Compliance Jobs Report: July 11
Another big Compliance Jobs Report! American Express has hired a new CCO for its U.K. operations; the CCO at Colgate is leaving for another employer; and we have other news from Apex Group, Takeda, Cushman & Wakefield, Schneider Electric, and many more. Job leads are in life insurance, motorcycle financing, and toys; and don’t forget our Meme of the Week!
We also take any other gossip you might have, even confidentially. If you have a tip to pass along, email me at [email protected] or find me on LinkedIn.
Compliance Jobs
This week we begin with American Express overseas! The credit card giant has hired Joe Usher to be chief compliance officer for its U.K. operations. Usher comes to Amex after 11 years at the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority, where he most recently was head of compliance and data protection officer for the regulator.
Across the English Channel, Tekla Surguladze has joined Magnum Ice Cream Co. — a Unilever subsidiary whose mission is “to bring the power of ice cream to more people,” and amen to that. Surguladze will be the company’s head of ethics and compliance. She previously worked at Zeekr Europe, a subsidiary of Chinese electric vehicle maker Geely Holdings, as senior compliance manager.
Speaking of food, ingredients maker Tate & Lyle is hiring Kim Faulker, chief ethics and compliance officer at Colgate Palmolive, to be Tate & Lyle’s chief supply chain officer. Faulkner had worked at Colgate for more than 25 years, with lots of supply chain management roles. She had been CCO at the consumer products giant since 2022. No word on who might succeed her in that role at Colgate now.
And we finally have an update on John Amberg, who stepped down as chief compliance officer at Northern Trust in mid-May. He just surfaced at Apex Group, another global financial services firm, where he will be global chief compliance officer.
Gary Del Vecchio has retired after 38 years in healthcare ethics and compliance roles. Most recently Del Vecchio was the compliance officer at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine; he also spent nearly 30 years at Bristol Myers Squibb in various ethics, compliance, and legal roles. Now offering his services as an independent compliance consultant and otherwise enjoying life in retirement.
Takeda has hired Abdallah el-Saadi as global ethics and compliance partner for its oncology business unit. El-Saadi joins Takeda after 10 years at Boehringer Ingelheim, most recently as chief compliance and integrity officer for Boehringer’s U.S. animal health unit.
Garrett Ross has joined Sculptor Capital Management as head of anticorruption, anti-money laundering, and sanctions compliance. Ross comes to Sculptor (yes, that Sculptor; previously known as Och-Ziff Capital Management, which had a huge FCPA settlement back in 2016) from WeWork, where he had been running compliance since 2021.
Vanguard has hired Claire Axinn as head of global sanctions compliance. Axinn previously worked at Capital One for nine years, most recently as chief AMl compliance adviser for card and enterprise services.
Maicon Castro has been hired by global payments firm Wise, working from Brazil as Latin America compliance lead. Castro previously spent 17 years at HSBC in various compliance roles, and most recently had been head of compliance for HSBC’s Latin America operations.
In Los Angeles, EP Wealth Advisors has hired Farrah Rothstein as associate director of compliance. Rothstein joins EP from Optima Partners, where she had been associate director (of compliance, we assume) for the last year.
Rumble, the cloud services software firm that caters to conservative voices online (Truth Social is a customer) has hired Rebecca Wellum as senior compliance manager. Wellum joins the company after a year at EfficiencyOne, a Canadian energy efficiency business, where she had been manager of compliance and partner performance.
Prateek Gupta has joined Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart as assistant manager for ethics and compliance. Gupta comes to Flipkart (which is majority owned by Walmart!) after two years at auto parts giant Hillenbrand, where he worked on ethics and compliance issues from the company’s India operations center.
Coinbase has hired Tommy McCrossan as compliance program manager. McCrossan comes to the cryptocurrency platform after nine years at Amazon, where he most recently was a senior manager for risk and compliance.
Thomson Reuters just hired Candy Olson as vice president of compliance. Olson joins the information services giant after 18 months at Medica, where she had been deputy general counsel.
National Debt Relief, a consumer debt relief business, has hired Evan Resnick as director of compliance. Resnick comes to National Debt after a year at Flex, where he had been senior compliance operations manager and worked on risk assessment issues.
Josh Kim has been named head of quality and regulatory compliance at Family Dollar. Kim previously worked at Dollar Tree Stores, which had owned Family Dollar until the two businesses formally separated earlier this month; he had been assistant general counsel there since 2022.
Alpha Group, a British financial services firm that provides “an enhanced alternative to traditional banking services” for corporate customers, has hired Cameron Mackenzie-Lawrie as senior financial crimes compliance manager. Mackenzie-Lawrie comes to Alpha from Barclays, where he had been vice president of financial crime advisory and compliance.
Commodities trading platform Marex has hired Emma Paterno as senior compliance assurance officer. Paterno is another Barclays emigre; she had previously been a vice president there for two years.
And Brandon Jordan has joined real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield as senior director of SOX compliance. Jordan previously worked at Abbott for 10 years, most recently as senior manager of global controls and compliance.
Moving Up the Ladder
Ardjan Faasse has a new role at food giant Bunge, as associate general counsel for compliance integration and compliance program operations. Faasse previously worked at Dutch logistics firm Viterra, which recently merged with Bunge, where he had been global head of compliance.
Schneider Electric has promoted Kelsey Malone from compliance and U.S. labor relations leader to compliance officer for the “global supply chain North America.” I’m not quite sure how you put global and North America into one title like that, but the role is certainly an important one these days.
Charles Schwab has promoted Tyler Kessell from team manager for financial and regulatory reporting to senior manager for SOX compliance.
CIBC has promoted Gopi Akkinei from senior director of enterprise-wide governance to associate vice president of the same.
Amcor has promoted Tim Makris from director of group financial governance to director of global internal audit for the Americas.
Progyny, a fertility and women’s health business, has promoted Meagan O’Hara-Darling from director of SOX and internal audit to senior director of the same.
Capital One has promoted Maty Miranda from associate principal to compliance tester.
Analyst firm Gartner Group has promoted Deni Anderson from senior manager for business analytics to director of legal and compliance (for the firm’s internal support functions, not its analyst business trying to sell you stuff).
The Midis Group, an IT consulting firm working in the EMEA region, has promoted Yara Kanaan from compliance manager to senior manager.
Lenovo has promoted Tanya Roychowdhury senior manager and ethics and compliance counsel to director and legal counsel for ethics and compliance.
Ambu A/S has promoted Andrea Kibalo from business ethics and compliance officer for the U.S. region to senior risk and compliance officer for the Americas.
And First Iraqi Bank has promoted Sidra Sulaiman from back office employee to compliance officer. Sulaiman is the first-ever personnel update we have from Iraq!
Vendors and Service Providers
KonaAI, purveyor of AI solutions for anti-fraud and compliance programs for the last few years, has merged with Covasant Technologies and DCube Data Sciences Corp. The new business, souped up with fresh cash, plans to keep investing in its technologies and growth plans. Congratulations to Kona CEO Vince Walden!
Open Req Orders
Allianz Life is looking for a director of ethics innovation, where you will “implement innovative strategies that foster a strong culture of trust and integrity.” Job is based in Minneapolis, with a salary range of $117,000 to $157,000. You’d also get to work with the outstanding Steve Koslow!
Hasbro is recruiting a senior manager of internal controls and compliance for its SOX compliance program. Job is based in Rhode Island (does the exact city matter when the state is so small?) with a salary range of $119,000 to $179,000.
Ironhorse Funding, which offers financing for motorcycles, RVs, and similar vehicles, is looking for a director of compliance. Job is based in Irving, Texas, with a salary range of $110,000 to $140,000.
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 [email protected] 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.