Compliance Jobs Report: March 21

The Compliance Jobs Report this week has retirements at IBM, United Airlines, and elsewhere; plus new hires at Fonterra, Vizient, Inspire, Allianz, and more. We also have promotions to note at Harley Davidson, Flipkart, Nordea, and Xylem (among others), and job leads in airlines, manufacturing, and higher education. 

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Compliance Jobs

This week we begin with a changing of the compliance guard at IBM. First, the company announced that assistant general counsel and chief compliance officer Hans vad Hansen has decided to retire after 26 years with the firm. Second, Indrani Franchini will succeed him as IBM’s next chief compliance officer starting April 1. Franchini most recently was chief compliance officer at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals until last summer, and previously held senior compliance roles at Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Hess, and Pfizer. 

Next is another retirement: Nancy Jacobson has announced that she is retiring from United Airlines after seven years as managing counsel for global ethics and compliance at the airline. United is recruiting a successor, Jacabson says; details are in the Open Req Orders section below. 

And one more retirement! Doug Seefus, currently head of conduct risk at First Citizens Bank in Buffalo, is hanging up the cape after 37 years in the business. Seefus previously worked at Silicon Valley Bank, Wells Fargo, and other firms over the years; here’s hoping he keeps reading Radical Compliance. 

OK, now onto compliance officers who are remaining in the workforce… 

Standex International, maker of seniors, engraving equipment, and other cool stuff, has hired Timothy Callanan as compliance counsel. Callanan comes to the New Hampshire-based company from Thyssenkrupp, where he had been North America compliance counsel for the last year. 

Pia Han Lindburg has a new job at Bosch, the maker of home appliances and related equipment, as export control officer. Lindburg had previously been working at Monjasa, an oil transportation business, as senior compliance manager until last summer. 

Vizient, maker of performance management software for hospital systems, has hired Valerie Witmer as vice president of compliance. Witmer joins Vizient after 18 months at Legent, where she had also been vice president of compliance. 

News from New Zealand! Fonterra, one of the largest dairy production businesses in the world, has hired Lukas de Bruyn as general manager of internal audit. De Bruyn comes to the Auckland-based company from Sime, an industrial manufacturer across Asia-Pacific, where he had been group corporate assurance manager. 

Catherine Timm has joined Société Générale as a sanctions compliance associate. Timm previously worked at Guidehouse for three years, most recently as a senior associate.

Inspire, a social networking platform for the healthcare community, has hired Parker Nolen as director of compliance. Nolen comes to the firm from Eagle Global Scientific, where he had been a subject matter expert (love that title) working on various projects for the Defense Health Agency.

British property and casualty insurer Canopius Group has hired Candace Steele as group risk director. Steele joins Canpoius from Coralisle Group, where she had been chief compliance officer since 2019.

Mirna Mott has joined Dream Finders Homes as senior director of internal audit. Mott previously worked at Fanatics, an online sports betting and e-commerce outfit, as director of SOX compliance and internal controls. 

Peoples Group, a financial services firm in Canada, has hired Ryan Fishman as assistant vice president for internal audit. Fishman comes to Peoples after two years at Nesto, a mortgage firm in Quebec, where he had been head of risk, compliance, and AML governance.

Chris Overs, last seen at Australian insurance startup Picnic Labs where he was chief risk and compliance officer until last summer, just turned up at Sovereign Insurance Australia. He’s a compliance manager there. 

Alter Domus, a corporate services firm in Luxembourg, has hired Karolina Appeltans as senior compliance officer. Appeltans joins Alter Domus from Adepa Global Services, where she had been compliance officer. 

David Marcelino has joined the Allianz empire, working for the insurance giant in Spain as a group IT compliance and governance executive. Marcelino comes to Allianz from Forvis Mazars (the Spanish affiliate of the Mazars audit and advisory firm), where he had been CIO.

Intuit has hired Ingrid Gonzalez as a technical compliance manager. Gonzalez previously worked at Salesforce for four years in various roles, most recently as a manager of risk management for enterprise technology.

Julia Mont has been hired by Bishop Gold Group as compliance manager. Mont comes to the precious metals investment firm from Goldco, another precious metals firm, where she had been senior compliance officer. 

Robbie Trittschuh has parted ways with the University of Cincinnati, where he had been assistant director of athletics compliance since last year. What’s next: Trittschuh has joined Miami University of Ohio as assistant athletic director for compliance. 

And Kamau Smith has joined George Washington University as a compliance assistant. (Go Revolutionaries!) Smith comes to GWU from Florida Southern College, where he had been compliance coordinator since 2023.

Moving Up the Ladder

The Carne Group, an Irish financial services firm, has promoted Jessica Jiang from Switzerland deputy head of compliance to head of compliance. 

Ekman Group has promoted Angela Fagher from sales coordinator to trade compliance coordinator.

Flipkart has promoted Kushal Mukherjee from associate director of trust and safety compliance to director.

Harley Davidson has promoted Hannah Davis from associate project manager for legal compliance to compliance lead.

MasterControl, an awesomely named software development firm in Utah, has promoted Jonathan LeBaron from senior GRC engineer to manager of privacy and compliance. 

NCR Atleos has moved Duyan Beyan from senior compliance analyst to trade compliance analyst. 

Nordea has moved Severi Koskimäki from senior compliance officer to internal audit manager, working from the Scandinavian bank’s Poland offices.  

The Rostro Group, a collection of brokerage houses based in Cyprus, has promoted Frini Fournari from head of compliance and AML to chief compliance officer. 

Skywater Technology has promoted Kira Wortman from ethics and compliance manager to ethics and compliance senior manager. 

Thea Pharma has promoted Jen Cosgrove from associate director of ethics and compliance to director.

Xylem, manufacturer of water management equipment, has promoted Jordan Segall from ethics and compliance counsel to senior counsel for the same.

Vendors & Service Providers

Sharon Blanchette, previously vice president of financial crimes compliance at Cenlar FSB, has joined advisory firm Clifton Larson Allen as a director in its AML compliance services practice.

Open Req Orders

United Airlines is hiring a global compliance and ethics counsel. Job is based in Chicago, with a salary range listed at $171,000 to $215,000. 

Caterpillar is looking for a corporate counsel for anti-bribery compliance. Job can be based in either Peoria, Ill., or Irving, Texas. Salary range is listed at $133,000 to $200,000. 

The University of Michigan is looking for an ethics, integrity, and compliance investigator. The role will be part of the university’s internal audit function, and the job itself is based in Ann Arbor, Mich., with some hybrid flexibility. No salary range included.  

Compliance Meme of the Week

That’s all for this week’s report.

As always, if you have a tip or want to brag about your new job, promotion, career milestone, or anything else, email me at mkelly@radicalcompliance.com or find me on LinkedIn. I’m always happy to give credit to the many hard-working people here in our corner of the business universe.