Compliance Jobs Report: Aug. 8
The Compliance Jobs Report is back from vacation, and as always we have lots of news. New hires at Radiance Technologies, Fidelity National, RTX, Diageo, PayPal, Rio Tinto, AAR, and more; plus promotions at Albemarle, Klarna, Airbus, Intel, and elsewhere. Our job leads are in defense, higher ed, and social services; and Meme of the Week goes out to tariffs!
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 at Radiance Technologies, a defense and aerospace contractor based in Huntsville, Ala. The company just hired Jay Town as chief compliance officer. Town joins Radiance after five years at Gray Analytics, where he had been general counsel, and he is the former U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama during the Trump 1.0 Administration.
Fidelity National Financial, a provider of title insurance, has hired Gregg Sofer as chief compliance officer and deputy chief legal officer. (The company put the legal officer part of his title first, but compliance always comes first here at the Compliance Jobs Report.) Sofer comes to FNF from law firm Husch Blackwell, where he had been a partner since 2021; prior to that he spent many years as a federal prosecutor in the Western District of Texas. Sofer succeeds Paul Perez, who is retiring.
Sibo Ngqangweni has joined Diageo as head of business integrity for Britain, working from London. Ngqangweni comes to the booze giant from CMR Surgical, where she had been group compliance and ethics business partner since 2023.
Metrea, a defense contractor based in Washington, has hired Samantha Cook as head of global trade and customs compliance. Cook comes to Metrea after five years at Sierra Nevada Corp., where she had been international licensing manager and “empowered official,” a title all compliance professionals should have on their business cards.
In Houston, Irina Lazieva has joined RTX Corp. as director and counsel for anticorruption compliance. Lazieva previously worked at KBR Corp. for six years in various roles, most recently as director of legal and business integrity.
PayPal just hired Christian Wunderley as director of anticorruption and anti-bribery compliance, working from the payment company’s Singapore offices. Wunderley comes to PayPal from Japanese banking giant Nomura, where he had been regional head of anti-bribery and corruption compliance.
Jeffries, the global investment banking firm, has hired Gabriela Mendes as head of compliance in Brazil. Mendes comes to Jeffries from Goldman Sachs, where she had been regulatory compliance officer since 2023.
Ulysses Lee has joined Atlantic Health System in New Jersey as director of corporate compliance. Lee previously worked at AmeriHealth Caritas for two years as senior associate general counsel.
Freecharge, the online payments subsidiary of Axis Bank in India, has hired Prince Chauhan as senior compliance manager. Chauhan comes to the company from Tide, another payments firm, where he had been manager of regulatory compliance and conduct risk.
Remodel Health, a consulting firm that helps companies manage their employee health insurance plans, has hired Niki Adamson Matherly as head of compliance. Matherly joins the Indianapolis-based business after seven years at One America, most recently as senior director of internal controls and SOC compliance.
The Kin Group, a British financial services firm, has hired Laura Pears as director of compliance. Kin lured Pears away from Centiva Capital, where she had been senior compliance officer for two years.
Marex, an equities exchange platform headquartered in London, has hired Nimesha Meegalla as compliance officer for surveillance. Meegalla joins Marex after three years at Webull Financial, most recently as a senior associate working on surveillance and compliance.
Mining giant Rio Tinto has hired Parthvi Negi as manager of global risk, controls, and compliance. Negi previously worked at Invest India for three years as a senior manager working on data analytics and digital transformation efforts.
AAR Corp., provider of aircraft maintenance services, has hired Lauren George as trade compliance manager. George comes to AAR Corp. from Abbott, where she spent two years as a customs and trade compliance analyst.
Sunil Jacob has a new job working for TE Connectivity in India as responsible sourcing senior leader. Jacob previously spent 18 years at Walmart in its India operations in various ethics and compliance roles, most recently as director of responsible sourcing for human rights and the environment.
Another update from Family Dollar, which earlier this year separated from parent company Dollar Tree and now the compliance teams are separating into two. Anyway, Chris Carawan is manager of reporting and analytics for ethics and compliance at Family Dollar. He previously had been a data analyst at Dollar Tree.
Mekhla Basu just turned up at ByteDance as regional compliance officer in Singapore. Basu was last seen at Otis Elevator, where she was head of ethics and legal compliance for the Asia-Pacific region until late 2023.
American Express has hired Kate Hapeman as a senior compliance manager. Hapeman comes to Amex (which has had a steady stream of compliance personnel news lately) after a few years at Wells Fargo as lead business execution consultant.
And Simba Gwenhamo has joined Ultra Clean Technology as director of IT audit and compliance. Gwenhamo comes to the company after 16 years at PwC, most recently as director of digital assurance and transparency. Now, if a company only made technology to clean my kids’ rooms…
Moving Up the Ladder
This week’s promotion news begins with Albemarle — which, you might recall, advertised earlier this summer for a new chief ethics and compliance officer. Well, plans changed. The company just promoted Ander Krupa from deputy general counsel to GC and chief compliance officer. Krupa has been with Albemarle in various legal roles since 2017, and had been acting as interim GC since April. He succeeds Stacy Grant, who had also been general counsel and CCO but passed away unexpectedly earlier this year.
Online shopping platform Klarna has given Joe Arnold a battlefield promotion from group data protection officer to acting chief compliance officer.
SCAN, a Medicare Advantage healthcare plan in California, has promoted Lyn Amor Macaraeg from chief corporate affairs officer to chief compliance, risk, and corporate affairs officer.
Syndax Pharmaceuticals has promoted Jill Atstupenas from director of compliance to senior director.
HSBC has promoted Scott Dalziel from chief operating officer for New Zealand to head of risk and compliance for New Zealand and head of risk strategy for Australia and New Zealand.
Airbus has promoted Akiharu Arima from global mobility partner to ethics and compliance manager, working in Germany.
In Pittsfield, Mass., the Brien Center for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services has named Bella Guner ethics and compliance officer. Guner had been holding that role on an acting basis since January, and previously was the center’s director of compliance, quality, and risk.
Charles Schwab has promoted Paul Hernandez from senior compliance specialist to compliance manager.
CIBC has promoted Kerthana Ratnasamy from audit manager to senior compliance manager. (Always nice to see a friend in audit convert to compliance!)
Grainger has promoted William McDaniel from manager of product information to senior manager for global product compliance policy.
Intel Corp. has promoted Karen Bland from director of export controls and sanctions compliance to senior director and counsel for the same.
OLG, the government agency in Ontario that operates online lotteries and other gambling entertainment, has promoted Issakha Dia from director of internal audit to senior director.
PayPal has promoted Michelle Vignaroli from third-party risk assessor to senior analyst for third-party risk management oversight.
Philips has promoted Nancy Mogge from senior compliance manager to business compliance officer for enterprise informatics.
Vendors & Service Providers
The National Society of Compliance Professionals, a trade association for compliance officers specifically in the financial services world, has announced that executive director Lisa Crossley will step down at the end of 2025 after a decade in charge. Succeeding her will be Melissa Loner, who has been deputy executive director since last year.
Speaking of compliance trade associations, this does make me wonder when the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics and the Health Care Compliance Association might have news about their search for a new CEO. SCCE is holding its annual conference in Nashville next month, perhaps we’ll hear something then. Hmmm…
Open Req Orders
Defense contractor BAE Systems is hiring a vice president and chief ethics officer. Job is based in Falls Church, Va., with a salary range of $196,000 to $333,000.
The University of Rochester is looking for a chief compliance executive. Job is based in Rochester, N.Y., with a salary range of $205,000 to $328,000.
Bancroft, a social services organization in Cherry Hill, N.J., that works with intellectually and developmentally disabled people, is looking for a director of compliance and privacy. Salary range is $118,000 to $148,000.
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.