$6 billion NRG Energy has elected Kathleen McGinty to its board of directors. McGinty will serve on the governance and nominating committee. From 2003 until this past July, she was the former Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, where she oversaw all environmental policy, regulatory, and enforcement activities and also spearheaded key legislative […]
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 Board Member Joins Coca Cola Co.
The Coca Cola Company has elected Maria Elena Lagomasino to its board of directors. She also will serve on corporate governance and compensation committees. She previously served as a director of the Atlanta-based company from 2003 to 2006. Lagomasino is CEO of wealth management firm GenSpring Family Offices. From 2001 to 2005, she also served […]
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Hartford Financial Taps New Chief Risk Officer
$26 billion Hartford Financial Services Group has named Robert Paiano as senior vice president and enterprise chief risk officer. In his new role, Paiano will be responsible for enterprise-wide risk management strategy and execution across the company, including the company’s life, property and casualty and investment operations. He will report to Executive Vice President and […]
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New Board Member Joins XBRL US
XBRL US, the non-profit consortium for XML business reporting standards in the U.S. marketplace, has elected Donald Donahue, Chairman and CEO of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), to its board of directors. DTCC is also becoming a member of the XBRL US consortium. Donahue is a 20-year veteran of DTCC and The Depository […]
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New Chief Accounting Officer at Occidental Petroleum
$20 billion Occidental Petroleum Corporation has elected Roy Pineci as vice president, controller, and chief accounting officer, effective Nov. 14. Pineci joined Occidental as vice president of internal audit and was named senior vice president of finance for Oil and Gas in October 2007. In his new roles, Pineci will replace Jim Leonard, who will […]
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Sprint Appoints New General Counsel and Secretary
Sprint Nextel has named Charles Wunsch as general counsel and corporate secretary, succeeding Leonard Kennedy. Wunsch has served in various legal positions at the telecommunications company since 1990, most recently as vice president for corporate transactions and business law.
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Avoiding Segregation-of-Duties Woe in IT
With the United States in the grips of an economic crisis, now is as good a time as any for Corporate America to reassess its internal controls. And segregation of duties is always crucial to reducing the occurrence of fraud or error within an organization. “Generally, fraud tends to increase as the economic environment gets […]
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MED3000 Appoints Chief Compliance Officer
MED3OOO Group, a healthcare management and technology products and service for providers and employers, has appointed Angela Hoffman as chief compliance and ethics officer. In this role, Hoffman will be responsible for the oversight of MED3OOO’s corporate compliance and ethics program, as well as compliance oversight for MED3OOO’s existing operating units in the United States […]
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WilmerHale Taps New Partner
Robert Badal has joined WilmerHale as partner in the firm’s antitrust and competition and intellectual property litigation practice groups. Badal, who will be based in the firm’s Los Angeles office, brings with him over 35 years of antitrust, intellectual property, and complex litigation experience. He most recently was a partner at Heller Ehrman, where he […]
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Eaton Makes Management Changes
$13 billion Eaton Corp. has hired Thomas Moran as senior vice president and secretary. He assumes the roles from Earl Franklin, who retired on Sept. 30 after almost 36 years with the diversified industrial manufacturer company. In his new role, Moran will oversee Eaton’s governance initiatives and will manage the corporate and securities function of […]