Now that the Securities and Exchange Commission has unveiled its timeline to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards, financial reporting executives are getting an earful on how they can assess the effect of such a change and develop a strategy to get it done. Already, Webcasts and executive forums are warning companies not to rush into […]
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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New Chief Compliance Officer at Comverse
Comverse Technology has named David Frishkorn as chief compliance officer. In this capacity, Frishkorn will be directly responsible for overall compliance activities, including Sarbanes-Oxley, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Code of Conduct, financial reporting integrity and other company policies and processes. David joins Comverse from the Xerox corporation, where he worked for 18 years, the last […]
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Nomura Holdings Names New Chief Risk Officer
$16 billion Nomura Holdings, based in Japan, has appointed David Benson as its new chief risk officer and senior managing director. In his new role, Benson will manage Nomura’s global risk profile. Previously, Benson was Nomura International’s chief operating officer from 2004 to 2006 and has served as its chief risk officer and on the […]
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Analog Devices Appoints New Chief Accounting Officer
Analog Devices, a global provider of high-performance semiconductors for signal processing applications, has promoted Seamus Brennan to vice president, corporate controller, and chief accounting officer, effective Dec. 8. Since joining ADI in Limerick, Ireland, in 1984, Brennan has played a key role in the development and implementation of the company’s worldwide financial systems, processes, and […]
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LifePoint Hospitals Hires New Chief Accounting Officer
$2.6 billion LifePoint Hospitals, based in Brentwood, Tenn., has hired Michael Coggin as senior vice president and chief accounting officer. In this role, Coggin will oversee the activities of the corporate accounting department and the dissemination of financial management reports, including financial statements, annual audits, and annual budgets. Prior to joining LifePoint, Coggin served as […]
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Priceline.com Appoints New Corporate Controller
$1.4 billion Priceline.com Inc. has promoted Anthony Cali to the roles of vice president and controller, effective Jan. 1, 2009. Cali joined Priceline.com in 2004 as director and assistant controller. From 2001 to 2004, he was director of finance for CS Technology, a consulting company. From 1998 to 2001, Cali served as vice president of […]
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B&L Promotes Chief Compliance Officer
Susan Roberts, chief compliance officer for $2.5 billion eye care company Bausch & Lomb, has been named a corporate vice president. Roberts, who has served as chief compliance officer since 2006, joined Bausch & Lomb in 1995. Since then, she’s held positions of increasing responsibility in the Bausch & Lomb law department, including serving as […]
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PwC’s National IRS Service Team Taps New Leader
PricewaterhouseCoopers has announced that Kevin Brown has joined the firm as a partner and leader of the national IRS Service Team. Brown comes to PwC after several notable professional roles, including chief operating officer of the American Red Cross and acting commissioner of the IRS. In his most recent role as COO for the Red […]
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Deputy Chief of Staff to Leave SEC
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that Deputy Chief of Staff and former Deputy General Counsel Alexander Cohen will leave the agency on Dec. 18 to return to the private sector. Since joining the Chairman’s office in May 2008, Cohen has assisted SEC Chairman Christopher Cox as senior legal counsel in the development and execution […]
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New Director to PwC Advisory Forensic Services Practice
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has named Shane Sims as a director in the firm’s U.S. Advisory Forensic Services Practice. In this role, Sims will focus on supporting clients with forensic investigations, cyber security, and crisis management services from the firm’s Washington D.C. office. Sims has led numerous domestic and international investigations of cyber crime, identity theft, fraud, […]
