15th Global Governance & Compliance Forum

Nicola Alloca

Senior executive with proven experience in various international Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) across the EU, UAE, Brazil, and China, specifically in Governance, Finance & Control functions; specialized in Risk Management, Anticorruption, Performance Improvement and Strategic Consulting; expert in transformation programs and change management.
Currently serves as the Chair of the Business at OECD Anticorruption Committee, and Co-Chair of the B20 South Africa “Integrity & Compliance” Task Force.
He holds an International MBA and is Professor of the “Responsible Business Conduct” course within the Economics and Management Master's program at the University of Rome Torvergata.
Throughout his career, he has demonstrated an exceptional ability to manage cross-cultural teams with diverse backgrounds, thriving in complex and dynamic contexts. His commitment to excellence and passion for fostering positive change underscore his professional journey.

Prof. Dr. Ruben Bahamonde

PhD in Law from the University of A Coruña, Spain. Associate Professor in the Department of Law at the Autonomous University of Lisbon, Assistant Professor at ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon, Director of the Master's Degree in Marine Governance and Sustainability at ISCTE-IUL. Integrated Researcher at the Centre for Research in Justice and Governance at the University of Minho, and member of CERGI – Centre for Business Studies: Social Responsibility and Competition, University of Santiago de Compostela. Coordinator of the research project “Self-protection and the realisation of private law” at the Ratio Legis Research Centre. Financial & Compliance Manager for the European Para Youth Games Legacy Initiative project of the European Paralympic Committee. Lawyer, arbitrator and legal advisor.

Juliane Barth

Juliane Barth is currently Compliance & Integrity Officer at Boehringer Ingelheim’s Regional Center Vienna, Austria, overseeing the compliance program management across more than 30 countries in Central and Eastern Europe. With over 15 years of leadership experience in legal and compliance roles within the pharmaceutical and energy industries, she has cultivated a diverse and robust professional portfolio. Prior to her current position, Juliane acted as in-house legal counsel responsible for negotiating international research collaborations, contract manufacturing operations, and clinical development activities. Her academic credentials include degrees in Law and Business Administration from the University of Innsbruck,  Austria.

Tatiana Caldas-Löttiger

Tatiana Caldas-Löttiger is the Founder and Executive Director of International WoMenX in Business for Ethical AI (IWIB4AI), a grassroots civil society organization advancing ethical, inclusive, and human-centric approaches to artificial intelligence.

An ex-SAP In-House Legal Counsel for Nordics and Baltic Region, and ex-Ericsson Acting Global Data & Security Expert, she combines corporate experience with her expertise as a legal futurist and humanist in AI governance. Her work today, emphasizes AI literacy, epistemic justice, and cultural intelligence (CQ) as practical tools for building safe, trustworthy AI ecosystems. Tatiana is a global speaker and facilitator contributing to international dialogues on AI ethics, regulation, and sustainable innovation.

Piotr Chmiel

Piotr Chmiel –Director of the Compliance Management Department, T-Mobile Polska S.A.

Compliance Officer at T-Mobile Polska S.A., associated with the company and compliance matters since 2009. Author of the book “Compliance. A Practical Guide” (C.H.Beck, 2024). Co-author of the Ethical Program Standard (UN Global Compact Poland).

His experience and skills in the areas of compliance, internal audit, fraud detection, and business consulting are confirmed by the following certifications: CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner), CIA (Certified Internal Auditor), CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor), and Certified Compliance Manager International (Frankfurt School of Finance and Management). He lectures on compliance-related topics at universities and publishes materials in this field.

Previously, he worked for audit and consulting firms, focusing on the analysis, evaluation, and design of control mechanisms in business and IT processes.

He graduated from the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, Faculty of Physics and Nuclear Technology.

Dr. Marcin Ciemiński

Marcin Ciemiński, PhD is a qualified Polish advocate, Partner in the Dispute Resolution Department of Clifford Chance Warsaw, Head of the White-Collar and Regulatory Group and the Healthcare, Life Sciences and Chemicals Group. Marcin specialises in disputes before state courts and arbitral tribunals including commercial disputes, public procurement, intellectual property, damages and healthcare cases. He is a renown specialist in commercial, civil and criminal law as well as medical, public procurement and insurance law. Marcin regularly handles matters concerning white-collar crime, criminal investigations, compliance and crisis management. He has substantial experience in advising clients in different aspects of criminal proceedings in Poland as well as in relation to FCPA proceedings. He also advises healthcare and life sciences sector clients on regulatory issues. As an assistant professor he lectures on commercial law at the University of Warsaw.

Antonio Giuseppe Di Pietro

Antonio Giuseppe Di Pietro - is an Italian corporate lawyer and entrepreneur with expertise in M&A, compliance and technology law. He is the founder of Lequent, a multi-practice innovation firm, and serves as Chief Legal Officer and advisory board member at PPK Innovation. Antonio also leads Di Pietro Studio Legale, his boutique law firm. Previously, he co-founded 36Brains, a European corporate intelligence and investigations firm, later acquired by multinational auditing network.

Florian von Götz

born 1976 / studied law and history in Freiburg, Madrid and Berlin / lawyer at international law firm Taylor Wessing from 2006-2010, specializing in corporate law and mergers & acquisitions / senior legal counsel at international media company Axel Springer from 2010-2017 specializing in corporate law, mergers & acquisitions and antitrust law / 2017-today Chief Compliance Officer at Axel Springer. Please see also on LinkedIn: (1) Florian von Götz | LinkedIn

Gabriela Gutierrez

Gabriela is a seasoned Ethics & Compliance executive and currently serves as Group Head of Ethics & Compliance at VEON, overseeing Investigations and AML. With over 20 years of experience in banking, mining, extractive, and technology industries, she is known for integrating ethics into business strategy to foster trust and growth. Gabriela specializes in compliance frameworks for complex regulatory environments and high-risk jurisdictions, with expertise in anti-corruption, third-party risk management, AML, M&A due diligence, and training programs. She has held leadership roles at Just Eat Takeaway.com, BHP, Deutsche Bank, and Citibank, driving initiatives that strengthened integrity across exciting markets. Gabriela holds a bachelor’s degree as a Certified Public Accountant & Auditor and dual master’s degrees in business law and Humanities from Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile, along with certifications from George Washington University and Yale, School of Management. Gabriela believes ethics and compliance build trust and drive impact. She is committed to mentoring future leaders and inspiring values-driven change in organizations.

Prof. Dr. Christian Hauser

Christian Hauser is Professor of Business Economics and International Management at the Swiss Institute for Entrepreneurship (SIFE) at the University of Applied Sciences Graubünden. He chairs the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) Working Group on Anti-Corruption and heads the first PRME Business Integrity Action Center in Europe. PRME is the academic sister initiative of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). Since 2019, Dr. Hauser has been a fellow and associate member of the Digital Society Initiative (DSI) at the University of Zurich. He was a visiting scholar at the Anti-Corruption Division, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs at the  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2024-25), the Department of Management, Society and Communication (MSC) at the Copenhagen Business School (CBS) (2022/23), the Basel Institute on Governance (2018), the W. Michael Hoffman Center for Business Ethics at Bentley University, and the Carroll School of Management at Boston College (both 2016). His research interests include international entrepreneurship, SME and private sector development, corporate responsibility, business integrity and AI ethics.

Jan-Gerrit Iken

Senior Financial Crime Executive in the financial industry - previously Deputy MLRO and Global Head of TM and Intelligence for DB, Deputy Head of Compliance and Global Head of Financial Crime Prevention at Commerzbank, Head of Compliance for Sberbank Europe, Chief Compliance Officer at Hypo Alpe Adria Bank International.

Arkadiusz Korzeniewski

Partner, Head of Corporate Crime in CEE at CMS

He has 25 years of experience in handling complex criminal and commercial disputes, in particular cases involving anti-corruption, fraud, and irregularities related to public procurement.

He provides strategic support to management and supervisory boards, and legal departments in contentious and non-contentious matters.

Arkadiusz focuses on the compliance both on preventive compliance (procedures and audits) and investigation compliance (conducting and representing clients in internal investigations). He provides advice concerning external proceedings (run by law enforcement agencies and courts). He also advices on the issues related to whistleblowers protection; he prepares and advises on procedures as well as conducts interviews the whistleblowers.

He also has unique experience in advising on international investigations, particularly those conducted by U.S. authorities.

He is recommended in white-collar crime in the international rankings Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500.

Carlos Lelo Filipe

Carlos Lelo Filipe -  (*21.06.1964) is Compliance Officer of a FinTech international Company and Lawyer, pot-Graduate in  European Studies, member of the Board of Transparency International Portugal Chapter, President of the Disciplinary Counsel of the Portuguese Basketball Federation.  Author of several articles about Compliance.

Vojtech Prerovský

Vojtech Prerovský is Chief Compliance Officer for Veolia in Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Czech Republic. He leads compliance strategy across 14 countries, with a focus on anti-corruption, governance, and other compliance risks. He has overseen the implementation of Sapin II and ISO 37001 frameworks, achieving first-time certifications across several jurisdictions. Vojtech also serves on the boards of Veolia subsidiaries and brings extensive experience in managing cross-border compliance programs, regulatory engagement from financial services industry (14+ years as head of legal and compliance and Board member) and ethics transformation in complex markets.

Marcin Szczepański

Marcin Szczepański, Head of Compliance at Siemens Energy, responsible for Central & Eastern Europe and Central Asia
With Siemens group since 2001, gaining experience in various functions in Poland incl. Controlling & Accounting, Treasury and Corporate Strategy as well as 3 years spent at Siemens AG Headquarters in Munich/Germany.
Member of various Compliance committees incl. Warsaw Stock Exchange, Polish German Chamber of Commerce (AHK) and Compliance Institute.
Lecturer at several events and post-graduate Compliance studies at Warsaw School of Economics and Lazarski University.
Master of Finance and Banking at the Warsaw School of Economics („SGH”), as well as member of ACCA.

Maria Thestrup 

With over 20 years of experience across the UN, biotech, and pharma, in global Ethics, Risk & Compliance (ERC) roles, Maria bridge legal experience, enterprise risk management with ethical leadership to support sustainable, responsible impact and innovation that serves public health worldwide. Her expertise spans across responsible use of AI in ethics, risk and compliance program development and implementation, governance optimization, third-party due diligence, and investigations management. She is passionate about solutions that empower organizations to thrive ethically and operationally while navigating increasingly complex global financial, geopolitical and operational challenges.

Maria is a lawyer by background with substantial experience in establishing, transforming or enhancing global corporate ethics & compliance programs, translating and embedding Global Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption standards, Sanctions, AML, COI, managing Government investigations, efficient and effective enterprise risk management, enterprise policy management, and optimization through responsible AI use and governance. She is an enabler of strong board oversight through best in-class governance reporting and trusted advisory.

Dr. Pedro Trovão do Rosário 

PhD in Law (Constitutional Law – Political Law), he began teaching in higher education in September 1991, initially as a Law graduate, and since 2008 with a scientific Doctorate in Law (PhD) from UNED - Madrid. University lecturer without interruption since 1991, currently an Associate Professor, always in the area of ​​Law, in Bachelor's, Master's and Doctorate courses at Portuguese, Spanish and Brazilian Universities, as well as at the Portuguese Bar Association and also in higher education institutions in postgraduate and MBA courses. Currently Director of the Law Department of the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa - UAL, President of ECII – Ethical & Compliance International Institute, President of the Study Group on Training and Interdisciplinary Relations (GEFRI) of the CRE of the Portuguese Bar Association.

Honorary Doctorate from ULAC – Latin American and Caribbean University, based in Caracas, Venezuela; Member of IACL/AIDC – International Association of Constitutional Law; Honorary Member of the Institute of Brazilian Lawyers – IAB.

Lawyer in continuous practice since 1993 (he began his internship at the Portuguese Bar Association in 1991) and currently works at “Trovão do Rosário & Associados – Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL”

Prof. Dr. Wim Vandekerckhove

Wim Vandekerckhove - is (Full) Professor of Business Ethics at EDHEC Business School in France. His expertise is in business ethics, trustworthiness, and whistleblowing. Wim has provided advice to various organisations, including Council of Europe, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Transparency International, the UK Department of Health, the UK Financial Conduct Authority, and the British Standards Institute (BSI) on governance. He led the development of ISO-37002, the international standard for Whistleblowing Management Systems, and participated in developing BSI-25700 Organizational Responses to Modern Slavery. He led the development of SUSA, a free online tool for speak-up self-assessment. Wim also serves as a section editor for the Journal of Business Ethics.

Dr. Silvija Vig

Dr. Silvija Vig is an international expert, consultant, trainer, and author in the fields of compliance, business and behavioral ethics, organizational culture, compliance program implementation, and anti-corruption. She has more than 25 years of managerial experience in Croatia and the wider region.
She earned her Ph.D. at the Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb, focusing on the impact of business ethics on corporate performance. Dr. Vig holds prestigious international certifications including CCEP-I (Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional – International) and LPEC (Leadership Professional in Ethics & Compliance). She is also a certified international trainer for ISO 37301 (Compliance Management Systems), ISO 37001 (Anti-Bribery Management Systems), ISO 31000 (Risk Management), and a certified Data Protection Officer (DPO).
In addition, she is an Executive Coach, NLP Master Practitioner, and Certified Cultural Transformation Tools (CTT) Consultant. Since 2018, she has been a member of the ICC Croatia Commission on Corporate Responsibility and Anti-Corruption, and as of 2025 serves as Chair of the Ethics Committee of INA Group, a Croatian oil company.
Dr. Vig has extensive academic and teaching experience in management and business ethics, and is currently a lecturer at RIT Croatia (Rochester Institute of Technology), where she teaches Business Ethics and CSR. She is the author of numerous academic and professional papers on ethics, compliance, and organizational culture, as well as the book Business Ethics.
She has actively contributed to several international anti-corruption projects in cooperation with the UN, OECD, USAID, CIPE, and DPI, and is a frequent speaker at leading international compliance and ethics conferences.