January 13, 2006
Thanks to Alan Beller for his Service to the SEC and the USA
I had the pleasure to meet Alan Beller during my attendance at various SEC Small Business Advisory Committee Meetings. Alan is an extremely talented individual and very fair. His work and quiet way of achieving will be missed. Best of luck Alan.
Most of the former Donaldson team is gone now. Former Chairman Donaldson help put investor confidence back into US markets. Along with Donaldson, folks like Beller and Nicolaisson helped lead the charge and do some heavy lifting. They will be missed.
Hopefully Chairman Cox will continue the good work of these fine people.
An excerpt from an article on Beller is here:
"Beller to Leave SEC
One of the SEC's most influential individuals outside of the five commissioners is returning to the private sector.
Stephen Taub, CFO.com
January 11, 2006
Alan Beller, the Securities and Exchange Commission's director of the Division of Corporation Finance and one of the SEC's most influential individuals outside of the five commissioners, is returning to the private sector.
Under the leadership of Beller, the corporate finance division "produced the fastest-paced and most far-reaching corporate governance, financial disclosure, and securities offering reforms in commission history," the SEC wrote in its announcement. The division reviews the reports filed by more than 12,000 public companies with the commission.
The SEC credited Beller, who also holds the title of senior counselor to the commission, with helping to lead some of the early initiatives of chairman Christopher Cox, including proposals to allow Internet delivery of proxy materials; to ease the deregistration process for foreign issuers; to improve disclosure of executive compensation; and to expand use of interactive data to make financial reports more useful for investors." For the complete article, click here.
To see how your company can join the growing customer base for Compliance Playbook(tm) and Compliance Partner(tm) to improve your financial compliance project for Sarbanes-Oxley or MI 52-109/52-111 see www.issuescentral.com or www.compliancepartner.ca to learn more.
Most of the former Donaldson team is gone now. Former Chairman Donaldson help put investor confidence back into US markets. Along with Donaldson, folks like Beller and Nicolaisson helped lead the charge and do some heavy lifting. They will be missed.
Hopefully Chairman Cox will continue the good work of these fine people.
An excerpt from an article on Beller is here:
"Beller to Leave SEC
One of the SEC's most influential individuals outside of the five commissioners is returning to the private sector.
Stephen Taub, CFO.com
January 11, 2006
Alan Beller, the Securities and Exchange Commission's director of the Division of Corporation Finance and one of the SEC's most influential individuals outside of the five commissioners, is returning to the private sector.
Under the leadership of Beller, the corporate finance division "produced the fastest-paced and most far-reaching corporate governance, financial disclosure, and securities offering reforms in commission history," the SEC wrote in its announcement. The division reviews the reports filed by more than 12,000 public companies with the commission.
The SEC credited Beller, who also holds the title of senior counselor to the commission, with helping to lead some of the early initiatives of chairman Christopher Cox, including proposals to allow Internet delivery of proxy materials; to ease the deregistration process for foreign issuers; to improve disclosure of executive compensation; and to expand use of interactive data to make financial reports more useful for investors." For the complete article, click here.
To see how your company can join the growing customer base for Compliance Playbook(tm) and Compliance Partner(tm) to improve your financial compliance project for Sarbanes-Oxley or MI 52-109/52-111 see www.issuescentral.com or www.compliancepartner.ca to learn more.
