The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that General Counsel Brian Cartwright will be leaving the agency to return to the private sector. During his tenure, he helped shape the Commission’s major policy and regulatory initiatives and counseled the Commission on virtually every matter that came before it, including enforcement actions, rulemakings, appellate briefs and adjudications. […]
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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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IFAC Elects New President
The International Federation of Accountants has elected Robert Bunting to assume the IFAC Presidency for a two-year term ending in November 2010. Bunting, a former chairman of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and an IFAC board member since 2005, stressed several key initiatives he has planned for IFAC. “We must demonstrate that our […]
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Former DuPont General Counsel Joins Dickstein Shapiro
Dickstein Shapiro, a multi-service law firm with more than 400 attorneys in Washington, D.C., New York, and Los Angeles, has hired Stacey Mobley as senior counsel in its Washington, D.C. office. Mobley will serve the firm in an advisory capacity working closely with the State Attorneys General Practice and with various firm clients on matters […]
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Tidewater Elects New Board Member
$1.2 billion Tidewater has elected Joseph Netherland to its board of directors. Netherland served as chairman of the board of FMC Technologies from December 2001 until his retirement in October 2008. He also served as chief executive officer of FMC Technologies from 2001 until March 2007, when he retired.
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AIG Elects New Board Member
$110 billion American International Group has elected Dennis Dammerman to its board of directors. He also has been named to the compensation and management resources committee and the finance committee. Dammerman is currently chairman of the board of directors of Discover Financial Services, lead director of Capmark Financial Group, and a director of BlackRock. He […]
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Anadarko Petroleum Corp. Has New CAO
$15.9 billion Anadarko Petroleum Corp. promoted M. Cathy Douglas to the role of vice president and chief accounting officer. Douglas has nearly 30 years of experience with Anadarko in accounting policy, financial reporting, internal controls, and risk accounting. She joined the company in 1979 and has held positions of increasing responsibility throughout her tenure, including […]
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Stryker Corp. Makes Management Changes
$3 billion Stryker Corp. has promoted Tony McKinney to the role of vice president and chief accounting officer. He will report to Curt Hartman, who also was recently promoted to the newly created position of vice president of finance, effective Dec. 1. Currently, Hartman is global president of the instruments division. Over the past thirteen […]
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Barclays Capital Appoints Head of Financial Crime
Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays PLC, announced the appointment of Yvette Hollingsworth as a managing director and head of financial crime. In this regard, her responsibilities will include overseeing the firm’s compliance efforts in anti-money laundering, sanctions, and anti-corruption. She will report to Stephen Morse, head of compliance. Hollingsworth joins the firm […]
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Vitamin Shoppe Industries Taps New General Counsel
Vitamin Shoppe Industries, a Bergen, NJ-based specialty retailer and direct marketer of nutritional products, has hired James Sander as vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary. In this capacity, Sander will be responsible for legal affairs, the corporate secretary function, and lease administration, and will report directly to CEO Tom Tolworthy. Prior to joining Vitamin […]
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McCormick General Counsel to Retire
$3 billion spice maker McCormick & Co., has announced the retirement of Robert Skelton as general counsel, effective Jan. 1. Succeeding him will be company veteran W. Geoffrey Carpenter, who joined McCormick 24 years ago and has been associate general counsel since 1996.