Agenda Day 1, November 4, 2026: (see Agenda Day 2) (back to Fraud Event Summary)
08.30 – Registration and Coffee
09.00 - Opening Remarks from the Chair
Jeffrey Cottle, Head of Regulatory & Investigations, Americas; Co-Head of White Collar Crime & Sanctions, EMEA, Clyde & Co
09.00 – Navigating Geopolitical Uncertainty, Trade/Sanctions Volatility and Having a Corporate Resilience Plan For This
Gabriela Gutierrez, Group Head of Ethics and Compliance, VEON
09.40 - From Silos to Strategy: Structuring Effective Risk Governance Across Compliance, Audit & ERM
· Setting the Scene: Why Silos Persist
· Defining the Roles: Clarity Without Redundancy
· From Silos to Strategy: What Integrated Risk Governance Looks Like
· Advantages of Integration & Collaboration
· Creating Practical Synergies Across Functions
· Governance in Action: Making It Work
· Pitfalls to Avoid
· Closing: From Control Functions to Enablers of Success
Ana Flávia Azevedo Pereira, Global Compliance Consultant – Leader of Compliance Risks, Aldi Süd Holding
10.10 – Close Collaboration between Internal Audit and Compliance, Ethics & Investigations to Improve Fraud and Corruption Risk Management
· Develop a common language between 2nd & 3rd lines
· Essential elements for an effective cross function collaboration that strengthens capabilities and generates richer insights
· How close collaboration between Internal Audit and Compliance, Ethics & Investigations help with identifying early signs of fraud and corruption
Emily Condack, Head of Internal Audit, ACT Group
10.50 – Morning Coffee and Networking
11.20 – A Corporate Speak-Up Culture and Whistleblower Program
· New requirements across Europe for whistleblower systems
· Implementation of whistleblower protection
· Should whistleblowers be rewarded
· The use of 3rd party speak-up tools versus in-house
· Sustaining a speak-up culture in diverse cultures
Helene Millenaar, Global Director Risk & Compliance, Trivium
Jorden Brewster, Business Conduct Director, St. James’s Place
Harri Spolander,VP Governance Compliance & Ethics, Kesko Group
Claire Dossett, Account Executive, SpeakUp (moderator)
12.00 – Practical Issues with Sanctions Compliance and How to Interact with Regulators
Jeffrey Cottle, Head of Regulatory & Investigations, Americas | Co-Head of White Collar Crime & Sanctions, EMEA, Clyde & Co
12.40 – Practical Use of AI for a Compliance, Ethics and Integrity Function
Danny Mayhew, Global Head of Organisational Justice and Smart Assurance, Sanofi
13.10 – Lunch Break
14.10 – AI Initiatives that Bring Real Value
· Challenges, hints and tricks
· Leveraging AI within compliance and investigations
· The impact of AI on compliance functions , different businesses and their business models
Tatiana Duran, Senior Global Counsel, ABAC, Conflict of Interest & Fraud Prevention, ABB
14.50 – Use of AI in Compliance
· Create automated tools that offer custom policy guidance based on specific details of a situation
· Go beyond guidance by building interactive approval forms and triggering automated actions
· Use data to measure the impact of tools and improve the overall quality of your compliance program
Gaurav Ajmani, Chief Compliance Officer, Snap Inc.
15.30 – From Whistleblowing to Strategic Intelligence: Turning Reports into Fraud Prevention
Many whistleblowing programmes in European companies are still treated primarily as reporting channels: a concern comes in, a case is opened and then later on the investigation is completed and the file is closed. That is obviously important, but it is only part of the potential value add. The real play here is to use the information coming through your whistleblowing channels to understand what is going on in your corporate culture, beneath the surface of your organisation. We can explore:
· Why whistleblowing data should be seen as a source of organisational intelligence, not just a case-handling mechanism
· How to move from case closure to trend detection, root-cause analysis and prevention
· Best practices on intake, triage, categorisation and escalation in cases of fraud and corruption
· How to identify signals: repeated locations, functions, behaviours, third parties and control failures
· How to report whistleblowing insights to management and governance committees while protecting confidentiality and building trust
Murray Grainger, Senior Compliance Consultant, Case IQ
16.10 – Afternoon Coffee and Networking
16.40 - When AI Gets It Wrong: Governance and Control in Everyday Fraud, Compliance and Audit Operations
· Failure modes of AI in fraud and compliance contexts
· Model risk = Fraud risk: Why governance is not optional
· Designing defensible AI controls in daily operations
· Operating model: embedding AI governance across lines of defence
Stefan Nickels, Director of Global Internal Audit, Daiichi Sankyo
Shebin Chacko, Sr Manager Global Internal Audit, Daiichi Sankyo
17.20 – Developing a Culture of Integrity
· Being honest about integrity itself
· Fighting rationalisation of wrong behaviours
· Nudging and reinforcing good behaviours
Helene Millenaar, Global Dir Risk& Compliance, Trivium Packaging
Laurence Houlbert, Compliance Director, Chemelex
Jorden Brewster, Business Conduct Dir., St. James’s Place
Belit Polat Dagdeviren, Head of Ethics & Compliance, Reckitt
18.00 – Using the “Influence Agenda” to boost your Ethics & Compliance Program: new (and tested) approach
· How to leverage insights and data to elevate your influence agenda, as an intentional effort to positively shape behaviours, decisions and culture
· Moving from pure compliance to an integrity risk matrix, customizing actions and approaches to various jurisdictions
· Amplifying impact and leveraging meaningful metrics to assess the effectiveness of your influence agenda
Camilla and Guilherme will present Vale’s innovative approach to strengthening E&C culture through a data-informed influence agenda, so the business succeeds with integrity. They’ll reveal the shift from traditional compliance risk assessments to an integrity risk matrix tailored to each area, and the benefits of discussing E&C beyond trainings or crises. They’ll also explore metrics to measure influence effectiveness and the advantages of an integrated governance model with E&C and Internal Audit under the same structure to amplify impact.
Camilla Reis, Global Director, Corporate Integrity, Vale
Guilherme Rios, Head of Audit & Compliance APACEME, Vale
18.30 – Closing Remarks from the Chair and End of Day 1