Jaclyn Jaeger

$4.6 billion Asbury Automotive Group has named Elizabeth Brannen Chandler vice president and general counsel, effective May 13. Chandler will replace Lynne Burgess, who resigned effective March 31, but has continued to serve the company in a consulting capacity. Chandler, who brings over 20 years of transactional and governance experience to Asbury, has been the […]

Switzerland-based Roche Holdings AG has appointed Rick Kentz as senior vice president, secretary, and chief compliance officer, effective May 1. Kentz is currently vice president and secretary of legal affairs of Roche Pharma North America. In his new role, Kentz will have some responsibilities for legal and corporate services. As Compliance Week previously reported, Roche […]

$36.5 billion Honeywell International has announced the retirement of Peter Kreindler as senior vice president and general counsel, after more than 17 years of service with the company. He will be replaced by Katherine Adams, effective immediately. Adams joined Honeywell in 2003 as vice president and deputy general counsel of litigation, and most recently served […]

$5.1 billion Advance Auto Parts has appointed Sarah Powell as senior vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary. Powell will be responsible for managing all legal, secretarial, governance, compliance, litigation, and government affairs for the company, and will continue to report to Executive Vice President and CFO Mike Norona. Powell joined Advance Auto Parts in […]

The insurance industry seems to be first out of the gate with new rules for disclosure of climate change risks. Insurance companies themselves, however, may be off to a slow start in complying with the new rules. As Compliance Week previously reported, in March the National Association of Insurance Commissioners adopted a mandatory requirement that […]

$182 billion General Electric has promoted Hendrik Bourgeois to the role of European general counsel, effective as of this month. He replaces Mark Elborne, who will take on a new non-legal role as national executive for Northern Europe, dealing with strategic issues for the company. Bourgeois, who has been with GE for 10 years, previously […]

$51 billion MetLife has announced the retirement of Joseph Prochaska, who will step down from his position as chief accounting officer this year. Subject to the approval of the MetLife’s board of directors, Peter Carlson, who joined MetLife on April 13, will assume the role.

Fannie Mae has announced the appointments of three new executives. Among the appointments, Timothy Mayopoulos has been hired as executive vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary. Mayopoulos, who has 25 years of legal experience, comes to Fannie Mae from Bank of America, where he served as executive vice president and general counsel for five […]

$13.6 billion Australia-based Suncorp has appointed Andrew Harmer as chief risk officer, reporting to acting CEO Chris Skilton. Harmer, who joins Suncorp from Ernst & Young Australia, will be part of Suncorp’s senior executive team and will oversee the existing risk functions that are already embedded within each of the group’s business lines. Ultimately, Suncorp’s […]