FDIC Appoints Hansel Cordeiro As Director Of New Office Of Professional Conduct
By Godson Umejiego, Bureau Chief, The Americas
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has announced its Board of Directors has approved the appointment of Hansel J. Cordeiro as Director of the agency’s new Office of Professional Conduct (OPC).
In June, the Board announced the creation of the OPC to serve as a single point of entry for employee complaints of harassment and other interpersonal misconduct. In this role, Mr. Cordeiro will lead the OPC’s work to receive, investigate and report on complaints of interpersonal misconduct within the FDIC workplace. OPC will also determine and discipline anyone violating the FDIC’s anti-harassment or anti-retaliation policies. Cordeiro will report on the work of the OPC directly to the FDIC Board.
Cordeiro was selected from among several highly qualified candidates after a competitive nationwide public solicitation. Most recently, he served as Executive Director of Accountability and Strategic Business Management at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). In that role, Cordeiro led the FAA’s anti-harassment programme, the largest programme within the US Department of Transportation; established the agency’s anti-harassment policies; and oversaw the receipt and investigation of allegations of harassment, sexual misconduct, and retaliation involving FAA employees and contractors, as well as management actions on substantiated allegations. In addition, he oversaw anti-harassment training for more than 45,000 FAA employees and contractors.
Prior to his role at FAA, Cordeiro served at the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in various executive and leadership positions, including leading efforts to remediate deficiencies in the Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection, which is responsible for improving personnel and organizational accountability within VA. Cordeiro also served in the Office of General Counsel as a principal legal advisor to several Secretaries of Veterans Affairs on employment and labor law issues. Cordeiro began his government career at the US Office of Personnel Management, where he developed and implemented several landmark reforms to the federal government’s personnel systems.
Cordeiro has a Juris Doctor from the Washburn University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hunter College of the City University of New York.
