15th Global Governance & Compliance Forum

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.

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.

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

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.

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. 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.