Today's guest in my integrity talk is Rupert Evill. Rupert shares his experience – seeing what works in high-stakes frontline situations – to help organisations better predict, prevent, and respond to risks. Rupert is the founder of Ethics Insight and has more than 20 years of experience managing risks across 30 sectors and 50+ countries. He worked in roles focused on investigations, counter-terrorism, intelligence gathering, crisis response, and ethics & compliance advisory support....

Today's guest in my integrity talk is Elena Kovaleva. Get insights how compliance supports companies doing business in the legal way and how she challenges corporate compliance standards and silos, and believes compliance should be simple and logical. Elena Kovaleva is a global certified compliance expert with 15+ experience in compliance in large international companies, such as GE, Microsoft, ERG, working in regional and HQ levels, supporting board's compliance committees and stablishing...

Today's guest in my integrity talk is Andrew Samuels. Get insights why investing in whistle blowing programs can have very large return on investment and how the international standard for whistleblowing management systems has been developed. Andrew Samuels is the founder and CEO of WislPort and is widely recognised as a thought leader in whistleblowing operations. Prior to founding WislPort, Andrew has over 20 years of experience delivering complex programmes in the Financial Services,...

Today's guest in my integrity talk is Mohamed Saad. Get insights when we talk about what role corporate integrity plays in his current function as the Deputy CEO at the Casablanca Stock Exchange or what typical situations are when the topic lands on his desk when it comes to corporate integrity. Mohamed is an IT and Digital Expert since 1991 and has 32 years of experience in Industry and Finance Sectors. He is the Past-President of Moroccan IT & Digital Association. Mohammed graduated...

WHATThe last two years when the world was in the pandemic mode the vulnerabilities in the cyber territory became more obvious than ever before. Often, the overconfidence of the boards and their management teams when it comes to the resistance and resilience of their cyber security put the organisations at risk. In this episode you will learn to understand the root cause. Have a deep understanding of the organisations resistance and resilience is one of the key responsibilities we as board...

Today's guest in my integrity talk is Marlene Uetz.  She is a Swiss-born multi-lingual global entrepreneur, executive coach and board member. She has lived, worked, and studied in Europe, Asia, USA, and Latin America. Marlene Co-founded one of the world’s first Gobal Coaching Boutique in Geneva over 30 years ago – I J. Martin & Co. Limited and she is the Managing Director of the Singapore company for more than ten years now. She is passionate about promoting principles-based governance...

In todays episode I talk about why the right team set up will let you achieve outstanding achievements. Whenever you are in the situation to build the best team for a delicate project one of the advice, we share in our peer group is “don’t look at the obvious data only”. This is also true when you have to set up your investigations team – no matter whether you plan to perform an internal or external investigation. Learn in this episode why it so important having the right skill set within...

In today's episode Sonja is guest in the podcast «Great Women in Compliance» co-hosted by Lisa Fine and Mary Shirley. Sonja talks about her understanding of corporate integrity and gives insights about the challenges she has faced as a female leader and entrepreneur, and also where her own integrity was challenged verly early in her career. Just a few highlights of the interview with Sonja Corporate integrity is the DNA, the deep understanding of the agreed set of values you have in a...

Today's guest in my integrity talk is Werner Schiesser. He looks back to an executive career in the field of professional services for more than 40 years and he now focuses on his different board functions as chairman or member in several - very interesting companies mainly located in Switzerland. Get insights when we talk about the expectations he has when he trusts external advisors and what kind of red flags he sees in that specific industry when it comes to integrity. Just a few...

WHATThe impact on corporate integrity the board has is huge and there are different factors which can positively contribute. Today’s episode reflects on different case studies with the goal that also you identify the advantages and disadvantages of the individual constellations in boards. WHYThe most crucial argument why diversity in the borad room is important is that a diverse team - no matter in which room - increases corporate integrity which is fundemental for an organisations going...

Would you like to learn about the insights and experiences in external audit and quality control? Let's do that together with Patricia Bielmann whose professional knowledge and skills to ensure competent service was always a matter close to her heart. Patricia Bielmann has >25 years of experience as Auditor and Advisor for Financial Service Companies. In addition to that she has in depth experience advising clients in the finance area on complex transactions such as business...

WHATIn todays episode we talk about how to tell the supplier that he or she puts an organisation at cyber risk and what can be done to to mitigate the exposure. WHYThird-party suppliers take on business operations functions and with that these benefits create significant cyber risks. With outsourcing, the vulnerability increases by generating new access points for cyber fraudsters. The ones responsible need to understand how organizations can implement proper third-party cyber risk...

Would you like to learn about how to successfully implementing and managing programs and structures aligning with international standards and frameworks? Let's do that together Salah Eddine Mahrach. He is a leading, trusted GRC professional with more than 18years of business experience in banking, financial services, and energy sectors. He is also one of the founders of the ISACA Moroccan chapter, where he serves as secretary General. Just a few highlights of our conversation with...

WHATWhile in episode 48 the human factor and its biases have been outlined let's focus in this episode on the key principles in the interview process. The key principles you will learn in this episode can also be used as the checklist or collection for reflection. WHYConducting interviews can be one of the most insightful parts of an investigation and – if correctly done – leads to the missing parts of your big picture. It helps you to get additional facts to understand what happened....

Would you like to learn about the insights and experiences of a real human resource expert who conducted hundreds of ethics investigations every year for over five years – leading to terminations for harassment, theft, discrimination, etc in public procurement law reform, legislation drafting, ethics and compliance advisory activity? Let's do that together with Melanie Shong. She has over 30 years in leadership developmentand human resource management and she is a Certified Corporate...

WHATIn todays episode we talk about how to deal with our own human behaviour in interviews. When it comes to the art of investigating the facts – interviews are one of the core disciplines with the inherent challenge of human behaviour on different levels. WHYUnderstanding the power of human behaviour in interviews, is one of the key success factors for individuals in-charge with the interview process. We can make a step into more clarity and transparency by asking the right questions in the...

Would you like to take a closer look to cyber security? Let's do that together with Vilius Benetis. Vilius is the Director at NRD Cyber Security in Lithuania and brings more than twenty years of relevant experience in his field. He is also serving as a board member at North European Cybersecurity Cluster called NECC lectures and is invited as speaker all over the world. His commitment and professionality is highly appreciated. Just a few highlights of our conversation with Vilius: Integrity...

WHATIn todays episode we talk about one of the non-delegable responsibilities of executives: risk management as an activity undertaken to support the strategy. WHYOne of the issues that is often seen in risk (and performance) management initiatives is a lack of clarity around the strategy and objectives. The initiatives – not only in risk management - lack a strategic context. And as discussed in Episode 44, the big picture plays an important role again. The question asked is “what are our...

Would you like to learn about practical insights and perspectives of quality management, sustainability, and safety? Let's do that together with Kathrin Cornelius. She brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in global industrial companies. like Siemens and Thyssenkrupp. Next to that she chairs the Swiss Management Organization Chapter of Central Switzerland and lectures at different business schools. She says from herself that compliance is one of the most important topics that...

WHATIf you are leading large internal or external investigation you know about the importance of keeping the big picture. But how to manage it in times when exactly that key element seems to be a challenge? In today’s episode three ares are introduced when the big picture could be at risk. WHYNo matter what project (and it is not only related to investigations) is on your top priority list, the ability to keep the big picture helps any leader on a daily basis and enables profound...

Would you like to learn about the insights and experiences in public procurement law reform, legislation drafting, ethics and compliance advisory activity? Let's do that together with Francesca Calise who never looked for a job but always wants to make the difference. She was and is in legal, a procurement officer in international organizations such as the UN, the EU, the EBRD and others, in different countries and multicultural contexts (e.g., Albania, Kosovo, Haiti, Poland, Lebanon and...

WHATPreventing fraud increases profitability and that is one of the most underestimated results in the mindset of the C-level. Are you curious how to improve your profitability by preventing fraud and fostering a culture of integrity? Learn in this episode how you are able to boost your profit with six practical pillars. Establishing and implementing strong, understandable, and practical internal policies Update relevant training Establish a reporting process Set and “rolemodel” the tone at...

Would you like to learn about practical insights and perspectives of fraud, leading and managing global investigations? Let's do that together with Mary Breslin. She is an expert in internal audit, fraud, accounting and management with more than 25 years of experience. She has led fraud investigations in numerous countries spanning six continents. She also gained her experience with working for global companies like Costco, Barclay’s Capital, ConocoPhillips, and Boart Longyear. Just a few...

Analysing our first 39 episodes of our podcast we launched in 2021 it was interesting to see what you as our listeners downloaded most. And here you see the top tree topics of 2021: Fraud Crises Compliance These topics were the ones resonating most. Therefore - after a short reflection on where we stand now – in January 2022 – you have the chance to listen to the main parts of these three episodes in our todays Special Edition. With these three episodes we cover the following aspects you...