$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 […]
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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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 […]
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Study: Companies Lack Mature GRC Systems
A solid majority of compliance departments in Corporate America still rely on standard Microsoft products to manage their governance, risk, and compliance chores, despite the notorious security weaknesses Microsoft can pose, according to an exclusive Compliance Week study. The survey of 386 compliance, risk, and audit executives, conducted by Compliance Week and the software firm […]
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DynCorp CCO Terminated Amid Investigation
$3.1 billion DynCorp International announced that Curtis Schehr has been terminated “without cause” from his positions as senior vice president, general counsel, and chief compliance officer. His termination from the military contractor follows a Nov. 9 filing with the SEC in which the company said it had identified roughly $300,000 in certain payments, which had […]
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Trio of Long-Time Walgreen Board Members to Depart
$63.3 billion drugstore chain giant, Walgreen, has announced that three of its long-time board members will be departing in January. Charles Walgreen, grandson of the company’s founder and currently chairman emeritus, plans to retire after 46 years on the board. Walgreen began working for the company as a stock boy in 1952 and held positions […]
