Great Western Signs Two Senior VPs For Compliance

Great Western Financial Corp. has hired two executives as part of a restructuring of its regulatory compliance operation.

S. Dean Lesiak joined the Chatsworth, Calif.-based thrift last week as senior vice president for corporate compliance, a newly created position.

Mr. Lesiak previously headed compliance and risk management at Riggs National Bank and for 11 years worked for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, a Great Western spokesman said.

In a companion move, Great Western hired Julianne M. Fries to head compliance at its brokerage unit.

Ms. Fries also joined the company last week. As senior vice president and director of risk management, she jointly reports to James H. Overholt, brokerage president, and to Mr. Lesiak.

Ms. Flies was a co-founder of Bank Compliance Associates, a consulting firm specializing in bank broker-dealer regulatory compliance. Earlier in her career, Ms. Flies was a compliance examiner for the National Association of Securities Dealers.

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