From the Archive

American National Bankshares last month appointed Cathy Liles as chief accounting officer. She reports to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer William Traynham.

U.K.-based Ensco, a global provider of offshore drilling services to the petroleum industry, has named Michael McGuinty as general counsel and secretary, effective Feb. 1. He will be based in London. McGuinty succeeds Ron Potter, associate general counsel, who has been serving as interim general counsel.

Ruth’s Hospitality Group has announced the retirement of John McDonald as general counsel, chief compliance officer, and corporate secretary. Beginning Feb. 1, McDonald will transition these roles to Alice Givens, lead in-house counsel at J. Crew Group.

Sonic, a drive-in restaurant chain company, has apppointed Michelle Britten to the role of chief accounting officer. Britten previously served as controller.

The Board of Trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) last week announced that Financial Accounting Standards Board member Daryl Buck will retire from FASB, effective December 31, 2016. Buck was appointed to the FASB in February 2011 and is currently serving in his second term.

HealthCare Partners, an independent medical group in America, has appointed Ilene Moore as general counsel, effective Feb. 1, 2016. With 19 years of legal experience, Moore joins HealthCare Partners from The Permanente Federation, where she was general counsel.

On February 3-4, “Madoff,” ABC’s miniseries on Bernard Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme, will be aired at 8 pm Eastern. Madoff stars Richard Dreyfuss as Bernie Madoff and Blythe Danner as his wife, Ruth.

Marathon Petroleum has named Molly Benson as corporate secretary and chief compliance officer. Additionally, J. Michael Wilder, vice president, general counsel and secretary, will retire, effective March 1.

Barclays has appointed C.S. Venkatakrishnan as chief risk officer, effective in May 2016. He will join the executive committee of Barclays and report directly to the Group Chief Executive Jes Staley.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has announced  that Alden Toevs, who was appointed group chief risk officer in 2008, has given notice of his intention to retire from the role at the end of the 2016 financial year.