Matt Cronin, former chief investigative counsel for the House Select Committee on China, has joined venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz as a senior national security adviser, he announced on LinkedIn. He left his job on Capitol Hill earlier this month (2410160022).

Lorena Valente, former sanctions compliance section chief at the Office of Foreign Assets Control, was named the agency’s new assistant director for licensing, she announced on LinkedIn. Valente has been at the Treasury Department since 2022.

Caroline Sapp, a former official in the Office of Foreign Assets Control's licensing division, left the Treasury Department last week to join the State Department, she announced on LinkedIn. Sapp didn’t provide details about her new role. She had worked at OFAC since 2015.

U.S. aerospace firm RTX tapped senior counsel Lara Covington to head the company’s compliance with the deferred prosecution agreements announced last week with DOJ and the SEC, Covington announced on LinkedIn. Covington’s official title will be the executive director of the RTX DPA Compliance Program Office, where she will help “ensure the company successfully meets its obligations” to both agencies, she wrote in her bio. RTX will pay close to $1 billion and agreed to a range of compliance commitments to resolve allegations that it committed violations of defense export control regulations, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and more (see 2410160058).

Neil Bhatiya, a former senior adviser to the Treasury Department’s assistant secretary for terrorist financing, left the agency last week, he announced on LinkedIn. Bhatiya didn’t provide more information about his next role. He joined Treasury in 2020.

Diego Ortega, former sanctions regulations adviser at the Office of Foreign Assets Control, has joined Faegre Drinker as a government and regulatory counsel, the firm announced. Ortega worked for over three years at OFAC, where he drafted and published regulations implementing U.S. sanctions authorities and general licenses.

Brad Brooks-Rubin, who left his role at the State Department’s Office of Sanctions Coordination last week (see 2410150028), has joined Washington, D.C., compliance advisory firm Arktouros as a partner, he announced on LinkedIn. He will advise on risks related to sanctions, corruption, anti-money laundering and more.

Matt Cronin, chief investigative counsel for the House Select Committee on China, is leaving Congress for a job in the private sector, he announced on LinkedIn this week. Cronin began working for the committee in July 2023.

Brad Brooks-Rubin, the State Department’s former sanctions policy lead for sub-Saharan Africa, Myanmar and natural resources issues, left the agency last week, he announced on LinkedIn. Brooks-Rubin had worked in the State Department’s Office of Sanctions Coordination since June 2022.

Trade lawyers Sebastiaan Bennink and Jan Dunin-Wasowicz launched their European law firm, Bennink Dunin-Wasowicz, to counsel on export controls, sanctions and other trade compliance issues, they announced this week. The firm has offices in Amsterdam and Paris.