The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) announced the selection of a director to oversee its newly established office of professional conduct (OPC), created as part of its ongoing efforts to address allegations of workplace misconduct.
The OPC will serve as a single point-of-entry for receiving, investigating and reporting complaints of interpersonal misconduct within the agency. The OPC will also make determinations about such allegations and discipline anyone violating the FDIC’s anti-harassment or anti-retaliation policies and report these instances directly to the FDIC board.
Hansel Cordeiro was appointed to lead the office, having most recently served as executive director of accountability and strategic business management at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), overseeing the FAA’s anti-harassment program, the largest program within the U.S. Department of Transportation. He also oversaw the establishment of the agency’s anti-harassment policies and 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. Cordeiro also supervised anti-harassment training for more than 45,000 FAA employees and contractors.
Prior to joining the FAA, Cordeiro served at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in various executive and leadership positions, including leading efforts to remediate deficiencies in the VA’s office of accountability and whistleblower protection, which is responsible for improving personnel and organizational accountability within VA. He 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. His government career began at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, where he developed and implemented various landmark reforms to the federal government’s personnel systems.