In-House Counsel on the Move: Robinhood Swipes Compliance Heads from Fidelity, Wells
“In-house hiring at fintech companies is showing no sign of letting up, and Robinhood Markets Inc is doing more than its fair share to keep up the trend. The commission-free trading startup said in an Aug. 27 blog post that Norm Ashkenas is joining the company as chief compliance officer for Robinhood Financial,” reports Caroline Spiezio in Reuters’ Business News.
“General counsel appointments have slowed as summer creeps to an end, but at least three public companies – Zoom Video Communications Inc, Geico Corp and Kelly Services Inc – recently tapped top lawyers.”