Join compliance and legal decision-makers in this opening session to address the pressing challenges facing compliance and legal departments. Amid the cost pressures and current geopolitical milestones, we’ll explore insider risk, risk appetite, and strategies to strengthen internal frameworks and avoid enforcement actions on your company’s operations.
We will also explore the increasing demand for organisations to hire Chief Geopolitical Officers into the executive team, reflecting the increased importance of these issues in the business strategy. This panel of industry experts will also discuss best practices and case studies so that you can embed a successful compliance mindset into your day-to-day work.
• Determine risk appetite for in-house legal and compliance functions to seek out priorities in 2025, balancing efficiency and cost to create a robust compliance framework.
• Discover how to leverage data and risk indicators for a more efficient, risk-oriented compliance function, setting the standard in your organisation.
• Identify key elements of successful compliance programs and how to integrate compliance into overall business operations so that you can safeguard company interests.
• Asses what is new on the AI & Tech horizon facing compliance and legal functions, whilst examining its cost over benefit return.
• Identify changes to the existing compliance framework relating to upcoming regulatory changes
• Assess the benefits of introducing a Chief Geopolitical Officer within your organisation to expand your business and to help mitigate the emerging strategic challenge of managing overseas trade, security, and compliance-related matters in the current geopolitical climate.
• Compliance Mindset:
- Increase your awareness and training tools to develop effective training and awareness programmes that can resonate with diverse employee groups across different regions and business teams.
- Understand the experience of different companies and industries and form the optimum approach towards developing a compliance mindset.
Michael Faske
Michael is a senior executive with deep expertise in Fraud Investigation and Prevention, Financial Crime Compliance, Ethics and Integrity Programs, and Internal Controls. He has successfully delivered numerous projects, expertly navigating complex business issues, managing stakeholder expectations, and effectively collaborating with regulators across various industries. With a dynamic leadership style and excellent interpersonal and communication skills, Michael has worked extensively in both the USA and Europe. He holds a Master’s and Ph.D. in Law, is admitted to the bar in Hamburg, Germany, and is a Certified Fraud Examiner. Michael is also an accomplished author of thought leadership articles, a guest lecturer at two universities, an active public speaker, and a member of various professional organizations.
Samer Jannoun
Dr. Mathias Zadrazil
Dr. Mathias Zadrazil is Chief Compliance Officer EMEA at Zimmer Biomet in Zug since September 2023. Prior to that, he worked as General Counsel Legal & Compliance International at the US medtech company Cardinal Health. Professional career: Vice President Pharma Law at Novo Nordisk in Copenhagen, before that General Counsel L&C Europe at Novo Nordisk in Zurich. His in-house career started as Legal Counsel in Novartis Pharma AG in Basel; Before that, he was a lawyer at Vischer law firm. Mathias studied at the University of Freiburg (DE), received his doctorate from the University of Lausanne, obtained an LL.M. in Montreal and is admitted to the bar in Switzerland and Germany.
Dr. Helen Aldridge
Dr. Laura Lißner-Hölschermann
Dr. Laura Lißner-Hölschermann has been General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of OHB SE since 2022. She joined OHB SE in 2019 as Legal Counsel, in-house lawyer and Compliance Officer. Previously, she worked as a lawyer in the field of labor and social law at the international law firm Göhmann.
