DreamWorks Animation has announced the departure of its general counsel, Katherine Kendrick. She will be leaving the company when her contract expires at the end of the year in order to devote more time to her ongoing work with a number of philanthropic organizations. Kendrick currently serves on a number of non-profit boards, including 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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United General Counsel Leaves Abruptly
$20.1 billion UAL, the parent company of United Airlines, announced in a regulatory filing that its chief legal officer has left the company. In its filing, UAL said Paul Lovejoy, who joined UAL in 2003, has “ceased” to serve as corporate secretary, senior vice president, and general counsel, effective as of Nov. 1. The company […]
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DTCC Appoints New Chief Systemic Risk Officer
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation has appointed Anne Noonan to the newly created position of managing director and chief systemic risk officer. She will report to Larry Thompson, DTCC’s general counsel. In this new position, Noonan will oversee the management of the systemic risk framework for DTCC and its subsidiaries to ensure DTCC can […]
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Board Role in Succession Planning
Once upon a time, choosing a successor to the CEO wasn’t much of a responsibility for the board of directors. Today it’s one of the most important tasks the board has—and one the board should protect carefully, before shareholder activists hijack the process. Just last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission published new guidance saying […]
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Survey: How Mature Is Your Compliance Function?
Chief compliance officers apparently still have lots of work ahead to turn their compliance efforts into strong, mature programs that can handle the broad range of risks corporations face. That’s according to the findings of a joint study conducted by Compliance Week and Paisley, which polled 386 compliance, legal, and audit executives on the subject. […]
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SEC Appoints Three to New Risk Division
The Securities and Exchange Commission have named three experts in the fields of risk management, structured finance, and corporate transactions to senior positions at the SEC’s newly established Division of Risk, Strategy, and Financial Innovation. The Division was created in September to enhance the agency’s capabilities and help identify developing risks and trends in the […]
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PCAOB Elects Standing Advisory Group Members
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has announced 19 new and re-appointed members to its Standing Advisory Group. These members will serve two-year terms beginning in January 2010. New appointments to the SAG are: John Archambault, National Managing Partner of Professional Standards, Grant Thornton; Dennis Beresford, Ernst & Young Executive Professor of Accounting, Terry College […]
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Deloitte Names Ten New Professionals
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services has admitted one new partner, one new principal, and has promoted eight practitioners to the position of director. These professionals focus in fields that include advising clients on managing business controversy and conflict, executing deals, and maintaining regulatory compliance. The new Deloitte FAS partner, principal, and directors are as follows: Narendra […]
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Former Dupont Chair Leads New Delphi Board
Auto parts supplier Delphi has announced the establishment of a new “board of managers,” following the company’s emergence from bankruptcy in October—four years after its historic filing. (It was the largest such filing for the industry at the time and the 13th largest in U.S. history with $17.1 billion in assets). Chair of the board […]
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CVS Caremark Names New Chief Accounting Officer
$87.4 billion pharmacy chain giant CVS Caremark has appointed Laird Daniels as controller and chief accounting officer, effective Jan. 1, 2010. With nearly two decades of financial management experience, Daniels joined CVS Caremark in 1997, most recently serving as vice president of finance and retail controller for the company. Daniels will be replacing David Denton, […]
