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Elke Baumann joined Novartis in 1998. Since joining Novartis, Elke has held various leadership positions in United Arb Emirates and Switzerland. Today, Elke is leading Novartis’ enterprise-wide Ethics, Risk and Compliance related awareness and training program by embracing role-relevant, risk-based and innovative approaches to training. Furthermore, Elke and team are developing change management strategies on ERC’s enterprise-wide projects like Novartis’ new Code of Ethics. ore than 25 years of industry experience, in various commercial and compliance related roles, across different geographies enabled Elke to understand the challenges organizations face, when operating across diverse cultures and the importance of ethical business practices.

John is assisting the Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer with all things ethics and compliance related. His specialties include Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC) Compliance, Regulatory Investigations, Internal Audit Advisory, Fraud Investigation, Risk Management, Data Analytics and IFRS reporting.

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.

Throughout her career, Alexandra has been focusing on anti-bribery and corruption matters within two international companies under the Monitorship appointed by the US Department of Justice from both implementation and audit perspective and has been regularly contributing to the corporate investigations related to ABC matters. She started her career as an external consultant at Big 4 company supporting clients (pharma, financial institutions, industrial companies, government organizations) with fraud investigations, ABC audits and implementation of Compliance programs.

Anton 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.

Carmen is Senior Compliance Counsel at ASICS Europe, she specializes in regulatory and internal company policy compliance and commercial contract review. Before this role, she served as Head of Merger Control in the National Competition Authority of El Salvador. She holds a master degree from the University of Glasgow and a master degree from Utrecht University. 

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

Richard has over 20 years experience in sales and account management, specifically in the Governance, Risk and Compliance space, understanding the challenges and needs of highly regulated organizations and guiding them through the complex process of finding the right solution to help achieve their GRC objectives on an ongoing basis.

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