$29.3 billion aviation and defense firm General Dynamics has named Greg Gallopoulos senior vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary, effective Jan. 1, 2010. He will succeed David Savner, who is retiring after nearly 12 years of service in that role. Gallopoulos joined General Dynamics as vice president and deputy general counsel in August 2008. […]
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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How Sustainability Works at UPS
Making the business case to spend money on corporate sustainability programs can be a hard sell these days, but at least one company believes sustainability is worth the expense. The case for sustainability requires a “progressive view of the company and recognizing that you can’t, today, just look in front of your nose to this […]
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Shop Talk: Metrics for Risk, Compliance
Thirteen executives participated in the Nov. 17 roundtable presented by Compliance Week and OpenPages where the discussion centered on what metrics to use when measuring risk and compliance. The roundtable, held at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, was moderated by CW Editor-in-Chief Matt Kelly, and featured Michael Duffy, President of OpenPages. Panelists were […]
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Dell Names Ross Perot Jr. to Board of Directors
$61.1 billion Dell has appointed Ross Perot Jr., son of the former third-party presidential candidate, to its board of directors. He joins the board immediately and will stand for election by Dell shareholders at the company’s annual meeting next year. Perot’s appointment comes one month after the computer maker bought technology-services provider, Perot Systems, on […]
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W.R. Berkley Hires Risk Chief
Property-casualty insurer W.R. Berkley, based in Greenwich, Conn., has named Gillian James to the newly created post of senior vice president for enterprise risk management, effective immediately In this new role, James’ responsibilities will entail identifying, analyzing, modeling, responding to, and monitoring risks, events, and opportunities. With over 20 years experience in the insurance and […]
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Walgreens Appoints New Chief Compliance Officer
$63.3 billion Walgreen Co., has appointed Laura Merten as chief compliance officer. She assumes the role from Chester Young, who will be retiring at the end of January after 41 years with the company. Merten also will continue serving as privacy officer. After joining Walgreens as an attorney in 1988, she was promoted to director […]
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Suddenlink Communications Hires CAO
Cable broadband company, Suddenlink Communications, has hired James Fox as senior vice president and chief accounting officer. He will report to CFO Mary Meduski. Before joining Suddenlink, Fox served as CFO and senior vice president of business operations for Mobile Armor, a technology company specializing in enterprise data security solutions for government and commercial enterprises. […]
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Global Defense Appoints New Board Member
Global Defense Technology & Systems has appointed Eric Rangen to the company’s board of directors. He also will chair the audit committee and serve as a member of the compensation committee. Rangen is senior vice president and chief accounting officer of UnitedHealth Group and has served in that capacity since December 2006. Prior to UnitedHealth, […]
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FSA Appoints Senior Advisers for Governance Issues
The Financial Services Authority has announced the appointment of five new senior advisers who will assist the FSA in its work on governance issues. The advisers will provide input into developing the FSA’s regulatory framework for ensuring effective governance in financial institutions and will also contribute to the panel interview process for individuals wishing to […]
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Strategies to Reduce Corporate Fraud
Attendees at the annual CFO Summit at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Nov. 19 heard from federal regulators promising no end to their fraud crackdown of recent years, as well as from other corporate executives offering their ideas on how to maintain ethical operations amid difficult economic circumstances. Neil Power, a supervisory agent at […]