Compliance Jobs Report: March 28

The Compliance Jobs Report this week has a big promotion at Uber, a CCO departure at Sonic Healthcare, and other new hires, promotions, and other gossip from Edelman, American Honda, State Street, and many more. Job leads this week are in Connecticut, Nebraska, and South Carolina; and Meme of the Week goes out to messaging apps.

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Compliance Jobs

Mischa Lewis has parted ways with Microsoft after nine years there in various compliance and risk control roles; most recently he was director of central controls and compliance and global lead of the “OneCompliance” program. Next up: Lewis has joined Boston Consulting Group as global head of enterprise risk management. 

PR giant Edelman has hired Rachel McIntyre as global compliance counsel. McIntyre had previously been senior vice president of compliance at the Engine Group, an advertising firm based in London.

Jeanette Turner has a new job as head of compliance and legal at Flare, a software startup selling into the law firm market. Turner comes to Flare after five years at Financial Recovery Technologies, another legal tech software firm, where she had been head of compliance solutions. 

HealthTrackRx, an infectious disease testing business, has hired Dana Simonds as chief compliance officer. Simonds joins HealthTrackRx from Sonic Healthcare USA, where she had been chief compliance officer since 2020. 

Klaviyo, a marketing technology firm, has hired Brenton Fargo as senior compliance specialist. (For the record, his LinkedIn profile identifies him as an “email compliance ninja,” which is a way better title.) Fargo previously worked at rival firm Constant Contact for 11 years, most recently as compliance and deliverability team lead.

Crowley, a privately held logistics firm based in Jacksonville, Fla., has hired Marian Diceanu as global director of internal audit. Diceanu comes to Crowley after six years at Yazaki North America, where he had most recently been senior manager of internal audit. 

In Argentina, Ana Paola Aldinio has been hired as risk and control manager at Grupo Peñaflor, a leading exporter of Argentine wine and spirits. (I will send them my delivery address promptly.) Aldinio previously worked at Eden, a major power utility in Argentina, where she had been head of internal audit and SOX compliance. 

First Colony Mortgage, a mortgage bank headquartered in Utah, has hired Jammie Peacock as chief compliance officer. Peacock comes to First Colony from Guild Mortgage, where she had been compliance supervisor for marketing and advertising.

Bellecapital, a Swiss asset management firm with $3 billion in assets, has hired Graciela Rocha as compliance officer. Rocha previously worked at Itaú Private Bank as an international relationship officer. 

American Honda Motor Co. has hired Ayshia Conkright as a compliance specialist. Konkright comes to American Honda after 10 years at Sarnova, a healthcare services firm, where most recently she was a regulatory compliance specialist.

Eil Lilly just hired Liana Cunha Crespo as senior compliance director for its operations in Brazil. Crespo had previously worked at Thermo Fisher for seven years as director of compliance for Brazil and Latin America. (Gotta love that Brazil was identified as separate from the rest of the region; I know a few Brazilians who would say yes, that’s how it should be.)

Maria Belfield has turned up at Citibank, where she is a vice president of product compliance. Belfield was last seen at Gregory Funding, a mortgage financing firm, where she had been associate compliance counsel until last summer. 

Harish Ganesan has joined Barclays as assistant vice president of internal audit for financial crimes, working from the bank’s operations center in India. Ganesan had previously worked at Citibank in various roles, most recently as a GRC manager. 

Allergan Aesthetics has hired Katarina Hirai as a compliance officer in the company’s Canada operations. Hirai previously worked at Edwards Lifesciences as an ethics and compliance analyst in the company’s Brazil operations. 

In Australia, Nazley Hannie has joined financial services giant ANZ as an adviser to the firm’s whistleblower program. Hannie previously spent a year as a solo compliance consultant, and prior to that was an ethics and compliance manager at Virgin Australia. 

And right next door in New Zealand, Jess Hulena has joined Finsure NZ (a financial services firm there) as compliance manager. Hulena had previously worked at AA New Zealand (the New Zealand automobile association) as cybersecurity and technology risk analyst.

Moving Up the Ladder

Uber has promoted Heather Childs to chief ethics, compliance, and security officer. Childs has been with Uber in various compliance roles for six years, and previously had been head of trust and security. She succeeds Scott Schools, who decamped to OpenAI last fall. 

Corient, a registered investment advisory firm, has promoted Makayla Kroenke from compliance associate to compliance officer. 

Banking startup Dave has promoted Sierra Cox-Holand from compliance manager to compliance senior manager. 

Grupo Ageas Portugal, an insurance carrier there, has promoted Pedro Louro from compliance expert to compliance manager. 

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota has promoted DeAnn Arden-Bahn from senior director of ethics and compliance to vice president of internal audit. 

Solidigm, a computer hardware manufacturer, has promoted Ashley Li from internal audit manager to senior manager. 

Industrial equipment manufacturer Veralto has promoted Zachary Ramsay from internal audit manager to senior manager. 

Travel + Leisure Co., a timeshare vacation business, has promoted David DePalma from internal auditor to senior auditor for internal audit and analysis. 

State Street has promoted Tomasz Smolarek from senior IT audit manager to IT audit director. 

Software maker BlackLine has promoted James Meacham from senior compliance manager to director (of compliance, we assume). 

ALEC, a big construction firm in Dubai, has promoted Amani Mansour from internal auditor to head of risk and internal audit.

Vendors & Service Providers

We have a new sighting of Gerry Zack, formerly CEO of the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics until he left SCCE last fall. Zack has now formally launched a new consulting business, RiskTrek, providing various ethics, risk, and compliance consulting services. Zack has actually been doing this for several months but nothing is real until you announce it on LinkedIn.

Open Req Orders

The University of Connecticut is looking for a compliance investigator. Job is located in Storrs, Conn.; no salary range provided. 

Continental Tire the Americas — yes, that’s the real company name; it’s the American tire-making subsidiary of manufacturing giant Continental AG — is looking for a head of compliance. The job is to “advise and support Continental businesses … and avoid potentially large fines.” Anyway, the job is based in Fort mill, S.C. No salary range listed, nor any word on whether you get discounted tires. 

And the Argo Group, an insurance firm in Nebraska, is looking for a head of internal audit. Job is based in Omaha, Neb., with no salary range provided. 

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.