Compliance Jobs Report: Sept. 5
This week the Compliance Jobs Report has personnel news from the World Economic Forum, MUFJ, Ralph Lauren, American Express, Boehringer Ingelheim, Roku, and lots more. Job leads this week are in energy, credit cards, and Caribbean cruises; and Meme of the Week goes out to fans of The Office!
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
First up this week: Charles Paré, notable compliance officer in Europe, has resigned from the World Economic Forum, where he had been chief legal officer since April and chief integrity officer since 2022. Paré had been chief compliance officer at CEVA Logistics in the early 2020s. WEF had been under scrutiny lately for allegations of misconduct by its founder, Klaus Schwab, but the organization cleared Schwab of any wrongdoing several weeks ago.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has hired Ken Gazzaway as head of anti-bribery and corruption compliance for its EMEA unit, based in London. Gazzaway comes to MUFJ after three years at Corio Generation, an offshore wind business, where he had been global head of governance and compliance.
Erica Alexander has joined Anne Arundel Dermatology as chief compliance officer. Alexander had been deputy chief compliance officer at Howard University in Washington, D.C., since 2021.
The University of Oklahoma has hired Heath Senour as director of compliance. Senour comes to Oklahoma from University of California at Davis, where he had been senior associate athletic director of compliance since 2022.
Just what the doctor ordered: Louis Crognale has been hired by healthcare giant Centene Corp. as vice president of ethics and compliance. Crognale comes to Centene from Cigna Healthcare, where he had been Medicare compliance officer.
Fashion house Ralph Lauren has hired Sara Kenn as global compliance transformation lead. Kenn comes to Ralph Lauren after three years at consulting firm Protiviti, where she had been a senior manager in the firm’s business transformation practice.
Kyaire Wynn has joined AARP as ethics and compliance manager. Wynn comes to the lobbying group for retirees after two years as a compliance consultant in the weed business as Grow Better Consulting.
Tikehau Capital, a French investment firm with €51.0 in assets under management, has named Alexandre Baladès as head of compliance for Tikehau Investment Management and Andrew Craven as chief compliance officer for the Americas. This is a promotion for Baladès, who previously had been head of compliance for the firm’s Groupe SOFIDY division since 2018. Craven comes to Tikehau after five years at Man Group, where he most recently had been CCO of Man Solutions.
American Lending Center Holdings, a lender that focuses on economic development projects run by foreign investors, has hired Andrew Diroll-Black as chief compliance officer. Diroll-Black previously worked at the Department of Homeland Security for several years as a policy adviser; and before that led the Compliance Division of the Immigrant Investor Program Office at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
James Greenhalgh has been hired by Ørsted, the Danish wind farm giant, as head of global compliance and reliability. Greenhalgh comes to Ørsted from National Grid in Britain, where he had been construction project manager. The Trump Administration has been attacking Ørsted lately as part of President Trump’s war on clean energy; let’s hope that blows over soon.
Ikano Bank in Sweden has hired Martin Möllerberg as a GRC expert. Möllerberg comes to Ikano after a year at PwC’s Sweden offices where he worked in the advisory practice.
Zealand Pharma, a Danish biotech research firm, has hired Masha Goodman-Khan as senior U.S. compliance director. Goodman-Khan comes to Zealand after three years at Vericel Corp., where she most recently was senior director of compliance and legal operations.
Kim Larin has joined Pretium, an investment firm in New York with $57 billion in assets under management; she’s the new chief compliance officer. Larin comes to Pretium from GLP Capital Partners, where she had been global chief compliance officer for the last three years. She succeeds Cheryl Zabala, who left Pretium for another CCO job over the summer.
Amanda Wiram has joined Constellation Payments as director of compliance. Wiram comes to the payments company after 11 years at Priority, another payments business, where she most recently was staff identity and access management analyst.
KORT Payments just picked up Walter Perkins as director of global compliance. Perkins previously worked for 10 years at the Paysafe Group, the last eight of them as director of compliance.
Streaming service Roku has hired Roxanne Morris as head of trade compliance. Morris held a similar role at Apple from 2020 until June of this year.
CI Financial in Ontario has hired Casimir Litwin as chief compliance officer for its digital wealth division. Litwin comes to the asset management firm after 11 years at Investment Planning Counsel, a Canadian wealth advisory firm; he had been chief compliance officer there since 2021.
Pamela Groom has joined BCI Securities, a wealth management firm based in Miami, as chief compliance officer. Groom previously worked at Raymond James for six years as vice president of cross-border supervision.
Cross-border payments firm Wise has hired Daniel Modafferi as senior compliance manager. Modafferi comes to Wise after 12 years at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, where he had been a compliance examiner until the Trump Administration gutted the agency.
Melinda Shapiro has left her job at National University in San Diego, where she had been senior director of compliance since 2022. Where to? Shapiro is now assistant vice president of legal affairs at Community Solution Education System, a higher education nonprofit based in Chicago.
And Acrisure, a fintech firm servicing the insurance sector, has hired Rob White as chief risk and compliance officer for its U.K. retail operations. White previously worked at AXA U.K. for two years as chief compliance officer.
Moving Up the Ladder
We begin with two promotions at Boehringer Ingelheim! First, Jill Wasserman has been promoted from senior counsel to chief compliance and integrity officer for its animal health division. Second, Pamela May has moved up from associate director of compliance investigations to director of U.S. compliance investigations.
American Express has promoted Amber Waling from manager and controller for Amex corporate assurance to manager of compliance for regulatory exam lifecycle management.
Capital Impact Partners has promoted Belky Boyer from senior manager for investor reporting and compliance to director of the same.
Emirates NBD has promoted Ramesh Rajendran from compliance manager to senior compliance manager.
First Internet Bank has promoted Michelle Wedeven from director of regulatory compliance to vice president of compliance.
Main Line Health has promoted Zachary Wolanin from GRC analyst to senior GRC analyst.
MasterBrand, a building materials wholesaler in Indiana, has promoted Alan Winkler from senior specialist in sourcing and compliance to manager of global ethics and compliance.
Safran has promoted Asenec Gill from materials coordinator to export compliance specialist.
Utility Partners of America has promoted Christopher Voso from training manager for the meter division to director of training and compliance.
And Reinsurance Group of America has promoted Reece Brown from senior risk management analyst in Australia and New Zealand to director of risk and compliance for the same region.
Vendors & Service Providers
George Cánovas has left his job as chief compliance officer at New York University Abu Dhabi, a role he held since 2023. Cánovas has joined FD Associates, a consulting firm that works on export control issues, as vice president.
The brain drain at the U.S. Justice Department continues: Andrew Gentin has left the department after 17 years there as chief of the corporate enforcement unit, where he worked on compliance monitorships and related matters. He has joined RosettiStar, an investigations firm, as managing director and general counsel.
Matt Galvin, another recent Justice Department departure, has joined law firm Steptoe as a partner. Galvin helped to develop the Justice Department’s data analytics capability. Earlier this year he also co-founded Gentic Global Advisors, a consulting firm that works on artificial intelligence and other emerging tech issues.
Open Req Orders
Energy company Valaris is looking for a compliance investigator, who will manage the internal hotline, coordinate with outside counsel, and do all the other usual investigator stuff. Job is based in Houston; no salary range provided. Law degree is not necessary, a refreshing burst of common sense about compliance skills.
American Express, which always seems to be hiring compliance talent these days, is looking for a vice president of enterprise policy, standards, and training for its financial crimes compliance program. Job is based in New York, with a salary range of $200,000 to $275,000.
Royal Caribbean Cruises is hiring a director of global ethics and compliance, who will report to the assistant chief compliance officer. Job is based in Miami; no salary range provided. One of the preferred skills for candidates is “deals with ambiguity,” which I guess will be tested when you ask about the salary.
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.