One of the biggest beefs companies have with corporate litigation has been the rise in discovery costs, especially as Corporate America has entered the electronic era and creates exponentially more information to search. But many times, it’s the lawyers themselves who make the process more expensive than it needs to be. That was the message […]
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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Royal Bank of Scotland Chief Risk Officer Steps Down
Royal Bank of Scotland’s chief risk officer, Peter Nathaniel, has announced that he’ll be stepping down—just days after the $37.4 billion bank hired Nathan Bostock as head of restructuring and risk. For the time being, Bostock will be in charge of all risk reporting until the company finds a replacement for Nathaniel, including taking over […]
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Venable Adds New Partner to Bankruptcy Practice
Venable LLP announced that bankruptcy and restructuring attorney Jorian Rose has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner. Rose was most recently a managing director at Macquarie Capital, where he advised the global investment firm both as an attorney and a principal. While at Macquarie, Rose played a key role in multiple acquisitions […]
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TheStreet.com Appoints New Chief Accounting Officer
TheStreet.com has appointed Richard Broitman as chief accounting officer. Broitman has served as acting chief accounting officer since May 2009. Since joining the company as controller in July 2000, Broitman was appointed vice president of finance in October 2007 before being appointed to his current role. Prior to joining TheStreet.com, Broitman was controller of Individual […]
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New Chief Risk Officer Takes Helm at BofA
$72.2 billion Bank of America Corp. has named Gregory Curl as chief risk officer, effective June 30. He succeeds Amy Woods Brinkley, who will remain with the company until her retirement later this summer. Curl, a 31-year Bank of America veteran most recently involved in planning roles, will continue to be a member of the […]
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Hartford Financial Names New Chief Risk Officer
Hartford Financial Services Group, based in Hartford, Conn., has named Christopher Lewis as chief risk officer of the company’s property/casualty operations, as well as to the newly created role of senior vice president of capital planning. As senior vice president of capital planning, Lewis is responsible for capital planning and analysis across Hartford’s operations, including […]
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New Corporate Controller at Interstate Hotels & Resorts
$779 million Interstate Hotels & Resorts, a hotel real estate investor and the nation’s largest independent management company, has hired Michele Reing as senior vice president and corporate controller. In this new role, she will be responsible for corporate and joint venture accounting, financial reporting including SEC and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, corporate budgeting, forecasting and corporate […]
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Tempur-Pedic Gets New General Counsel
Lou Jones, former general counsel for Louisville-based Papa John’s International, Inc., will assume the newly created post of executive vice president and general counsel of mattress maker Tempur-Pedic International. Prior to Papa John’s, Jones served as senior vice president of corporate and international law for Blockbuster Inc. She will serve in the Lexington, Ky. office […]
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Vanderbilt Medical Adds Chief Compliance Officer
Vanderbilt Medical Center recently appointed David Raiford as associate vice chancellor for health affairs and chief compliance officer. Raiford, currently assistant vice chancellor fo rhalth affairs and senior associate dean for faculty affairs at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, will oversee any issues relating to conflicts of interest, compliance, and “standards of professionalism.” Said Vice […]
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Bruce Byrnes Joins Navigators as CCO
Bruce Byrnes has been named SVP, general counsel, and chief compliance officer at specialty insurance firm The Navigators Group, Inc. He is responsible for overseeing legal, internal audit, state filings, licensing, and compliance efforts. Before joining NY-based Navigators, Byrnes was general counsel at PXRE Reinsurance Co. from 2001 until its merger with Argonaut Group, Inc. […]
