Compliance Jobs Report: Nov. 21
This week the Compliance Jobs Report has new hires at Convatec, Wise, TikTok, Zoll Medical, Fidelity Investments, and elsewhere; plus departures at Volkswagen and Raytheon. A bunch of promotions to note too, as well as job leads in credit cards, pharmaceutical sales, and higher education. Meme of the Week goes out to Ye Olde AI Governance Policy.
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 medical device maker Convatec, which just hired Margaret Price as chief compliance officer. Price comes to the company after not quite four years at AtriCure, where she had also been chief compliance officer; prior to that she had been a senior ethics and compliance executive at Abbott.
Stephanie Davis is stepping away from Volkswagen Group of America, where she has been chief ethics and compliance officer since 2017. Davis says she and her family are moving back to Ohio “and I couldn’t be more ready for what’s ahead.” We’ll be curious to see what that might be!
Payments technology firm Wise has hired Nita Patel as chief compliance officer. Patel comes to Wise after a year at Deutsche Bank, where she had been head of anti-money laundering; prior to that she was a senior compliance officer at Credit Suisse (may it rest in peace).
TikTok has hired Rob Cherofsky as global head of AML compliance. Cherofsky has spent the last few years as an AML compliance officer at fintechs including Wise and Albert; prior to that he spent seven years moving up the ranks at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Speaking of JPMorgan Chase, the firm just hired Chris DePow as executive director of digital asset compliance. DePow previously worked at cryptocurrency firm Gemini for 18 months as head of the compliance advisory team.
Lauren Berry has a new job at Zoll Medical as compliance training manager. Berry previously worked at Arthrex as a senior compliance specialist for two years.
In Boston, Sean Clohisy has joined Fidelity Investments as director of asset management compliance. Clohisy comes to the investment giant after seven years at Ernst & Young, where he was a manager in the asset management advisory practice.
Julie Parks is stepping away from Raytheon after 15 years there, most recently as executive director of customs compliance since 2020. Parks isn’t saying what she might do next beyond some solo consulting on compliance, although she does say that “trade is !” We agree.
MLG Capital, a manager of real estate investment funds for family offices and accredited investors (read: people with money), has hired Kelly Whetstone as chief compliance officer. Whetstone was previously deputy general counsel at compliance advisory firm ACA Group since 2017.
Azucena Rodriguez has joined Bank of America as global financial crimes executive for correspondent banking. Prior to BofA, Rodriguez held senior compliance roles at several fintechs including Remitly and Convera.
Valaris Ltd., an offshore drilling contractor based in Houston, has hired Ally Tenorio as a compliance investigator. Tenorio previously spent 12 years at Transocean in various roles, most recently as an HR manager.
Swiss banking giant UBS has hired Lynda Robinson as a senior compliance officer in its U.S. operations, working from New York. Robinson previously spent six years at Poplar Bank as a senior compliance officer too.
Nikko Caringal has joined EML, a global payments firm based in London; he’ll be working on risk and compliance analytics. Caringal comes to the company after three years at Suncorp New Zealand, where he had been manager of risk, data analytics, and reporting. Caringal also relocated from Auckland, N.Z., to London. (Tough decision, both cities have a lot going for them.)
Compare the Market, a website in Britain that helps consumers compare the price of various insurance and financial products, has hired Peter Townsend as chief compliance officer. Townsend comes to the company after three years as chief compliance officer for RSA’s U.K. and international operations.
Nikhil Korwar has left his job at e-commerce giant FlipKart in India, where he had been director of ethics and compliance; to join Coupang Marketplace, e-commerce giant based in South Korea, where he will be director of compliance.
Natalie Theuma has joined Populi Solutions, a professional coaching business in Australia, as head of compliance. She previously worked at Finding Yellow as a compliance and training coordinator.
American Express has hired Yasmine Ghazzawi as a compliance manager. She joins Amex after 11 years at Wells Fargo, most recently as a compliance manager.
And congratulations to Len Lombardi, who is retiring from First Commonwealth Bank in Indiana after 16 years there as chief audit executive and 30 years at the bank in various other roles. Lee Lyon, First Commonwealth’s deputy chief audit officer, is succeeding Lombardi as CAE.
Moving Up the Ladder
Loomis Sayles & Co. has promoted Kyle Curran from assistant trading compliance manager to trading compliance manager.
Amina Khan has received a battlefield promotion at North American Construction Group, moving from manager of SOX compliance and integration up to acting senior manager of global financial compliance.
Renee Mundy has moved up at Lackawanna College from vice president of human resources to compliance officer.
PCA Global Ventures, the holding company for several financial firms that help to settle the estates of deceased people, has moved Brooke Teal from senior vice president and general counsel to chief compliance officer and deputy chief legal officer.
Cintas has promoted Robin Dent from human resources coordinator to compliance specialist. Welcome to the profession, Ms. Dent.
Mill Point Capital has promoted Janine Diljohn from compliance manager to deputy compliance officer.
And Jo Glasgow has been promoted at Just Climate, an investment firm targeting green energy, from global head of compliance to chief compliance officer. This revives the age-old question of whether “head” or “chief” is the cooler term to have in your title; Radical Compliance remains undecided. Feel free to send us your thoughts at [email protected].
Vendors and Service Providers
Ray Keller has joined audit and advisory firm RSM as a risk consulting manager. Keller had previously been senior manager of internal audit at Republic Services until earlier this fall.
Victoria Pirog has left her job as chief compliance officer at Baola, a Latin American stablecoin operation; to launch her own compliance consulting firm Aine Solutions, targeting crypto and fintech startups.
Patrick Grobbel has left KonaAI, where he had been head of business development, to join Ankura Consulting as a senior managing director in the risk & compliance advisory practice. We politely remind him to update his LinkedIn page.
Open Req Orders
Mastercard is looking for a senior vice president of anti-corruption and bribery compliance. Job is based in Purchase, N.Y., with a salary range of $220,000 to $400,000. One suspects fierce competition for this role.
Pharmaceuticals wholesaler McKesson is looking for a senior manager of compliance investigations. Job can be based in Dallas, Atlanta, or Columbus, Ohio; base salary is $98,000 to $163,000.
The University of Vermont is recruiting a chief internal auditor. Job is based in Burlington, Vt., with a salary range of $200,000 to $230,000. Must love flannel, Phish concerts.
Compliance Meme of the Week
This week’s meme reportedly comes from an IBM training manual used in 1979. I’m not sure whether that origin story is accurate, but does it need to be? The message is what resonates (or should, if your company knows what’s good for it).
That’s all for this week’s report. Please note, there will be no Jobs Report next week due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. We’ll be back on Friday, Dec. 5, as usual.
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.