Southwest Airlines has appointed John Denison and Daniel Villanueva to serve as members of its board. An airline industry veteran, Denison previously served in an executive capacity with Global Aero Logistics, an airline holding company, including as its chairman of the board. The board has appointed Denison to serve on its audit and nominating and […]
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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Jane Garvey Quits Bombardier Board to Join Obama Team
Jane Garvey, the former CEO of U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, recently quit the board of Canadian jet and train manufacturer Bombardier to join U.S. President-elect Barack Obama’s team. Garvey was the head of U.S. Federal Aviation Administration from 1997 to 2002, becoming the first administrator to be appointed to a five-year term, first female administrator, […]
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CA Elects New Board Member
CA, a $4.2 billion independent IT management software company, has elected Kay Koplovitz to its board of directors. She will also serve as a member of the corporate governance committee. Koplovitz is founder of the USA Network and chairman and CEO of Koplovitz & Co. In 2007, she was named chairman of Liz Claiborne’s board […]
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New General Counsel at Sallie Mae
Sallie Mae has appointed Mark Heleen senior vice president and general counsel. Heleen, who joined Sallie Mae in 1998, has held responsibility for all legal matters for the financing and derivative transactions of the company, including the company’s recent $3 billion equity offering, its $34 billion asset-backed commercial paper facility and its $2.5 billion unsecured […]
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Provest Names New CCO, General Counsel
ProVest LLC, a national process server management company dedicated to improving the default servicing industry, has hired Karen Kelly as general counsel and chief compliance officer. In her role as general counsel, Kelly will provide in-house legal counsel to management and operations on all legal matters affecting the business, and will assist in deal transactions […]
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New Chief Legal Officer at Lennox International
$3.7 billion Lennox International announced the appointment of John Torres as the company’s chief legal officer. Torres most recently served as senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary for Freescale Semiconductor. He joined Motorola’s legal department as senior counsel in 1996 and was appointed vice president and general counsel of the company’s semiconductor business in […]
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Hess Taps New General Counsel
$31.6 billion Hess Corporation has appointed Timothy Goodell senior vice president and general counsel, effective Jan. 5, 2009. Goodell is currently a partner in the law firm White & Case, where he is a member of the firm’s partnership committee. He has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, financings, securities, and corporate governance.
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IFRS Adoption Strategies Start to Emerge
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 […]
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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 […]