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Granite has named M. Craig Hall as senior vice president, general counsel, corporate compliance officer, and secretary. He succeeds Richard Watts, who was recently appointed senior vice president and group manager for Granite’s Water and Mineral Services Group

Aircastle Limited has appointed Jim Connelly as chief accounting officer.

In an attempt to distance itself from the opioid epedemic, Purdue Pharma recently made some leadership changes to its board of directors and executive committee, as it battles hundreds of lawsuits across the United States concerning opioid-related deceptive sales and marketing practices that are the focus of U.S. enforcement authorities.

Four months after resolving Foreign Corrupt Practices Act charges, Panasonic Avionics has appointed a new chief compliance officer.

Tesla on July 30 appointed Dave Morton as its new chief accounting officer.

Texas Capital Bancshares, parent company of Texas Capital Bank, announced that John Hudgens will step down as chief risk officer of Texas Capital Bank in September 2018 and will resign as chief risk officer of Texas Capital Bancshares, effective Dec. 31, 2018.

The Royal Bank of Scotland has appointed Bruce Fletcher as its new group chief risk officer, subject to final regulatory approval.

Coinbase, a digital currency exchange, has appointed Jeff Horowitz as chief compliance officer.

Thomas Timko, chief accounting officer at General Motors, will be leaving GM to join General Electric in the same role.

Assurant, a global provider of risk management solutions, has appointed John Pawloski as chief compliance officer. He succeeds Doris Vigo, who will remain with Assurant until her retirement at the end of 201

Danske Bank announced the appointment of Philippe Vollot as chief compliance officer and as a new member of the executive board. Vollot takes up his position no later than Dec. 1, 2018.

The Securities and Exchange Commission on July 23 announced that Julie Lutz, the Regional Director of the SEC’s Denver Regional Office, will leave the agency at the end of this month after more than 40 years of service.

MiMedx Group, a developer and marketer of regenerative and therapeutic biologics, has appointed Mark Graves as chief compliance officer. The company also is conducting a formal search to fill the newly established positions of chief accounting officer and internal auditor, amid an ongoing investigation into accounting violations.

Tether Limited, a provider of tokenized traditional government-backed currencies, has appointed Leonardo Real, former AML Quality Control Manager at the Bank of Montreal, as chief compliance officer.

ProctorU has named Pamela Fetterolf as chief compliance officer.

Altamont Capital Partners, a private equity firm with over $2 billion under management, has named Jennifer Mello as general counsel and chief compliance officer.

BBVA Compass, the U.S. subsidiary of global financial services group BBVA, has named Celie Niehaus as chief compliance officer and a member of its management committee.

Alan Halfenger, formerly chief compliance officer at Bain Capital, has been named as a partner at global regulatory compliance advisory firm Optima Partners.

Great Western Bancorp has promoted Karlyn Knieriem to chief risk officer and executive vice president, effective immediately.

Centene announced, consistent with its policy of rotating executives as part of its executive development program, a rotation that provides for new roles and responsibilities for a number of its senior executives, including a new compliance, internal audit, and risk leader.

MDC Partners, a marketing and communications firm, has hired Vincenzo DiMaggio as chief accounting officer.

Australian financial services company Westpac has appointed David Stephen as its new chief risk officer.

Commercial insurer CNA has appointed Garrett Williams as senior vice president and chief compliance officer.

Global healthcare solutions company Owens & Minor has named Michael Lowry as chief accounting officer.

David Lynn, former Chief Counsel of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, has returned to global law firm Morrison & Foerster, rejoining the firm’s Corporate Department and Corporate Finance group.