Since the Environmental Protection Agency unveiled in March its first proposal to force companies to monitor and report their greenhouse gas emissions, the move has raised an abundance of questions from Corporate America. As previously reported by Compliance Week, the EPA’s 818-page proposed rule would require that businesses and utilities file reports if their annual […]
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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SEC’s New & Improved Enforcement Division
Corporate compliance and legal officers take note: You will not be dealing with the same Securities and Exchange Commission any longer. So says Robert Khuzami, the SEC’s newly named director of enforcement. After six weeks on the job, Khuzami has outlined a range of reforms that the Enforcement Division will implement to improve its performance. […]
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Fuel Systems Relocates to New York
Fuel Systems Solutions has moved its corporate headquarters to New York City, creating a central base for managing operations in Europe, Latin America, and the United States. Following the move, New York-based Michael Helfand has joined the company as senior vice president of finance and chief accounting officer. Since 2003, Helfand has been a finance […]
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New Chief Insurance Risk Officer of U.S. Annuity at ING
$92 billion ING Group has hired Michael Smith as the chief financial officer and chief insurance risk officer for the U.S. Annuity business. In this role, he will be responsible for all financial and actuarial functions in ING U.S. Annuity. ING recently announced a transition of its current Retail Annuity business. Later this year, it […]
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Institute of Internal Auditors Elects New Leaders
The Institute of Internal Auditors has elected Roderick Winters as chairman of the board. Winters is general manager of finance operations at Microsoft Corporation. Other board positions include: • Günther Meggeneder, head of internal audit at ista International in Essen, Germany, as senior vice chairman of the board; • Anne Mercer, senior vice president of […]
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Brunswick Appoints New General Counsel, Secretary
$4.7 billion Brunswick Corporation, based in Lake Forest, Ill., has named Kristin Coleman vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary. Coleman will assume her duties May 20, and will report to Chairman and CEO Dustan McCoy. Coleman, who most recently was vice president and associate general counsel for Mead Johnson Nutrition Company, had previously been […]
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Former MorrisAnderson Experts Join WithumSmith
WithumSmith+Brown, have hired John Battaglia and Mitchel Steiner, former managing directors of MorrisAnderson & Associates, as principals and co-leaders of its Lender Field Exam Services Team. Under the leadership of Battaglia and Steiner, this team structure will expand WithumSmith+Brown’s service offerings to asset-based and commercial lenders including banks, investment firms, and other financial institutions. The […]
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Former Merrill Lynch CRO Joins People’s United Bank
People’s United Bank, a subsidiary of $1.2 billion People’s United Financial, has hired Chantal Simon as executive vice president and chief risk officer. Simon will be a member of the bank’s management committee and report directly to President and CEO Philip Sherringham. Simon, who joins People’s United Bank after 20 years at Merrill Lynch, most […]
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New York Fed Chairman Resigns Amid Controversy
Stephen Friedman, chairman of the New York Federal Reserve’s board of directors, abruptly resigned last week amid questions about stock he had purchased from his former employer, Goldman Sachs. Under Fed policy, regional Fed bank directors appointed by the central bank’s board of governors are not allowed to own shares of bank holding companies. But […]
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ICFR Appoints New Board Member
The International Centre for Financial Regulation has appointed Michel Prada as non-executive director to its board of directors. In addition to shaping the ICFR’s agenda, Prada will use his international experience and expertise to develop key relationships on a global scale. Prada is the former chairman of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers, France, as well […]
