Conselium, the executive search firm that sponsors Corporate Compliance Insights, has just completed a search for a Senior Counsel of Sales & Marketing in Cambridge, MA on behalf of Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., placing Mr. Iver Larson.
DLA Piper announced today that Luis Mejia has joined the firm’s Securities Enforcement and Litigation practices as a partner in the Washington, DC office. Mejia formerly served as Chief Litigation Counsel, Division of Enforcement, at the Securities and Exchange Commission, where he supervised the commission’s nationwide litigation program and assisted in planning and directing the SEC’s enforcement efforts.
Curtis Schehr was fired by DynCorp International, reports August Cole of the Wall Street Journal. According to Cole, Schehr, who had been DynCorp’s Chief Compliance Officer and Executive Counsel, as well as a Senior V.P., was fired “without cause”.
Walgreens recently announced two significant compliance-related personnel decisions. Laura K. Merten, who had been serving as the company’s divisional VP of health law, has now been appointed Chief Compliance Officer as well as divisional VP of compliance, loss prevention, and profit sharing.
Brewer Investment Group, an independent wealth management firm, today announced the appointment of Mr. William R. Turner as Chief Compliance Officer and Mr. Matthew L. Lovett as Compliance Principal for two of Brewer’s fastest growing divisions, Brewer Financial Services and Brewer Investment Advisors.
CHS, a leading energy, grains and foods company, announced today it has named Josh Blaisdell to the newly created position of vice president, Corporate Compliance.
Howard Bernstein, formerly with Wedbush Securities, has been named the Chief Compliance Officer at Merriman Curhan Ford, a financial services firm focused on “fast-growing companies and the institutions that invest in them.”
NexBank, a leading banking and financial services company, recently appointed Mahesh Gehani as its Director of Credit. Gehani brings 14 years.
Conselium has completed a search for an Ethics & Compliance Counsel on behalf of Baxter International Inc.’s office in Shanghai, China. Ms. Kristin Yang will begin her role of Ethics & Compliance Counsel on October 12, 2009.
Biogen Idec Inc. has just completed a search to fill its Director of Compliance position in Cambridge, MA. Mr. Troy Morgan will begin his role of Director of Compliance on October 5, 2009.
