Agenda Day 2, Thursday, April 10, 2025:   (see Agenda Day 1)     (back to GRC EMEA Event Summary)

09.00 – Opening Remarks from the Chair

09.00 - Leadership Compliance Accountability: Addressing Workforce Expectations

·        Compliance and the ‘employee experience’

·        Generational and cultural compliance considerations

·        Leadership and the compliance landscape: a complex relationship

Virginie Liautaud, Head of Compliance –Europe and Latin America, Ericsson

 

09.40 – Why Data is Essential for GRC

·        Ensuring data quality and usability

·        Automation of GRC activities

·        Complexities in GRC integration

·        Impact of KPIs/Dashboards/Incentive Schemes in GRC data quality

Timo Schulte, Head Ethics & Compliance Data Science and Insights, Takeda

Natalie Bobuska, Senior Manager for Data Science and Data Analytics E&C, Takeda

 

10.20 – Driving Regulatory and Financial Benefits from Customs and Sanctions Compliance

In this presentation will be shared the journey of trade compliance maturity for Braskem and how this brings both financial and regulatory benefits around sanctions adherence, customs optimization and HS classficication.

Part of the presentation will be calculated benefits and the methodology as well as most recommended trade compliance KPI’s for a global company.

Ruud Altena, Regional Head of Compliance, Europe and Asia, Braskem

 

11.00 – Morning Coffee and Networking

 

11.40 Launching an Internal Ombuds Office: The Culture Change Factor

·        Speak-up universe:   people sharing ideas, concerns, etc.

·        Culture change needed to give people a voice that the company hears

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

 

12.20 - Setting up an Effective 3rd Party Due Diligence Program

·        Your “KYC/KYP”: Implementing a comprehensive KYC/KYP program that addresses broad compliance risks, including anti-bribery and anti-corruption, etc.

·        Ensure that your 3rd party compliance program is flexible to withstand the dynamic regulatory landscape

Dominik Becker, Chief Compliance Officer, Grohe

 

13.00 – Lunch Break

 

14.00  – Managing Governance in a Storm of Regulatory Change

·        How we are managing (inter alia) EU Taxonomy, CSRD, CS3D, EU AI Act, EU Data Governance Act, etc., and their UK and US equivalents, in a decentralized, multinational organization

·        Regulatory real time mapping of relevant legislation

·        Promote a healthy corporate compliance culture to respond to the oversight authorities demands.

·        Ensure independence for governance programs to perform and power to comply while effectively collaborating with multiple compliance functions across the organisation

Mark Lemon, SVP, Assurance & Control, Skanska

 

14.40 - Integrated GRC in a Complex Ecosystem

·        Introduction setting the stage - Briefly introduce CGIAR, its mission, and the complexity of its ecosystem, which includes partnerships, research centres, and a commitment to sustainable development goals

·        The case for integrated GRC in CGIAR - Explain how an integrated GRC framework helps to align objectives, standardise processes, and maintain oversight across entities, enhancing decision-making and resilience

·        Internal Audit role in Enabling integrated GRC - Assurance beyond compliance, Promoting accountability and transparency, importance of a quality Internal audit function (new  GIAS standards), relationship with governance bodies

·        Key takeaways: importance of a holistic overview and the value obtained

Elbert Hidding, Chief Audit Executive, CGIAR

 

15.20 – sponsor session

16.00 – Closing Remarks from the Chair and End of Forum

(see agenda Day One)  (Back to GRC EMEA Event Summary)