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Catherine Delhaye is the Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer of Valeo that she joined in March 2012. She is also in charge of the Human rights and Artificial intelligence compliance programs. She was appointed Valeo Global Data Protection Officer in 2018. Catherine Delhaye started her career as a bar member, with French IT Law Firm Alain Bensoussan. She then joined Accenture for 16 years where she held different positions such as France Benelux Legal Director, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America Deputy General Counsel in 2007 and finally Regulatory Ethics and Compliance, Global Director.

Johanna Ijäs is the VP, Head of Compliance & Risk at Metso Corporation, where she leads the development and implementation of compliance and risk management strategies across Metso’s global operations. During her 10+ years in the industry, she has gained hands-on experience navigating complex projects and regulatory environments, while balancing risks and opportunities for sustainable growth. Johanna’s international experience, including her time heading legal and contract management in the Asia Pacific region, enhances her global perspective.

Sandrine Pommey is an internationally experienced compliance executive with over 14 years in global industrial environments. As Group Compliance Officer at Hexagon, she leads the strategic development and implementation of the company’s global compliance and governance framework, covering anti-bribery, trade compliance, third-party risk, and regulatory monitoring. Known for her pragmatic and business-oriented approach, Sandrine brings deep expertise in managing complex compliance risks across diverse jurisdictions, and works closely with senior leadership and external stakeholders to ensure integrity and resilience are embedded in business operations.

Cor has more than twenty years experience in managing and conducting global fraud investigations related to allegations of accounting irregularities, asset misappropriation, bribery & corruption (including FCPA violations), conflicts of interest, cyber fraud, embezzlement, violations of anti-trust and trade regulations. He has experience in providing trainings on fraud awareness, how to conduct investigations and anti-corruption, Anti-fraud initiatives and programs, Fraud risk assessments, Mergers & Acquisitions and managing internal audit teams in EMEA. He’s a Certified Fraud Examiner and member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners since 2003

Marie-laure Pédamon is a Senior Compliance Lead at Nokia. She advises on ethics and compliance matters, including anti-corruption, data privacy, whistleblowing, compliance program and the environment. She oversees the compliance program and runs project compliance for key projects including business unit. Marie-laure previously was compliance lead for Nokia Operations and started her career with Nortel in Strategic Marketing, Projects Management and international trade&sanctions. Her prior experience includes working at Nortel, Alcatel-lucent and Nokia. Marie-laure holds a Diploma in International Relations from ILERI (Institut d’Etudes des Relations Internationales) in Paris and a Master in Management of Technology from Grenoble Ecole de Management, France. She has completed several International professional certifications in Compliance and Project Management among those from the University of California, Berkeley - School of Law - Advanced Compliance Academy.

Stefan Köhler, Director Legal at Anschütz GmbH for more than ten years, previously held similar positions in telecommunications, L-3 Communications and Raytheon.

With a Law Degree from the University of Kiel, he's been an Attorney at Law and Corporate Counsel for over 20 years. His expertise lies in contract and commercial law, sanctions law, and business partner compliance, focusing on global contracts and negotiations.

Stefan is active in several professional associations, including the Schleswig-Holstein Bar Association and the German Federal Association of Inhouse Legal Counsels. He chairs the Legal Working Group of the Chambers of Commerce in the German State of Schleswig-Holstein. He has spoken at various international events, including Thought Leader Global’s 24th Corporate Fraud and Corruption Forum held in Amsterdam in 2023.

Stefan is married, has no children and speaks German and English fluently.

Tatiana is a senior legal and integrity professional with 20+ years of experience in ABAC, fraud, and related risk management. Expert in designing and implementing corporate integrity programs, navigating regulatory enforcement, and addressing geopolitical challenges. Skilled at aligning organizational and stakeholder strategies across global structures, helping protect businesses and reputations through effective risk management.

François Benzakki, based in Paris,is cu rrently a Internal Audit Director - Corporate, Global Processes and EMEA at EssilorLuxottica. François Benzakki brings experience from previous roles at Essilor International, ABB, Deloitte and Sodexho Alliance.

Deputy Head of Ethics & Compliance at Deliveroo, Paul has 15+ years experience in Ethics & Compliance across the tech industry. He has worked in Ethics/Compliance roles at listed tech giants such as Google, Salesforce and Akamai, and also with the Tesco Group as dunnhumby’s Director of Ethics & Compliance. His focus has been overhauling ethics/compliance programs, redesigning ethics/compliance/antitrust learning and development programs, policy drafting, stakeholder management, process reengineering, public sector and third party risk.

Patricia Bailey started out her career as an international contracts lawyer. Having spent many years working on international contracts and M&A for law firms and companies such Alstom and Dresser-Rand (now Siemens), in 2011, she moved full-time into Compliance with MAN Truck & Bus (Volkswagen Group). In early 2023, Patricia moved into Compliance in the renewable energies sector with RWE. She is a graduate of the University of San Diego School of Law, holds a Ph.D. in international law from the European University Institute (Florence), and is a member of the California Bar. Based in Paris, Patricia is a French citizen and an avid scuba diver and underwater photographer.

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