$1.1 billion Minerals Technologies has named Thomas Meek vice president, general counsel, and secretary, effective Sept. 1. He succeeds Kirk Forrest who will retire at year-end after having served as general counsel for five years. Meek joins Minerals Technologies from Alcoa, where he served as deputy general counsel. In that position he was chief litigation […]
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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Grant Thornton Appoints New Executive Director
Accounting firm Grant Thornton announced the promotion of Jason Gitstein as executive director, effective as of Aug. 1. In his role as executive director, he will be responsible for administrative oversight of the firm’s development, monitoring, and enforcement of independence quality control policies, tools, databases, and other requirements to facilitate compliance with the PCAOB and […]
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Protective Life Creates Chief Risk Officer Role
$2.5 billion Protective Life has appointed Edward Berko to the newly created position of executive vice president and chief risk officer, effective Aug. 17. He will report to CEO John Johns. Berko most recently served as managing director and chief risk officer for MetLife’s Investments Department. Prior to joining MetLife, Berko served in a variety […]
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PMI Group Promotes Two Executives
The PMI Group has promoted two executives within its leadership team. Andrew Cameron was named executive vice president, general counsel, and secretary. Cameron previously held the position of group senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary. Cameron joined PMI in 1998 and became senior vice president and deputy general counsel in 2006. Prior to PMI, […]
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BDO Seidman Names Director of Accounting
BDO Seidman has named Lee Graul as national director of accounting for the firm. He succeeds Ben Neuhausen, who passed away recently after a prolonged illness. Graul joined BDO Seidman in 1986 after serving a two-year term as a professional accounting fellow in the Office of the chief accountant of the SEC. During his tenure […]
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Getting the Most Out of Carbon Offsets
Thanks to recent House passage of legislation that would cap the amount of greenhouse gas emissions companies would be allowed to produce, the clock may soon start ticking for businesses to develop an effective way to manage carbon emissions. Approved by the House in June, the American Clean Energy and Security Act (more commonly known […]
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Shop Talk: The Threat of Emerging Risks
On July 22, 2009, Compliance Week and PricewaterhouseCoopers presented an editorial roundtable about managing emerging risks—the unexpected or uncontrollable threats (think swine flu, global warming, political insecurity) that can leave companies at a loss for mitigation strategies. The discussion, moderated by Compliance Week Editor Matt Kelly and taking place at the Four Seasons Hotel in […]
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Bank of America Names General Counsel
Bank of America Corp, has named Edward O’Keefe general counsel with immediate effect. He has been interim general counsel since January. O’Keefe succeeds Brian Moynihan, who will become head of consumer banking at BoA. Moynihan is currently head of global corporate and investment banking and global wealth management, O’Keefe has previously held several roles at […]
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DynCorp International Appoints New General Counsel
$3.1 billion DynCorp International has appointed Gregory Nixon senior vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary, effective Sept. 21. Nixon joins DynCorp International from McKinsey & Company, where he has served since 2007 as associate general counsel and assistant secretary, as well as vice president and general counsel of their business division responsible for federal, […]
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Chevron Hires New General Counsel Amid Lawsuit
$273 billion Chevron has hired R. Hewitt Pate as vice president and general counsel, effective Aug. 3. Pate, a long-time partner at Hunton & Williams in Washington, D.C., has headed the firm’s Global Competition practice since 2005. Prior to rejoining the firm in 2005, Pate served as the assistant attorney general for the Antitrust Division […]