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    Ruth's Hospitality Group Chief Compliance Officer Retires

    2016-02-01T11:15:00Z

    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.

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    Sonic Appoints New Chief Accounting Officer

    2016-02-01T11:00:00Z

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

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    FASB Member Daryl Buck to Retire

    2016-02-01T10:45:00Z

    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.

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    HealthCare Partners Names General Counsel

    2016-02-01T10:30:00Z

    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.

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    Marathon Petroleum Names Chief Compliance Officer

    2016-01-29T13:45:00Z

    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.

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    Barclays Names Chief Risk Officer

    2016-01-29T13:15:00Z

    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.

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    Commonwealth Bank of Australia Chief Risk Officer to Retire

    2016-01-29T13:00:00Z

    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.

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    RSA Names Chief Risk Officer for U.K. and Western Europe

    2016-01-29T12:45:00Z

    Insurance company RSA has appointed Doug Stewart to the new role of chief risk officer for the U.K. and Western Europe. He will join the company on March 1 as part of the U.K. and executive team, reporting to William McDonnell, RSA group chief risk officer.

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    Hains Celestial Chief Accounting Officer Joins Multi Packaging Solutions

    2016-01-26T14:15:00Z

    Multi Packaging Solutions, a print and packaging solutions provider, has appointed Ross Weiner as vice president of finance and chief accounting officer, effective Feb. 15. As Compliance Week previously reported, Weiner joins Multi Packaging Solutions from the Hain Celestial Group, where he was serving in a similar role.

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    Hain Celestial Chief Accounting Officer Resigns

    2016-01-25T12:30:00Z

    Food company Hain Celestial Group disclosed this month in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that Ross Weiner, vice president of finance and chief accounting officer, has resigned to pursue another opportunity. His resignation is effective Feb. 9.

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    Resilience Capital Partners Names General Counsel

    2016-01-25T12:00:00Z

    Resilience Capital Partners, a private equity firm, has appointed Chad Hesse to its newly created general counsel role. For the past 11 years, Hesse has worked for Diebold, a publicly traded global manufacturer, sales and service provider of self-service technology, software and security solutions. During his time there, he held ...

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    Former Transocean Chief Compliancee Officer Joins Norton Rose

    2016-01-22T15:45:00Z

    Mike Munro, former deputy general counsel and chief compliance officer at offshore driller Transocean, has joined global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright as head of compliance of its Houston office.

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    Economical Insurance Names Chief Risk Officer

    2016-01-22T15:00:00Z

    Economical Insurance, a property and casualty insurer in Canada, has appointed Elaine Lajeunesse as senior vice president and chief risk officer, effective Jan. 25. Lajeunesse has more than 25 years of experience as a risk management professional and actuary in the Canadian insurance industry.

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    Tauber-Rosenberg Names Group Chief Risk Officer

    2016-01-22T15:00:00Z

    Tauber Rosenberg, a family owned and operated, professional full-service commodities and futures trading brokerage firm, has appointed Wendy Huateng as group chief risk officer. She will report to Ken Cheung, group chief operating officer, and be based in Taipei.

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    HomeUnion Names Chief Compliance and Risk Officer

    2016-01-22T14:45:00Z

    HomeUnion, an online, real-estate investment management firm enabling value investing in single-family rental (SFR) properties, announced that it has hired Geri Brewster as chief compliance and risk officer. In this new position, Brewster oversees legal, risk and compliance functions for the company.

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    CMS Energy Hires Chief Compliance Officer

    2016-01-22T14:45:00Z

    CMS Energy has named Melissa Gleespen as chief compliance officer for the company and its chief subsidiary, Consumers Energy. She will also continue to serve in her current role as vice president and corporate secretary.

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    Macy's Names Controller and Chief Accounting Officer

    2016-01-19T10:15:00Z

    Macy’s has elected Felicia Williams, who is currently senior vice president for enterprise risk and internal audit, as vice president and controller. She also will serve as chief accounting officer, effective June 1, 2016.

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    DreamWorks Animation Chief Accounting Officer Resigns

    2016-01-19T10:15:00Z

    DreamWorks Animation announced last week in a Form 8-K filing that Edward Aleman, the company's chief accounting officer, notified the company of his intent to resign for personal health reasons.

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    Zain Group Names Chief Risk Officer

    2016-01-19T09:15:00Z

    Zain Group, a mobile telecommunications company headquarted in Kuwait, has announced the promotion of AbdulGhaffar Setareh to the newly created role of chief risk officer, reporting to the risk committee. In this new role, Setareh will be responsible for delivering the global risk framework and strategy across all operations within ...

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    Former FinCen Chief Counsel Joins Crowell & Moring

    2016-01-19T08:45:00Z

    Law firm Crowell & Moring has named Carlton Greene as partner in both its International Trade and White Collar & Regulatory Enforcement Groups. Greene joins the firm after serving as chief counsel of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.