Compliance Jobs Report: April 12
This week the Compliance Jobs Report has lots of promotions to note, plus new hires at TikTok, Dentsply Sirona, Truist, and elsewhere. We also have numerous personnel moves in supply chain compliance, plus job leads in aircraft, pharmaceuticals, and online exercise; and don’t forget our Meme of the Week!
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Compliance Jobs Report
This week we begin with TikTok, which was still available in the United States last time I checked. The company has hired Matthew Goldstein as senior global export compliance counsel. Goldstein comes to the social media giant from the law firm Ackerman, where he had been a partner advising clients on export control issues.
Luz Elena Díaz is stepping down from her role as vice president of compliance at Ecopetrol, the state-owned oil company in Colombia. Alberto Vergara Monterrosa, currently corporate manager of ethics and compliance, will fill her role as top compliance officer on an interim basis while Ecopetrol seeks a permanent replacement.
M&T Bank, a regional bank based in Buffalo, has promoted Kelly O’Brien to chief compliance officer. O’Brien has been with M&T in various roles since 2014, and most recently had been senior vice president and director of the compliance advisory group.
89Energy, an oil-and-gas exploration company based in Oklahoma, has hired Chris Hyde as vice president for EHS and regulatory compliance. Hyde comes to 89Energy after 16 years at Marathon Oil, most recently as an environmental field support manager.
Zscaler, an IT services firm that helps businesses manage their cloud security, has hired Brian Conrad as director of global compliance. Conrad joins Zscaler from the Government Services Administration, where he was director of the agency’s FedRAMP program (which dictates cloud security standards for government agencies and contractors).
Meg McReynolds has joined Truist as a senior compliance officer. She comes to the (terribly named) bank from Charles Schwab, where she had been a senior manager for marketing operations.
Blue Owl Capital, an asset management firm with $165 billion under management, has hired Matt Villa as head of compliance strategy and operations. Villa comes to Blue Owl after 12 years at PGIM Real Estate as chief compliance officer.
Axis Bank, the largest private-sector bank in India, has hired Kartikey Trivedi as group head of compliance. Trivedi previously worked at DBS Bank for three years as head of compliance.
Valley Fine Foods, maker of artisanal pastas, has promoted Rowena Gatmaitan from food safety and quality assurance manager to senior manager for regulatory and audit compliance.
Michelle Nichols has been promoted at Farmer Mac, from director of compliance to senior director of governance, risk, and compliance. Nichols has been with the firm (it extends credit to farmers) since 2020.
Dentsply Sirona has hired Christopher Porter as global compliance monitoring manager. Porter previously worked for four years at Covertus, where most recently he was North America compliance officer.
Software firm Okta has promoted Erica Couch from compliance manager to senior global compliance manager, helping the company (it provides identity management software) with subscription compliance. She has been with Okta since 2019.
AEG Vision has promoted Stephanie Sebastian from director of compliance to senior director.
Logistics firm Lineage has promoted Shawn Flebbe from senior regional compliance manager to director of safety and compliance.
Rupesh Mohanachandran has been promoted at Mondelez International from quality assurance lead for cake and biscuit lines (who in their right mind would give up a job testing the quality of cakes? but anyway) to regulatory compliance manager.
SiteRx has promoted Nicole Wilson from regulatory compliance counsel to senior counsel for compliance and quality. Wilson has been with the company since 2022.
Sela Cooper has been upgraded at food giant Sysco, from supply chain leadership trainee to global trade compliance analyst.
Merck has promoted AnnaMarie Merrill, from executive director of ethics and compliance operations to assistant vice president for ethics and compliance and innovative solutions.
Moors and Cabot, a Boston-based wealth advisory firm, has promoted Katherine Kelliher to chief compliance officer. Kelliher has been with the firm for 10 years and previously was compliance officer.
We also have a string of moves into supply chain compliance this week. Among them…
Advanced Acoustics Concepts has promoted Brooke Urban from procurement engineer to supply chain manager for compliance and forecasting.
Helicopter manufacturer Bell Flight has moved Courtney Smith from operations alignment specialist to small business liaison for supply chain compliance. Smith has been with the company for five years.
Brendan O’Neill has joined Hewlett-Packard as a “product steward” for sustainable impact compliance. O’Neill previously worked at Arcadis, a sustainable design consulting firm, where he had been a toxicologist.
Zumiez, a specialty apparel retailer “for young people expressing individuality,” has promoted Janelle Harding from sourcing and production manager to senior manager for sourcing and social compliance.
And U.S. Bank just hired Luke Wetherall as a fraud and compliance specialist. Wetherall joins the bank just a few months after graduating from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; welcome to the profession!
Milestones
Kristin Berglund is celebrating one year at Traton Financial Services as chief compliance officer.
Enrique Jarque is celebrating one year at Takeda, where he is head of ethics and compliance for the Iberia region.
Nina Lekwauawa just hit one year at ETS as assistant vice president for global compliance.
Kimberly Pittman is celebrating one year at Hubspot as deputy general counsel for compliance, risk, and corporate governance.
Brian Frasier is celebrating five years at RPM International, where he is director of compliance audit.
Aaron Marshall is celebrating five years as compliance manager at AbbVie.
Vendors & Service Providers
Ethisphere and whistleblower hotline app Vault Platform have announced a strategic partnership, where Ethisphere will “provide guidance and how-to investigations content” to companies that use Vault as part of their internal reporting systems.
Open Req Orders
Airbus is looking for a compliance investigator. Job is based at Airbus headquarters in Toulouse, France. Salary is only listed as “attractive,” but the company does also promise “extra days off for special occasions.”
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals is looking for a vice president of ethics and compliance to run compliance for one of the company’s major business units. Job can be hybrid, and Alnylam is headquartered in Cambridge, Mass.
Peloton Interactive is seeking a senior associate for SOX and risk assurance. Job is based in New York City. Salary range is $103,00 to $134,000, which is kinda low for New York so hold out for a free Peloton as part of the package.
Compliance Meme of the Week
That’s all for this week’s report.
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