NexCen Brands, a strategic brand management company with a focus on franchising, has appointed Brian Lane as vice president and chief accounting officer. He will report to Chief Financial Officer Mark Stanko. In his new role, Lane will be responsible for overseeing the company’s SEC reporting and corporate accounting functions, as well as managing its […]
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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Former U.S. Navy Admiral Joins Boeing Board
$61 billion Boeing has appointed retired U.S. Navy Admiral Edmund Giambastiani to its board of directors. He also will serve on the audit and finance committees. Giambastiani served in the Navy for 41 years, his final position as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2005 to 2007. In a statement, Boeing Chairman […]
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Newcrest Mining Taps New General Counsel
$2.3 billion Newcrest Mining, Australia’s largest gold miner, has appointed Stephen Creese as general counsel and company secretary. He is taking over for Bernard Lavery, Newcrest’s executive general manager of corporate services, who is retiring after 14 years with the company. Creese has spent 29 years with the Rio Tinto group in a variety of […]
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RSM McGladrey Adds New Leader to Risk Team
Peter Brady has joined accounting firm RSM McGladrey as a managing director and leader of the firm’s risk-management practice in New York. An accomplished senior executive, Brady has over 21 years of experience in risk management, internal audit, and internal controls. Prior to joining McGladrey, he held several leadership positions with Ernst & Young. As […]
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Goldman Sachs Assistant GC Joins Chadbourne & Parke
The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke has announced that Richard Ross has joined the firm as counsel in the corporate practice. He will be located in the firm’s New York office. Prior to joining Chadbourne, Ross was a vice president and assistant general counsel in Merchant Banking Legal for Goldman Sachs. While there, […]
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Hearst Elects Four Execs to Its Board
$4.3 billion Hearst Corporation has elected four executives to its board of directors. The elections were effective Oct. 1. The new members include: George Hearst III, publisher of the Albany Times Union. Prior to his role as publisher of the Times Union, Hearst was vice president, associate publisher, and general manager of the Times Union, […]
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Management Changes at Sigma-Aldrich
$2.2 billion life-science company Sigma-Aldrich has named George Miller senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary. He succeeds Rich Keffer, who was named Sigma-Aldrich’s general counsel in 2006. In his new role, Miller will join the company’s executive management team and manage its legal services and corporate governance processes. He will report to Chairman, President […]
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Dell Board Member Resigns
$61.1 billion computer maker Dell announced that Sallie Krawcheck has resigned from its board of directors, effectively immediately. Krawcheck was also chairman of the leadership development and compensation committee, and a member of the finance and governance and nominating committees. Krawcheck resigned in order to dedicate more time to her role as president of global […]
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New General Counsel at Cablevision
$7.2 billion Cablevision System has appointed David Ellen as executive vice president and general counsel. He will report to Cablevision President and Chief Executive James Dolan. Ellen joined Cablevision in 2004 as senior vice president and general counsel for cable, telecommunications, and programming. In his new role, he will oversee and direct Cablevision’s legal affairs […]
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Archer Technologies Names Chief Risk Strategist
Archer Technologies, a provider of enterprise governance, risk, and compliance solutions, has announced the appointment of John Pironti as the company’s chief information risk strategist. In this role, Pironti will consult with Fortune 1000 executives on IT-GRC and information security issues and initiatives, evangelize product concepts in the marketplace to gather feedback, and collaborate with […]