporate executives should plan accordingly. Executives from Wall Street have already been called before the FCIC to […]
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Weiser Adds New Partners
Accounting firm Weiser has announced the addition of three new partners to the Financial Services Consulting Group, a new group within the firm that will be dedicated to servicing insurance and reinsurance companies, brokers, banks, and other financial institutions. The group will offer guidance on how to reduce risk, increase controls, and create efficiencies in […]
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Former General Dynamics Exec Joins Jenner & Block
David Savner, the former senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary for global defense contractor General Dynamics, has returned to Jenner & Block as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office. During his nearly 12 years of service as the chief legal officer for General Dynamics, Savner led a worldwide legal department of approximately 80 […]
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PrivateBancorp Appoints General Counsel
PrivateBancorp has appointed Jennifer Evans as general counsel and corporate secretary. Prior to joining PrivateBancorp, Evans worked as an independent legal consultant and has served as a member of the board of directors of Evergreen Bank Group in Oak Brook, Ill., since 2008. In 2004, she joined MAF Bancorp, where she was an executive vice […]
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SEC Enforcement Officials Join McDermott Will & Emery
Law firm McDermott Will & Emery has tapped Fredric Firestone, associate director of the Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Enforcement, and Michael Ungar, SEC Division of Enforcement branch chief, as partners in the firm’s Controversies Business Unit in Washington, D.C. Firestone, who will head the firm’s SEC defense practice, brings a wealth of experience […]
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Pacer International Appoints Corporate Controller
Pacer International, a freight transportation and logistics provider, has appointed Michael Gordon as corporate controller, effective as of Jan. 1. In connection with the relocation of the controller position from California to Ohio, Gordon will be transitioning responsibilities from Marc Jensen, who will continue to serve as corporate controller and chief accounting officer through March […]