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 […]
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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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 […]
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Study Finds Good News on Ethical Attitudes
Maybe the down economy has a silver lining after all: Employees behave better in times of a recession. That’s according to the findings of a survey of nearly 3,000 employees conducted by the Ethics Resource Center. The study revealed that key measures of ethical behavior—the amount of misconduct observed, the willingness to report misdeeds, the […]
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New Chief Compliance Officer at CBS Corporation
$14 billion CBS Corporation has promoted Hazel-Ann Mayers to the position of chief compliance officer, effective Dec. 17. Mayers succeeds Marty Messinger, who has held this position since the inception of the company in December of 2005. Messinger will continue in his role as Television Stations Group general counsel and will continue to report to […]
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Barnes Group Appoints CAO, Controller
$1.3 billion manufacturing and logistics services company, Barnes Group, has appointed Marian Acker to the position of vice president and controller, effective Jan. 1, 2010. Acker will also assume the role of chief accounting officer. She’ll replace Francis Boyle, who will be retiring from that role on Feb. 28, 2010. Acker joined Barnes in 1993 […]
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Former Warner Bros. Exec Joins Mitchell Silberberg
Law firm Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp announced that renowned entertainment industry executive John Schulman will join the firm as a partner and chairman of its entertainment department, effective Jan. 1, 2010. In addition, he also will become a new member of the MS&K governing board. Schulman retired last year after a 25-year career at Warner […]
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Danske Bank Appoints Chief Risk Officer
$14.5 billion Danske Bank, based in Denmark, has appointed Peter Rostrup-Nielsen, currently head of strategy at the group’s finance unit, to the newly created role of chief risk officer. In this new role, Rostrup-Nielsen will oversee risk assessment and policy at group level with plans to strengthen its focus on customer satisfaction, service, and product […]
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PartnerRe Names Director of Risk Management
$4 billion reinsurer PartnerRe has named Jerome Carre as group risk management director, effective Jan. 1, 2010. He currently is chief risk officer for Paris Re, the European reinsurer recently acquired by PartnerRe. Carre, who will report to the CEO Patrick Thiele, will be responsible for coordinating the company’s risk-management practices at the group level, […]
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Prudential Names New General Counsel
$29.2 billion Prudential has appointed Margaret Coltman as general counsel and corporate secretary, effective Jan. 1, 2010. Coltman currently serves in these roles on an interim basis. Coltman joined the insurance giant in July of 2009, when she replaced former general counsel and corporate secretary Peter Maynard, who stepped down after 11 years of service. […]