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Cindy Terme, Senior Director, EMEA, JAPAC & LATAM Head of Global Ethics & Integrity, Salesforce

Harri Spolander, VP Governance Compliance & Ethics, Kesko Group

Kasper Toftdal Kasch, Head of Global Fraud Investigations, Maersk

Gaurav Ajmani, Associate General Counsel, Amazon

Danny Mayhew, Global Head of Organisational Justice and Smart Assurance, Sanofi

Paul McKane, Deputy Head of Ethics & Compliance, Deliveroo

Cedric Mulfinger, Group Compliance Officer, John Cockerill

French and German, born and now based in Belgium, Cedric has lived in eight countries and speaks six languages. He started working in Johnson Controls Building Efficiency Business in Finance in 2002. Later in October 2008 his role changed to lead and deploy the multi-disciplinary Johnson Controls Ethics and Compliance program in Europe and Africa. In 2013, he took current Global Business Compliance position and started leading the deployments and integration of acquisition. He is now Group Compliance Officer at John Cockerill.

Alexandra Doborovolskaja, Head of Compliance Programs, Ericsson

Teresa Krasteva, Head of Compliance Cloud Software & Services, Ericsson

Camilla Reis, Global Director, Corporate Integrity, Vale

Guilherme Rios, Head of Audit & Compliance APACEME, Vale

Dr. Jorgete Vitorino, Director Compliance, Infineon Technologies

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Tom van den Oever, Head of Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption &  TPRM, AkzoNobel

Tom is a compliance manager with over a decade of experience in global compliance roles at large complex multinational enterprises. His specialty is designing, implementing and running third-party risk management programs in the area of export control anti-bribery and corruption.

Helene Millenaar, Global Director Risk & Compliance, Trivium Packaging

Weeshirl NG, Head of Business Integrity Office, Signify (tbc)

Tatiana Duran, Senior Global Counsel, ABAC, Conflict of Interest & Fraud Prevention, ABB

Stefan Nickels, Global Director Internal Audit, Daiischi Sankyo

Shebin Chacko, Senior Manager Internal Audit, Daiichi Sankyo

 

Ana Flávia Azevedo Pereira, Global Compliance Consultant – Leader of Compliance Risks, Aldi Süd Holding

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Emily Condack, Head of Internal Audit, ACT Group

Jorden Brewster, Business Conduct Director, St. James Place

Laurence Houlbert, Compliance Director, Chemelex

Robert Greco, Legal Director, SpeakUp

Robert Greco is a commercial and technology lawyer currently serving as Legal Director for the Dutch whistleblowing platform provider, SpeakUp. In this role, he oversees all legal, regulatory, and privacy matters. Robert also advises the SpeakUp leadership team and board of directors on product development, expansion opportunities, and strategic initiatives.

Before joining SpeakUp, Robert worked as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Canadian-based fintech Flinks, as well as technology counsel for the Liquor Control Board of Ontario. Robert has also held legal roles at Aimia Inc.; Ernst & Young LLP; and Loblaw Companies Limited (TSX: L), one of North America's largest grocery retailers.

He earned his LLB from the University of Birmingham (UK) and a BA in Political Science from the University of Toronto (Canada)

Jeffrey Cottle, Partner, Eversheds Sutherland

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce the continued expansion of its Global Corporate Crime and Investigations Practice with the arrival of Jeffrey W. Cottle as a partner in the firm’s Washington office. Mr. Cottle focuses on white-collar crime and compliance matters, with an emphasis on fraud, corruption, trade sanctions and export controls. Mr. Cottle was previously a partner at Brown Rudnick and, in addition to joining Eversheds Sutherland’s Global Corporate Crime and Investigations Practice, will co-lead the firm’s National Security Practice.

With nearly three decades of experience, Mr. Cottle guides clients through internal investigations of potential breaches of company policies and law, as well as the defense of investigations by external regulators and enforcement agencies such as the US Department of Justice, the US Securities Exchange Commission, the US Office of Foreign Assets Control, the UK Serious Fraud Office, the UK Office of Finance Sanctions Implementation and other enforcement agencies in Europe and elsewhere. He regularly advises on all aspects of compliance program design, roll-out and implementation, including handling compliance-related issues arising in mergers and acquisitions, as well as in post-merger compliance integration.

Maria Simak, Executive Director, Internal Audit, Redcare Pharmacy

Maria Simak is Executive Director of Internal Audit at Redcare Pharmacy, a stock-listed e-commerce pharmacy operating across seven European countries. With more than 17 years of international audit and governance experience, Maria leads the Internal Audit Function as a strategic partner to the Management and Supervisory Boards, driving operational excellence and strengthening governance in a rapidly scaling digital environment. Prior to Redcare, Maria held senior audit leadership roles at Amazon and FARO Europe, where she managed global audit portfolios, led SOX and PCI compliance programs, and partnered closely with executive leadership to enhance risk management frameworks. Her earlier career includes roles at Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Archer Daniels Midland, KPMG, and the banking sector, giving her broad cross-industry expertise. Maria is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) fellow. She is particularly passionate about repositioning audit and compliance from a traditional control function to a value-creating strategic partner.

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