$12.7 billion Duke Energy has appointed company Treasurer Stephen De May as senior vice president, treasurer, and chief risk officer. In addition to his current responsibilities as treasurer, he will manage the company’s exposure to financial and other risks as chief risk officer. De May has played a central role in ensuring the company’s continued […]
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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PwC Welcomes Two New Tax Experts
PricewaterhouseCoopers has announced that Darrell Poplock has returned to the firm as a partner in the Federal Tax Services Group. In his most recent role, Poplock served on the Joint Committee on Taxation. Prior to his tenure on the Joint Committee on Taxation, Poplock served in various roles at PwC where he spent time in […]
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Wal-Mart Creates U.S. Administrative, Compliance Post
$378.8 billion Wal-Mart Stores, the world’s largest retailer, has appointed Tom Mars to serve in the newly created roles of executive vice president and chief administrative officer of Wal-Mart, United States. In this role, Mars will handle human resources operations for the division as well as oversee the compliance department. Previously general counsel of Wal-Mart, […]
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Sun Life Financial Elects New Board Member
$18.3 billion Sun Life Financial has elected James Sutcliffe to its board of directors. Sutcliffe retired as Group CEO of Old Mutual plc, an international savings and wealth management company, in September 2008. Prior to joining Old Mutual in January 2000, Sutcliffe was a senior executive with Prudential plc, an international retail financial services group. […]
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Financial Accounting Foundation Elects New Chairman
The Financial Accounting Foundation has elected John Brennan as the new chairman and a member of its board of trustees. The FAF is the independent, private-sector organization responsible for the oversight of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. Brennan succeeds outgoing FAF Chairman, Robert Denham, a senior partner at the […]
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Boeing Announces Leadership Changes
$66.3 billion Boeing has announced a series of personnel moves within its corporate and business unit Finance organizations. The changes are effective immediately. Commercial Airplanes CFO Rob Pasterick has been named vice president of finance and corporate controller, reporting to Boeing Corporate President and CFO James Bell. Pasterick has held a variety of key finance […]
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Insider-Trading Activity Keeps Marching Upward
The New York Stock Exchange is reporting a record number of insider-trading cases from 2008, but who is committing the alleged infractions is what’s raising eyebrows. New York Stock Exchange Regulation referred 146 cases of suspected insider trading to the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2008, surpassing 2007’s numbers (another record year) by five cases. […]
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SEC Chooses New General Counsel
The Securities and Exchange Commission has tapped David Becker, a partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, to be the SEC’s general counsel and senior policy director. The appointment is Chairman Mary Schapiro’s first since she took office. As general counsel, Becker will coordinate legal cases and advise on enforcement actions, and will have an […]
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Protiviti Announces Management Change
The New York office of Protiviti, a global business consulting and internal audit firm, has promoted Charles Soranno from director to managing director. Through his leadership role with Protiviti’s Finance Remediation and Reporting Compliance solution and Internal Audit practice, Soranno serves a broad array of clients in the financial services, real estate, communications, and retail […]
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AMERIGROUP Names Chief Compliance Officer
$3.9 billion AMERIGROUP Corp. has named John Finley chief compliance officer and senior vice president of business ethics. In this new role, Finley will oversee a team of compliance officers that monitor operations throughout the company and its affiliated state health plans. Prior to joining the managed healthcare company, Finley served as associate vice chancellor […]
