$14.5 billion Office Depot has appointed Thomas Colligan to its board of directors. He will also serve on the audit committee. Since September 2007, Colligan has been vice dean of the Wharton School’s Aresty Institute of Executive Education. Previously, he spent more than 40 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he served in several capacities, including partner, […]
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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Cooper Tire Names VP of New ERP Position
$2.8 billion Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has named Ron Ranallo to the newly created position of vice president of enterprise resource planning implementation. In this new role, Ranallo will supervise numerous business process owners who are tasked with designing and configuring the enterprise resource planning business processes and enabling software. Cooper said its new […]
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Carlo di Florio Named Director of SEC OCIE
The Securities and Exchange Commission has named Carlo di Florio director of the agency’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations. As head of OCIE, di Florio will oversee the SEC’s nationwide examination programs for investment advisers, broker-dealers, mutual funds, credit rating agencies, and self-regulatory organizations among other entities. “A strong inspections and examinations unit is […]
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OptionEase CEO Appointed to NCEO Board
OptionEase, an on-demand software-as-a-service applications provider for equity administration and compliance, announced that the National Center for Employee Ownership has appointed Kimberly Kovacs, co-founder and CEO of OptionEase, as a member of the NCEO’s board of directors. Founded in 1981, the NCEO is a clearinghouse of research information on broad-based employee ownership, including employee stock […]
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Nine Cases to Shape the 2010 Legal Landscape
2009 was a notable year for securities litigation and regulatory enforcement, as the first consequences of the financial crisis had their days in court. Expect more to come in 2010. The year started with a stern ruling from the Delaware Chancery Court that, no, shareholders at Citigroup could not sue the company’s leaders solely because […]
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Stephen Chipman Named CEO of Grant Thornton
Stephen Chipman has been named CEO of Grant Thornton, effective as of Jan. 1. He succeeds Edward Nusbaum, who will assume the responsibilities as CEO of Grant Thornton International. Chipman, who was elected to the position in June 2009, most recently served as CEO of Greater China Management Corporation, responsible for leading the development and […]
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Pillsbury Winthrop Strengthens Its Healthcare Practice
The law firm of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman have announced that leading healthcare attorneys Gerry Hinkley and Allen Briskin, both formerly of law firm Davis Wright Tremaine, have joined the San Francisco office of Pillsbury’s healthcare practice. Hinkley will serve as co-chair of the firm’s health industry practice along with Pillsbury partner David Main, a […]
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AIG Executives Resign Over Pay Restrictions
American International Group announced that Anastasia Kelly, vice chairman for legal, human resources, corporate affairs, and corporate communications, has resigned from the company, effective December 30. In addition, AIG announced that Chief Compliance and Regulatory Officer Suzanne Folsom, who joined AIG in April 2008, has left to pursue other opportunities. In a prepared statement, the […]
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Facebook COO Nominated to Walt Disney Board
The Walt Disney Company has nominated Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of online social utility company Facebook, to be a new independent director of its board of directors, effective upon her election at the company’s next annual meeting on March 10, 2010. Sandberg has served as COO of Facebook since March 2008. In that capacity, […]
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Comcast President Elected to Berkshire Board
$107.7 billion Berkshire Hathaway has elected Stephen Burke, president of Comcast Cable Communications, and chief operating officer of parent Comcast, to its board of directors. Burke is “business-savvy, owner-oriented and keenly interested in Berkshire, the three ingredients we look for in directors,” CEO Warren Buffett said in a statement. Burke joined Philadelphia-based Comcast in 1998 […]
