HCP, Inc., a real estate investment trust based in Long Beach, Calif., recently appointed Scott Anderson as senior vice president and chief accounting officer, effective immediately. Anderson joins HCP from Apartment Investment Management Company, a Denver-based REIT, where he served as senior vice president, financial risk management, and controller. He replaces George P. Doyle, who […]
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 Names Edward Nusbaum CEO
Accounting titan Grant Thornton International has appointed Edward Nusbaum as CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2010. Nusbaum succeeds David McDonnell, who is retiring after eight years with the company. “I am greatly honored and look forward to the opportunity to lead Grant Thornton International,” said Nusbaum. “I will dedicate myself to continuing Grant Thornton’s tradition of […]
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Amylin Gives Two Board Seats to Dissidents
In a recent announcement, Amylin Pharmaceuticals said it named two candidates nominated by dissident shareholders Carl Icahn and Eastbourne Capital Management to its board of directors. The results were tabulated by the company’s independent inspector of elections. Amylin Chairman Joseph Cook and Lead Independent Director James Wilson were not re-elected; eight of the company’s board […]
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Corning Adds Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce to Board
Corning, Inc., a world leader in specialty glass and ceramics, has named Carlos Gutierrez, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce to its Board of Directors, starting immediately. Gutierrez will hold office until Corning’s annual meeting of shareholders on April 29, 2010, at which time it is expected he will be nominated to serve a three-year term. […]
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Audit Integrity Expands Board, Advisory Panel
Audit Integrity, an independent financial research firm based in Los Angeles, has appointed three new members to its five-member board. The new members include Laurie S. Adami, former president of the Interactive Data Corporation Fixed Income Group; Dr. Carla Hayn, professor of accounting at UCLA Anderson School of Management; and Joseph G. Reichner, an accounting […]
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ICFR Appoints Director of Research
The International Centre for Financial Regulation has appointed Richard Reid as its director of research with immediate effect. A principle objective of ICFR is to fuel debate around regulatory reform through the provision of expert, independent research into the issues affecting financial regulation across the globe. In addition to directing the centre’s research agenda, Reid […]
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COSO Names New Chairman
Following an extensive four-month search, the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations has named David Landsittel as its new chairman. He replaces Larry Rittenberg, who served as COSO Chairman since 2005. As COSO Chairman, Landsittel will lead the COSO board in developing and providing continuing guidance in risk management, internal control, fraud and governance. Other major responsibilities […]
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Proxy Season Sees Upheaval, Not Revolution
Despite expectations that the 2008 proxy season would be a banner year for shareholder activism amid the financial crisis, experts say investors’ winter of discontent never did turn into a glorious summer of shareholder victory. “In actuality, it was a pretty subdued season, and it appeared that shareholders were still kind of in shock and […]
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Webcast: How IFRS Impacts the Tax Department
Most tax departments these days know that if the United States does eventually adopt International Financial Reporting Standards, the changes to tax calculations and reporting methods will bring headaches—and, possibly, opportunities. Andrews In a recent Webcast, Nathan Andrews, head of the tax accounting services practice at Deloitte, noted that adopting IFRS will give accounting departments […]
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Eastman Kodak Appoints New Chief Accounting Officer
$9.4 billion Eastman Kodak Company has elected Eric Samuels as corporate controller and chief accounting officer, effective July 1. He will be reporting to CFO Frank Sklarsky. Samuels succeeds Diane Wilfong, who will relocate to Las Vegas in early July to become vice president, controller, and chief accounting officer of Harrah’s Entertainment. Samuels, who joined […]
