PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has appointed John Verderese as managing director in the firm’s U.S. Advisory People and Change practice in its Boston office. In this new role, Verderese will join a team focused on providing people and cultural transformation services to help clients create and manage a diverse and distinctive culture within their organizations. Verderese, who […]
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 Director of Internal Audit at Jefferson Wells
Jefferson Wells, a global provider of internal audit and controls, technology risk management, tax, and finance and accounting-related services, has appointed Robert Eason as director of internal audit and controls in the firm’s New York office. Eason brings more than 30 years of audit expertise to his new role. Prior to joining Jefferson Wells, Eason […]
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Moody’s Taps New Board Member
$2.2 billion Moody’s Corporation has elected Darrell Duffie to its board of directors. Duffie is the Dean Witter Distinguished Professor of Finance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he has served on the faculty since receiving his Ph.D. from the school in 1984. He also holds academic appointments at the Mathematical Sciences Research […]
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Marathon Oil Elects New Board Member
$65.2 billion Marathon Oil Corp. has elected Michael E.J. Phelps to its board of directors, effective Jan. 1. Phelps is chairman and founder of Dornoch Capital, Inc., a private investment company based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Prior to forming Dornoch in 2002, Phelps worked for Westcoast Energy, a natural gas company. Phelps joined Westcoast, also […]
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Scripps Networks’ General Counsel to Retire
Scripps Networks has announced that after 11 years of dedicated service, Robert Gerrard Jr. will retire from his position as executive vice president and general counsel, effective Jan. 31. He will continue to advise Scripps Networks on a consulting basis through the first half of 2009, focusing on ongoing legal matters involving the company. A.B. […]
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New CEO at Approva Corporation
Approva Corporation, a provider of risk and controls intelligence software, has announced the appointment of John Becker as chief executive officer. He also will join Approva’s Board of Directors. With more than 25 years of industry expertise, Becker is a seasoned technology professional with an extensive track record of success. Becker was the former CEO […]
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NewOak Capital Appoints Managing Director
NewOak Capital has appointed Vincent Truglia as managing director of global economic research. Truglia has over 31 years experience in assessing how global risk affects financial markets, from the most highly developed countries to the weakest emerging markets. Prior to joining NewOak Capital, Truglia was managing partner of WHAnalysis.com and managing director of the Sovereign […]
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PCAOB’s 2009 Standing Advisory Group Members
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has announced new appointments and re-appointments to its Standing Advisory Group for the 2009-2010 term. In May 2008, the Board began soliciting nominations to fill the slots of those whose terms ended this year. The Board received 80 nominations and re-nominations. From this list, the Board selected individuals with […]
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SAP Appoints New Vice President of GRC
SAP has appointed Norman Marks as vice president of governance, risk, and compliance for Business Objects, an SAP company. In his new role, Marks will continue to be active as a thought leader on GRC, supporting Business Objects customers as they implement leading-edge GRC solutions. For more than a decade, Marks has built an international […]
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Board Liability in a Down Economy
The aftershocks of the financial crisis keep on hitting. Now it’s an earthquake of liability woes that has board members feeling knocked off their feet. With federal investigations at numerous companies underway, hundreds of sub-prime lawsuits still to come, and a range of civil and criminal charges likely to follow, the challenges of protecting and […]