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ROBSTOWN, Texas Texas Farm Credit, a rural lending cooperative, recently appointed Joe Valladares to the position of Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer.
In his most recent position, which he held since the association’s merger in 2014, Valladares served as the Chief Audit Officer. In that capacity, he led and developed the association s first internal audit function under the guidance of the Board of Directors’ audit committee. He was responsible for providing audit assurance and consulting services over the association’s risk management, control, and governance processes.
During his 15-year tenure in the Farm Credit System (FCS), Valladares also served as Chief Financial Officer, building a diverse leadership experience in finance, accounting, operations, and information technology. As a graduate of The University of Texas at Tyler, Valladares holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting. He is also a graduate of the FC
By Neil Hodge2020-12-10T21:13:00+00:00
If European compliance officers think 2020 was bad, wait until they get a load of 2021.
Many of the problems the profession faced in 2020 will remain in place going into the new year such as remote working and the associated compliance risks around fraud, cyber-security, data protection, and the lack of consolidated oversight but new risks will also present new challenges, Brexit being one of them. Irrespective of whether the European Union and the United Kingdom can agree to a trade deal, legislative and regulatory changes are likely to appear across a range of industry sectors as a result of the U.K.’s decision to leave the single market.