$43.1 billion Freddie Mac has elected six new members to its board of directors. They include Linda Bammann, who retired in 2005 as chief risk officer at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Christopher Lynch, an independent consultant and former KPMG LLP executive. Both Bammann and Lynch will serve on the audit and compensation committees. […]
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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UGI Appoints New Chief Risk Officer, Accounting Officer
$6.4 billion King of Prussia, Penn.-based UGI Corp. has named Davinder Athwal chief accounting officer and chief risk officer, effective Dec. 29, 2008. He reports to Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer Peter Kelly. In these new positions, Athwal assumes oversight responsibility for accounting, financial reporting, and internal controls. He also will have […]
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KEMET Corp. Taps New Chief Compliance Officer
$850.1 million KEMET Corporation, a maker of tantalum and multilayer ceramic capacitors, has promoted Susan Barkal to vice president of quality and chief compliance officer. Barkal will report to Robert Arguelles, SVP of Operational Excellence, Quality, and IT. Barkal’s role will include all quality and corporate compliance-related activity worldwide. In the chief compliance officer role, […]
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e-Discovery Challenges in Criminal Probes
The rules of legal discovery in the Internet and e-mail era are rapidly developing for civil litigation. But in the realm of criminal investigations—where the stakes can be far higher—the law still leaves corporations flailing without any way to protect electronic data, even if it belongs to innocent third parties. The recent Ninth Circuit Court […]
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Investors Push SEC for More ESG Disclosures
Yet again, institutional investors have asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to force companies to do a better job disclosing environmental risks in their periodic filings. Cox The latest push by investors springs from the SEC’s “21st Century Disclosure Initiative,” which Chairman Christopher Cox launched in June to enhance the usefulness of disclosure to investors. […]
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FEI Elects New CEO, President
The Financial Executives International appointed Marie Hollein as its new president and chief executive officer, effective Jan. 12. Hollein will take over from James Abel, who has served as interim CEO and president since July of this year. Hollein brings over 30 years of extensive Corporate and Financial Services experience to her new role at […]
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Sutter Health Welcomes New General Counsel
$7.6 billion Sutter Health has announced the appointment of Florence DiBenedetto as senior vice president and general counsel. She will assume her new role Jan. 5, 2009, succeeding long-time General Counsel Gary Loveridge, who is retiring. DiBenedetto comes to Sutter Health after spending two decades with the Sacramento-based law firm Hunter Richey DiBenedetto & Eisenbeis, […]
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RIMS Elects New President for 2009 Term
The Risk and Insurance Management Society announced that Joseph Restoule will take the helm as president for the 2009 term, effective Jan. 1. Restoule is leader of risk management at NOVA Chemicals Corporation. Restoule has served on RIMS board of directors since 2001 in various capacities, including vice president and secretary. He is also president […]
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Applebee CEO Joins Jack in the Box Board of Directors
$2.5 billion Jack in the Box has elected David Goebel to its board of directors, effective immediately. Goebel has 35 years of experience in the retail, food service, and hospitality industries, including most recently serving as president and CEO of Applebee’s International. Goebel joined Applebee’s in 2001 as senior vice president of franchise operations. He […]
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JetBlue Airways Elects New Board Member
$2.8 billion JetBlue Airways Corp. has elected Peter Boneparth to its board of directors, effective immediately. He has not been appointed to any committee at this time. Peter Boneparth comes to JetBlue after having served as president and CEO of the Jones Apparel Group, a designer and marketer of apparel brands. Prior to that, he […]