Jaclyn Jaeger

$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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

$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, […]

$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 […]

John Hancock Financial, a subsidiary of $27 billion Manulife Financial Corporation, has appointed Craig Raymond as the chief risk officer and chief actuary. He will report to Jim Boyle, president of John Hancock Financial. In this newly created role, Raymond will be supervising all risks including strategic, insurance, market and liquidity, credit, and operational risks. […]

BDO Seidman has announced that Ben Neuhausen, the firm’s national director of accounting, has passed away after a prolonged illness. Neuhausen, who was a leading voice in the accounting industry’s standard setting process, died July 31 in Chicago at the age of 59. “All of us at BDO Seidman are deeply saddened by the loss […]