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Sebastian Lochen is the Group General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of thyssenkrupp AG, heading the worldwide legal and compliance function of thyssenkrupp group. He has been part of the compliance function since joining thyssenkrupp in 2011, with a strong personal focus on compliance advice and establishment and further development of the group-wide compliance management system. The thyssenkrupp compliance function addresses the areas of antitrust law, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering, data compliance and trade compliance besides having a challenger, advisory and reporting role for a number of other compliance topics. He became CCO in 2018 and Group General Counsel in 2021. Before joining thyssenkrupp, Sebastian worked as a corporate and M&A lawyer at the law firm Hengeler Mueller in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Alexandra (“Ali”) Gaugler is Vice President and global Chief Compliance Officer for IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., a global leader in veterinary diagnostics, software, and water microbiology testing.  More information about IDEXX can be found at www.idexx.com.  Ali joined IDEXX at the Hoofddorp, Netherlands location in November 2015 and manages a team of individuals based in the USA, the Netherlands, Singapore, and Shanghai.  Ali has lived in Amsterdam with her husband and two children since 2012.  In addition to her functional role at IDEXX, Ali is the Chairperson for the Netherlands Leadership Team and the executive sponsor of the Netherlands Social Committee. Prior to joining IDEXX, Ali was the international Chief Compliance Officer for DaVita HealthCare, a leading global human healthcare dialysis provider, based in the Netherlands.  Prior to her corporate work, Ali spent many years in private legal practice in the United States where she focused on healthcare fraud and white-collar criminal defense. 

Hanno Hinzmann is Global Vice President for Global Field Compliance within the Office of Ethics & Compliance (OEC) of the SAP Group. He joined SAP in 2010, helping to transition the company’s corporate compliance from a generalist function to a team of specialist experts covering all aspects of ‘prevention, detection and response’. Today, he leads a team of 50+ Field Compliance Officers around the world, who perform state of the art compliance activities and counseling in a digitized environment with a strong focus on all aspects of prevention. In addition, he oversees the OEC’s teams for global Policy Management, Procurement Compliance, Compliance Learning, and Field Communications. After studying Law in Cologne and completing his Legal Clerkship at the Higher Regional Court in Düsseldorf, Germany, including stages in Barcelona and New York, he became a qualified attorney at law; his professional track includes positions as Inhouse Counsel with the leading German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom, and as Compliance Consultant with KPMG. Hanno grew up in Italy and Germany and is passionate about his family, traveling, hiking, golfing as well as Italian food and wine.

Eric Strootman, based in Netherlands, is currently Head Corporate Special Investigations at ING Bank. Eric brings experience from previous roles at ING and law enforcement. Eric holds a MSc in Risk & Security Management @ University of Leicester and is lecturer in Fraud & Incident Management for the Nederlands Compliance Instituut. His expertise includes Private Investigations, Incident management, whistleblower management and more.

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.

Céline Seggaï, based in Liège, is currently Group Compliance Officer at FN Browning Group. Céline Seggaï brings experience from previous roles at John Cockerill. Céline Seggaï holds a 2021 - 2022 Inter University Certificate in Business Ethics and Compliance Program @ Louvain School of Management.

Frederic has expertise in: Deployment and digitalisation of various Compliance Program Elements, as first Compliance employee for HQ European manufacturing multinational: Code of Conduct/ Speak Up - Whistleblowing/ investigations - Anti-bribery policy - Sanctions screening - Internal Controls / Procedures / Access management - eLearnings.

In addition, he embarked on a Human Rights gap assessment closing project addressing new European CSDDD legislation. His main prior experience includes: EMEA Internal Auditor. Education in compliance (CCEP) and Internal audit (CIA).

Fernando is a seasoned Leader on Compliance, Anticorruption, AML, Sanctions, Ethics, Governance, Risk management and Financial Controls. He has a history of leading risk and compliance functions in listed Companies, reporting to BoD. He designs strategy and implements risk, compliance and ethics programmes on environments seeking cultural change.

He has led and managed global and multidisciplinary-multicultural teams in matrix organizations. He is an accredited international faculty for HSBC Bank on Anti-money Laundering (AML), International Sanctions Compliance and Financial Crime Prevention. He is a Swiss and Peruvian national, holds an MBA with specialization on International Management, a Diploma on Compliance & Business Ethics and a BA in Accountancy. Got certified as Anti-money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and as certified Corporate Compliance & Ethics Professional (CCEP). Speaks fluently English, French and Spanish.

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.

Rohan has experience setting-up & leading the Global Risk & Assurance function for Novartis International organizational unit, responsible for risk assessment, compliance monitoring and speak-up investigations. He also has leveraged data analytics and insights to build a pro-active, risk-focused and impact-oriented compliance monitoring program.

He is also Leading Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) with the International Leadership Team, to assess and manage key strategic, operational, and emerging risks for the business

Gabriela is a seasoned Ethics & Compliance leader with extensive experience across the banking, mining, extractives, and consulting industries. Known for driving high-impact ethics and compliance programs in global, high-risk environments, Gabriela has held leadership roles including Chief Compliance Officer, Regional Compliance Officer, and AML Officer.

Gabriela brings a multicultural perspective to designing and implementing robust compliance strategies. She specializes in anti-bribery and corruption, third-party risk management, AML, sanctions, M&A due diligence, and Board-level engagement.

A frequent speaker in international forums, Gabriela is recognized for bridging gaps in complex, decentralized organizations and for empowering teams through strategic training and thought leadership.

Charles Robson is a multilingual chartered accountant and certified fraud examiner with over 20 years' experience conducting investigations, anti-fraud & corruption advisory, and internal/external audit engagements throughout the world. Roles have included FedEx Manager International Investigations and Fraud Advisory Services based in the Netherlands (current role), Director Forensic KMPG Middle East, and Interim Global Head of Fraud and Security at Philips.

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Anton graduated from the Moscow State Law Academy in 1997 and received his Ph.D. in law from the Institute of State and Law of Russian Academy of Science. Mr. Alferov has been involved in the management of international development and local self-government projects activities. His areas of expertise include project management‚ contract administration‚ grants management‚ logistics‚ financial management‚ contract negotiation‚ creation of branch offices‚ administrative systems design and implementation‚ etc. Mr. Alferov is responsible for implementation of the Halliburton compliance program in countries of Western and Eastern Europe, Caspian and Africa‚ including but not limited with revision of contracts in terms of compliance to FCPA‚ UK Anti-Bribery Act‚ domestic legislation‚ conducting Due Diligence on vendors‚ assure compliance with legislation on IP‚ personal data protection‚ labor law‚ etc.

Élisabeth Quillatre is Head of Compliance and Risk Management at Vinted since 2022. She began her legal career in the CAC40 sector and has since held senior roles, including Data Protection Officer, in the luxury, automotive, and pharmaceutical industries. At Vinted, she leads the group-wide compliance and risk function. Élisabeth has also been a lecturer at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne since 2008, where she teaches data protection, IT law, and emerging regulatory challenges such as AI.

Katja Kaurila is the Ethics & Compliance Manager at Vinted, where she leads group-wide compliance initiatives and programs, including anti-bribery and corruption efforts. Based in the Netherlands and originally from Finland, Katja has prior experience at a payment service provider and in the risk advisory industries. She holds a Master of Laws in International Technology Law and brings a multidisciplinary background covering legal, digital, and operational risk.

Ioanna is an experienced dual-qualified lawyer, skilled in complex global corporate investigations and compliance-related issues.

Mariëlle has a background in sustainability, ethics and corporate investigations. Marielle has a background as sustainability consultant within KPMG in the Netherlands after which she specialized in the field of ethics and integrity. She continued her career as Compliance and Investigations Director within Carlsberg in Denmark where she co-developed a global compliance program, build the policy house and lead the investigations team. Today, she works within Inter IKEA Group, where she co-constructs the Ethics agenda, manages the Anti-Bribery & Corruption Policy and keeps oversight on the raise a concern environment and related investigations.

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.

Weeshirl is the Head of Business Integrity Office at Signify (formerly known as Philips Lighting). She manages a team of auditors (financial and non-financial), fraud investigators and 3rd party screening analysts. They are based in the Netherlands, US, Panama, Dubai, India, Mexico, Singapore, France and China.

In her prior roles, she has experience of external audits, forensic investigations, risk management, compliance, third party due diligence and internal controls. Particularly, she has rich experience in forensic accounting, fraud investigation (bribery, corruption, financial crimes) and FCPA review.

Prior to her current role, she led the Fraud Investigation function for Asia Pacific and Greater China at Microsoft. In this role, she was based in Beijing with team members in both China and Singapore.

Susan is a director, for Risk & Compliance in Microsoft’s Supply Chain Hardware group with primary responsibility for ensuring that the Supplier base is compliant with the Microsoft policies and stated requirements for the group. A UK national now residing in the Netherlands, Susan came to Microsoft from Cisco where she was the designer and architect of the Corporate Ethics & Compliance Program across the company with an emphasis on Anti-Bribery & Corruption. She developed, introduced, and initiated the program globally ensuring compliance & ethics were embedded down through the country locations as well as with customers and partners alike. Susan holds a legal degree in International law, is certified through the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics (SCCE) on compliance, is an adjunct professor at the Sorbonne university teaching Compliance programs, is a certified Stanford Project Management SME as well as a major speaker at compliance conferences on the topics of Anti-Bribery & Corruption, ESG and compliance programs in general.

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