Compliance Jobs Report: Sept. 26

What better way to celebrate World Compliance Officer Day than with the Compliance Jobs Report? This week we have new hires at TD Bank, U.S. Bank, Lockheed Martin, Equifax, Heinecken, and many more. Promotions at AbbVie, Google, Capital One, and elsewhere; and job leads are in insurance, convenience stores, and documents!

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 TD Bank, which has hired Jon Rasmussen as its U.S. chief compliance officer. Rasmussen comes to TD Bank (which is recovering from a huge anti-money laundering settlement with U.S. regulators in 2024) after 30 years in various roles at JPMorgan Chase. Most recently, Rasmussen was chief compliance officer for JPMorgan’s consumer and banking division.

Speaking of banks, U.S. Bank has hired Christopher Paulison as its next chief audit executive. Paulison comes to U.S. Bank after six years at Protiviti, where he was managing director of the firm’s financial services advisory practice. He succeeds Kandace Heck, who is retiring. 

Seth Rice has been named deputy chief compliance officer at Ralliant, the manufacturing business newly formed from Fortive and Tektronix. Rice had previously been head of compliance at Tektronix, so we’re unsure whether this counts as a new job or a promotion, but we wish him well. 

Tania Pavaskar has a new job as senior counsel at ByteDance, working from the company’s Singapore offices. Pravaskar previously worked at Autodesk as lead compliance counsel for its Asia-Pacific region. 

Defense contractor Lockheed Martin has hired Jon Robell as chief investigations counsel. Robell previously worked at the U.S. Justice Department and was assistant chief of FCPA enforcement in the Fraud Section. Robell is the latest in a string of departures from the Fraud Section, which is sad to see; but he landed well.

Stephan Lutz is leaving Daimler Truck, where he has been ethics and compliance officer for the Middle East division since 2017. Lutz kept quiet on what he is doing next but did promise “I’ll share that shortly.” The Jobs Report will be watching! 

We have several new hires to note at First Citizens Bank this week. First is Julie Silbovitz, who joins the bank as a senior compliance officer; she comes to First Citizens after 23 years at BNY, where she most recently had been senior vice president in the office of regulatory relations. Also coming aboard as compliance officers are Allison Charette, who previously worked at Flagstar Bank as a compliance officer; and Lena Shawa, who comes to First Citizens after seven years at Fifth Third Bank. 

Lifestyle Support Services, a social services organization for people with intellectual disabilities, has hired Jessica Lieb as corporate compliance officer. Lieb comes to the Pennsylvania company after three years at MyAdvisor, where she was director of business operations. 

Karina Griese-Brake has a new job as compliance director for the Al Tayer Group in Dubai, an operator of retail stores throughout the Middle East. Griese-Brake previously worked at Fresenius Medical Care for a decade, most recently as head of compliance for the Middle East region. 

NSFG Corp., a registered investment adviser based in Florida, has hired Antonio Valiengo as senior compliance officer. Valiengo comes to NSFG after more than a decade running compliance at Atria Wealth Services. 

Old Second National Bank, a regional bank based in Chicago, has hired Mark Hodge as director of compliance. Hodge comes to Old Second after 14 years at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, where he most recently had been a regional field manager in the Chicago office. 

Rabobank has hired Vadim Drel as vice president for financial crimes compliance and “change management officer.” Drel previously worked at JPMorgan Chase for a year as a senior product delivery associate.

Sungage Financial has hired Christi Bales as compliance manager. Bales comes to the Boston-based firm, which offers loans for solar energy projects, after 18 months at Griffin Funding, where she had been vice president of compliance. 

Over in London, Kavita Thaker is the new head of U.K. compliance for Dutch asset management firm DLL. Thaker comes to DLL after three years at UBS, where she had been EMEA head of global banking compliance until July.

Emirates NBD, a large banking group in the Middle East, has hired Dulip Wijesooriya as group compliance officer, working from Dubai. Wijesooriya previously worked at Rakbank handling business banking and client onboarding. 

Hard Rock Digital, the online gambling wing of the Hard Rock hospitality group, has hired Laura Thornwall as AML compliance manager. Thornwall previously worked at fintech firm Cross River as a financial crimes and customer due diligence analyst.

American Express has hired Cecil Severado as a director of regulatory compliance. He comes to Amex from Wells Fargo, where he most recently had been vice president and lead financial crimes officer. 

Anna Hambleton has climbed aboard the Revolut train, as head of business compliance. Hambleton comes to Revolut after six years at HSBC, where she most recently was vice president for reputation risk and business selection.

Equifax has hired Eva Hinsbi as director of IT controls and compliance. Hinsbi comes to the credit reporting agency from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, where she had been a senior IT auditor.

In India, Tata Projects has hired Gautam Foria as head of ethics and compliance. Foria comes to Tata from Nayara Energy, where he most recently had been joint general manager. 

Robert Gaeta has joined Boreal Capital Management, a privately owned asset management firm, as chief compliance officer. Gaeta previously worked at BNY Mellon subsidiary for nine years as senior compliance officer for Pershing, one of the bank’s investment subsidiaries.

Johnson & Johnson has hired Robert Vadiyan as lead ethics and compliance specialist for its Russia operations. Vadiyan previously worked at Dr. Reddy’s Labs as a compliance manager for Russia.

And Molly Simpson has joined Heinecken as a compliance coordinator, working from the brewing giant’s Edinburgh offices. Simpson comes to Heinecken from NatWest, where she had been an operations analyst.

Moving Up the Ladder

AbbVie has promoted Sarah Miller from director of the office of ethics and compliance to vice president of ethics and compliance for the company’s U.S. therapeutics division.

Australian payments firm Airwallex has promoted Nikki Dekker from regulatory counsel for EMEA to senior regulatory counsel of the same.

Capital One has moved Jaclyn Thorsson into a new role, from director in the AML compliance advisory group to director of network compliance. 

EG America, owner of convenience store chains including Cumberland Farms, Kwik Shop, and Turkey Hill, has promoted Ryan McKetchnie from manager of financial reporting to senior manager of financial reporting and compliance. 

Evident Microscopy has promoted Friederike Dratwa from compliance officer for the EMEA region to director of global compliance. 

Google has promoted Jerome Williams from risk solutions consultant to compliance assurance program manager (a way cooler title). 

Pharmaceuticals manufacturer Lonza has promoted Sarah Sharpless from associate director to director of quality assurance and compliance. 

Maxx Impact, a business consulting firm, has promoted Diamond Zimmerman from senior compliance officer to compliance manager. 

TD Bank has promoted Vanessa Rodrigues from senior business governance and controls analyst to manager of governance and control. 

Western Alliance Bank has promoted Grant Daddy from compliance manager for regulatory strategies to senior compliance manager for regulatory change management. 

Payments firm Wise has promoted Chasey Atkinson from financial crimes investigator to compliance senior specialist.

Open Req Orders

Assurant is looking for an assistant vice president of ethics and compliance, to run the conflicts of interest program and the company’s ethics and compliance awareness programs. Job is based in Atlanta, with a salary range of $119,000 to $200,000. 

Casey’s General Stores is looking for a manager of internal audit. Job is based in suburban Des Moines, Iowa; with a salary range of $98,000 to $136,000. 

DocuSign is looking for an ethical culture and conduct lead “to build a human-centered, innovative, and deeply integrated ethics program.” Job is based in Washington, D.C., with a salary range of $157,000 to $254,000. You will report to Hemma Lomax, who is awesome. 

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.