This profile is the latest in a series of weekly conversations with executives at U.S. public companies who are currently involved in establishing and developing compliance programs. An index of previous conversations is available here. Your background is in operations. How did you end up handling enterprise risk for Westcon as well? It’s probably rooted […]
Matt Kelly
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Q&A With Genworth Financial’s SVP & Chief Risk Officer
This profile is the latest in a series of weekly conversations with executives at U.S. public companies who are currently involved in establishing and developing compliance programs. An index of previous conversations is available here. Tell us about your role as chief risk officer. What’s in your job description? Risk management is a function at […]
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Q&A With Nationwide’s General Counsel & Secretary
This profile is the latest in a series of weekly conversations with executives at U.S. public companies who are currently involved in establishing and developing compliance programs. An index of previous conversations is available here. How much of your job is specifically compliance, versus other legal duties you have? First, technically my position is responsible […]
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Q&A With Microsoft’s Dir. Technical Accounting, Reporting
This profile is the latest in a series of weekly conversations with executives at U.S. public companies who are currently involved in establishing and developing compliance programs. An index of previous conversations is available here. You are ‘director of technical accounting and reporting’ at Microsoft. Walk us through what that means. I’m responsible for answering […]
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Director Survey: Price Of Regulatory Compliance Is Up
Same story, different year: corporate executives and board directors are working harder than ever to meet the new burdens of compliance with federal securities law. A survey of Fortune 1000 companies released last week confirms that the workload for board directors increased yet again in 2004, as corporate America digests the governance reforms it has […]
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Q&A With Director Of Ethics & Compliance At $21.5b Alcoa
This profile is the latest in a series of weekly conversations with executives at U.S. public companies who are currently involved in establishing and developing compliance programs. An index of previous conversations is available here. Describe your duties at Alcoa. I’m part of the global compliance organization. Our chief compliance officer is also chief legal […]
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Q&A With VP, Chief Compliance Officer At $8.4b AES Corporation
This profile is the latest in a series of weekly conversations with executives at U.S. public companies who are currently involved in establishing and developing compliance programs. An index of previous conversations is available here. Compliance officers at energy companies always have a lot on their plates. Outline your duties? My group is structured into […]
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Gemstar Case Sets New Standard For Qualitative Materiality
It was a stern reminder the Securities and Exchange Commission sent to the auditing world recently: Appearances do matter. The agency delivered a $10 million rap on the knuckles to KPMG on Oct. 20, for ignoring improper revenue statements from its client Gemstar-TV Guide International. The inflated revenues themselves weren’t much: $212 million from late […]
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Q&A With Former Chief Risk Officer At Fidelity
This profile is the latest in a series of weekly conversations with executives at U.S. public companies who are currently involved in establishing and developing compliance programs. An index of previous conversations is available here. Define the chief risk officer’s role as you see it. There are two main objectives for the chief risk officer. […]
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Q&A With CCO, VP Of Risk Management At Qwest
This profile is the latest in a series of weekly conversations with executives at U.S. public companies who are currently involved in establishing and developing compliance programs. An index of previous conversations is available here. Delineate your compliance and your risk duties for us. We take an enterprise risk management approach. I have the chief […]
