16th Global Governance & Integrity Forum

The 16th Global Governance & Integrity Forum will take place on September 7th and 8th 2026 in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany

Venue: Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), 1h from Berlin, Germany

DAY 1: September 7th

DAY 2: September 8th

Nicolla Allocca
Nicola Allocca is Chair of the Integrity & Anti-Corruption Committee at Business at OECD (BIAC), leading the private sector dialogue with the OECD on business integrity, anti-corruption and responsible AI. He is Professor of Responsible Business Conduct at the University of Rome Tor Vergata and has held senior executive roles in governance, risk management, resilience and compliance within major international organizations.

A frequent speaker at international forums, he is the founder of the Zero Corruption Manifesto initiative and actively promotes the use of artificial intelligence to strengthen integrity, transparency and trust across public and private institutions. His work focuses on shaping inclusive, resilient and forward-looking business ecosystems through ethics, innovation and effective governance.

Katja Bechtel
Katja is an international expert in business integrity, anti-corruption, and governance. She is currently Senior Advisor to Leadership and Global Strategy Lead, Business Integrity, at Transparency International, where her work sits at the intersection of civil society, international institutions, and the private sector. She previously held a senior role at the World Economic Forum and, over 20 years, has advised companies and international organizations on anti-corruption and financial crime strategy and on structuring public-private partnerships, initiating and leading several multi-stakeholder initiatives. Katja has also served in leadership capacities with the Business 20 (B20) Integrity & Compliance Task Force and other international platforms, and continues to work closely with regulators, civil society, and global business on advancing integrity in practice.

Adrijana Bergant

Andrijana has over a decade of experience in establishing and managing compliance and integrity programs in highly regulated, publicly listed organizations. She has led expert and project teams, delivered employee and leadership training, developed policies and systems, and provided high-level corporate advisory services.

With more than 17 years of international, cross-industry experience, she supports compliance, ethics, legal, and business professionals by sharing practical methods, processes, and tools drawn from her extensive hands-on experience.

She speaks, writes, and teaches on effective compliance and ethics management systems, integrity leadership, ethical culture, corporate resilience, and the business value of integrity.

Her areas of expertise include compliance and integrity risk management, regulatory risk management, third-party risk management, conflict of interest prevention, anti-corruption, and good business conduct. Most recently, she has focused on the practical aspects of AI Governance and Compliance.

İnci Bozokluoğlu
İnci Bozokluoğlu serves as the Corporate Sustainability and Compliance Manager at ENKA İnşaat ve Sanayi A.Ş. (ENKA). A Civil Engineering graduate of Istanbul Technical University and the State University of New York, she later completed a master’s degree in Engineering Management at Galatasaray University.
After gaining experience across various fields of engineering, she transitioned into management systems and internal audit. This multidisciplinary background laid the foundation for her move into sustainability and compliance. In her current role, she is responsible for managing ENKA’s sustainability and compliance functions, covering sustainability, ESG reporting, ethics and compliance, risk management, internal investigations, community relations, and social accountability. She is also a member of the audit boards of the Ethics and Reputation Society (TEİD) and the Private Sector Volunteers Association.

Catherine Delhaye-Kulich
Catherine Delhaye is the Chief Ethics, Compliance, and Data Protection
Officer at the Valeo Group that she joined in March 2012.
She is a member of the Executive Committee, serves on the Operational
Risk Committee and the AI Governance Committee, and chairs the
Whistleblowing Committee. Catherine Delhaye started her career as a Lawyer specializing in
technology law and Personal Data Protection at the law firm Alain
Bensoussan. She then joined Accenture for 16 years holding various roles,
including General Counsel for France and Benelux, Vice President of
Ethics and Social Responsibility for France and Benelux, Deputy General
Counsel for Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, and finally
Global Head of Ethics and Compliance. Ms. Catherine Delhaye is also a member of the International Women’s Forum and a co-founder and former President of the “Cercle de la Compliance”. She is a frequent speaker at conferences in France and abroad.

Cristian Ducu

Cristian is a Senior Expert in Governance, Ethics, Compliance and Sustainability. With 20 years of consulting experience in this field, his projects took him across a multitude of industries and organizational profiles, from Pharma and MedTech to Banking and FMCG. He has both academic and professional background, conducting research in Ethics & Compliance and using the results to inform strategic decisions in public and private organizations.

He currently serves as President of the Ethics Commission of Romanian National Association of Insurance and Reinsurance Organizations, an organization representing 90% of the Romanian insurance industry. Cristian is regularly involved in activities that shape important public policies, laws and governmental mechanisms on integrity and ethics institutionalization in the public and private sectors.

Carlos Lelo Filipe

Carlos Lelo Filipe 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.

Dr. Jürgen Gleichauf
Jürgen joined Daimler in 1998 as an in-house attorney. Initially, he was responsible for purchasing law, logistics, and IT at smart and later at DaimlerChrysler. In 2003, he transferred to the procurement department of Mercedes-Benz Cars and Vans. From 2010 to 2012, he worked overseas with Mercedes-Benz South Africa, where he led the purchasing export department.
After returning to Germany, he took on the role of Divisional Compliance Officer for Mercedes-Benz Cars before becoming Head of Legal Processes and Prevention in 2016. In November 2017, Jürgen was appointed Vice President Legal Product & Technical Compliance in the Integrity and Legal Affairs division of Mercedes-Benz Group AG (Daimler AG until January 2022).
In addition, he assumed the role of Chief Compliance Officer in 2021 and was appointed Human Rights Officer in January 2023. Since 2026, he has been serving as Chief Integrity and Compliance Officer, with extended responsibility for the Integrity function.

Dr. Eckart Gottschalk

Dr. Eckart Gottschalk provides comprehensive support and advice to companies on corporate governance matters. A key focus of his work is strategic compliance consulting, as well as the establishment and further development of compliance structures and the conduct of comprehensive compliance risk analyses. Furthermore, he has many years of experience conducting internal investigations to clarify and address compliance violations, including assisting numerous clients with regulatory investigations.

In addition, Dr. Eckart Gottschalk provides comprehensive advice to managing directors, board members, supervisory board members, and advisory board members on management and board-related issues as well as governance topics.

Dr. Eckart Gottschalk is a regular contributor to the journal Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsrecht (GWR) published by C. H. Beck. He has taken on the role of editor for the topic of whistleblowing in the journal comply and is a member of comply’s editorial advisory board.

He joined CMS in late 2006 after serving as a Joseph Story Research Fellow at Harvard Law School (Cambridge, Mass.) in 2005 and 2006. Dr. Eckart Gottschalk became a partner in 2014.

Rohia Hakimová
Rohia Hakimová is the Group AML & Compliance Officer at CTP, one of Europe’s largest listed owners and developers of industrial and logistics real estate. She has more than 20 years of experience in compliance, corporate governance, anti-money laundering and internal investigations across the public and private sectors, with previous experience at a Big Four firm and in the banking sector.
At CTP, she established the Group’s compliance and AML framework and oversees compliance activities across its international operations. She is also an Executive Board Member of the Czech Compliance Association and regularly contributes to professional discussions on whistleblowing, corporate integrity, investigations and compliance management. Rohia holds a Master of Laws degree in Data Protection and Cybersecurity and is a certified ISO 37301 Lead Implementer.

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.

Joanna Jeżewska

Attorney-at-Law and Director of the Compliance Management Office at ORLEN S.A., formerly Chief Compliance Officer at PGNiG S.A. She graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, the British Centre for English and European Legal Studies at the University of Warsaw, and completed postgraduate studies in the energy sector at the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), as well as postgraduate studies in renewable energy sources at the Warsaw University of Technology. Joanna serves as a Non-Governmental Advisor to the International Competition Network (ICN). Her professional experience focuses on compliance, competition law, and regulated markets, with particular expertise in the energy sector and publicly listed companies.

Lucie Jones 

Lucie Jones is Senior Specialist, Governance and Integrity and Compliance Officer at the Basel Institute on Governance. Her work focuses on helping organisations strengthen governance arrangements, manage integrity and compliance risks, and build the structures and culture needed to deliver their objectives. In addition to advising external clients, she oversees integrity and compliance initiatives across the Basel Institute in her role as Compliance Officer.

She recently completed a multi-year project to strengthen the evidence base for anti-corruption Collective Action and regularly delivers training and speaks on governance and integrity.

Prior to joining the Basel Institute in 2022, Lucie was Chief of Staff and later Head of Governance & Strategy at Cochrane, the world’s leading evidence-based healthcare organisation. As a member of the senior management team, she was responsible for governance and strategy functions, leading organisational planning and change initiatives, supporting the Board and executive leadership, and managing complex projects and programmes across a global network.

Lucie holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Anthropology from the University of Oxford and has a particular interest in how organisational culture and human behaviour influence governance, compliance and institutional performance.

Joanna Kieszek

Attorney-at-Law specializing in intellectual property law, new technologies, and data protection. She is an AI Project Manager holding certifications including AI for Managers, The Law of AI for Business, Artificial Intelligence Management Systems Lead Auditor ISO/IEC 42001, and Approved Compliance Officer.
She is a certified Data Protection Officer and expert with extensive experience in implementing GDPR compliance frameworks within large organizations. A frequent speaker at national and international conferences, she also authors training programs and webinars on artificial intelligence.
She serves as Compliance Team Leader and Ethics Officer at Totalizator Sportowy, and is a member of expert groups within the European Lotteries and the Polish Chamber of Digital Economy (e-Izba). An experienced manager, she specializes in developing strategies and leading innovative AI-driven projects. She is also a co-creator of the KidneyUp mobile application.

Arkadiusz Korzeniewski

Arkadiusz Korzeniewski is an Attorney-at-Law and Partner in the Dispute Resolution Practice at CMS. He leads the Corporate Crime practice across the Central and Eastern Europe region and heads the White-Collar Crime and Compliance team in Poland. With nearly twenty years of experience, Arkadiusz has advised and represented clients in complex criminal and commercial disputes, particularly in matters involving anti-corruption, fraud, and irregularities related to public procurement. His expertise covers compliance from both a preventive perspective (policies, procedures, and internal controls) and an investigative perspective (representing clients in internal investigations). He also provides strategic advice in external proceedings conducted by law enforcement authorities and courts, as well as on whistleblower protection matters. Arkadiusz assists clients in designing and implementing whistleblowing frameworks and reporting procedures, as well as conducting interviews with whistleblowers. In addition, he has unique experience in advising on international investigations, particularly those led by U.S. enforcement authorities.

Hanno Kunkel

Patrick Wellens brings 30+ years’ experience in Governance, Risk and Compliance in the pharma, FMCG and manufacturing industry. For the last 12 years he worked at pharma company as country compliance officer and privacy officer Switzerland and global divisional compliance officer where he designed and implemented the compliance management system. He also worked as a senior manager within Big4 Forensics department helping Boards and Chief Compliance Officers with compliance, fraud prevention, detection, and investigation services and as a Corporate Audit Manager for a German based pharma company where he builds and professionalized the internal audit department.

Patrick is Chairman of Ethics & Compliance Switzerland, the not-for-profit organization that develops the Swiss compliance community and shares best practices in ethics and compliance. He also actively engages with ENFCO – European Federation of compliance officers – and is also a member of the editorial board of the Society for Corporate Compliance and Ethics and Board member of Association of Corporate Investigators, the leading worldwide association to develop professional standards for investigations. He is also part of the team that won the Financial Times EMEA award for most innovative legal and compliance team.

Dr. Adam Liber

Dr. Adam Liber, PhD, LL.M., is Managing Partner and Attorney-at-Law at BLB Legal in Budapest, where he co-heads the firm’s Digital / Technology practice. His work focuses on data protection, AI and digital regulation, cybersecurity and information security compliance, technology law and competition law. He is Vice-President of the Hungarian Corporate Compliance Society and Head of its Data Protection and Technology Working Group, and Secretary General of the Hungarian Association of Competition Law. Adam holds CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP and CISM certifications and is included in the European Data Protection Board’s Support Pool of Experts reserve list for both legal and technical expertise.

Dr. Branka van der Linden
Dr. Branka van der Linden is the founder of Meaningful Synergies and L&D Director of Cyprus Compliance Association. A specialist in compliance, governance, and leadership development, she empowers professionals globally through training, mentoring, and holistic consulting. Her mission focuses on lifelong learning, cultural intelligence, and compassionate leadership.

Prof. Dr. Bartosz Makowicz

Professor Dr. Bartosz Makowicz is Chair of the Department of Polish and German Public Law, European and Business Law, and Compliance Management at the Faculty of Law of the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany. He is one of the founders of the Viadrina Compliance Center, an interdisciplinary research institution at the European University Viadrina dedicated to a holistic approach to Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) research. Professor Makowicz serves on the scientific advisory boards of numerous professional associations and academic journals. He is the author of a wide range of scholarly publications and regularly presents at national and international conferences on compliance, corporate governance and related legal issues. He chairs the German Institute for Standardization (DIN) committee responsible for the development of ISO standards for Compliance Management Systems and serves as Head of the German delegation within the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Dr. Anna-Maija Mertens
Since 1 April 2024, Dr. Anna-Maija Mertens has served as Executive Board Member of DICO – German Institute for Compliance. Prior to this role, she was Managing Director of Transparency International Germany for more than nine years. Before that, she served as Executive Director of the Finnish Institute in Germany.
Since September 2024, Dr. Mertens has been serving on a voluntary basis as President of the European Movement Germany and is actively involved in various advisory boards and committees.
Holding a PhD in Political Science, she teaches Political Decision-Making and Lobbying at the Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR Berlin), as well as Anti-Corruption at the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy at the University of Erfurt.
Dr. Anna-Maija Mertens holds both German and Finnish citizenship.

Farzana Mohomed

Farzana Mohomed is the Chief Compliance Officer at AD Ports Group. An attorney and Certified Fraud Examiner with over 25 years of experience, she is a "Compliance Nomad" who has navigated complex regulatory landscapes across the maritime, logistics, and digital transformation sectors. Her career spans leadership roles at PwC, IBM, Maersk, and NEOM, as well as serving as Co-Chair for the B20 Integrity & Compliance Task Forces in Brazil and South Africa. Specializing in international sanctions and anti-corruption, Farzana champions a "business-enabler" philosophy, transforming global compliance frameworks into strategic advantages for large-scale infrastructure and global trade.

Cecilia Müller Torbrand

Cecilia leads Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN), a global business network working toward the vision of a maritime industry free of corruption that enables fair trade to the benefit of society at large. She was one of the front drivers for MACN establishment in 2011. MACN has under Cecilia’s leadership grown significantly, won multiple awards, and is considered to be one of the pre-eminent examples of collective action to tackle corruption.

Cecilia is an experienced anti-corruption expert over 15 years of expertise in the compliance field. She has multinational experience within shipping and trade and has been responsible for anti-corruption efforts globally; trained management and Captains worldwide; implemented whistle blowing systems; rolled out country-specific anti-corruption campaigns, and conducted risk assessments, audits, and misconduct investigations. She has led and initiated public private partnerships to tackle corruption globally including Nigeria, Egypt, Ukraine, India and Argentina. She has been awarded “Compliance Officer of the Year” by the C5 Women in Compliance Awards and is a regularly invited anti-corruption expert by various stakeholders e.g., UK House of Lords and Transparency International. Cecilia has served regularly as a member of the B20 Task Force for Integrity and Compliance. She is a guest lecturer at the World Maritime University and International Anti-Corruption Academy.

Prof. Dr. Volker Perthes
Dr Volker Perthes is an internationally renowned scholar, commentator, and former UN diplomat. He is currently associated as a Senior Distinguished Fellow with the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP). At the United Nations, he served, among other things, as Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Sudan and Head of UNITAMS (Feb 2021-Oct 2023), and as Head of the Independent Strategic Review of UNAMI (Iraq) (Oct 2023-March 2024) with the rank of Under-Secretary-General. Prior to this, from 2005 to 2020, Perthes was Executive Chairman and Director of SWP, the German Institute for International and Security Affairs. In 2015-2016, he also served as UN Assistant Secretary-General and Senior Advisor to the UN Special Envoy for Syria. Perthes earned his doctoral degree in 1990 from the University of Duisburg. He was an assistant professor at the American University of Beirut from 1991 to 1993, an adjunct professor at Humboldt University Berlin from 2006 to 2019, and also taught international relations at other schools. Perthes has authored numerous books and articles on the Middle East, Europe, and international affairs. His latest book “The Multipolarisation of the World. A Geopolitical Guide” was published (in German) by Suhrkamp-Verlag, Berlin, in 2026
 

Dr. Mariia Polomoshnova
Senior risk and compliance executive with 17+ years of experience in enterprise risk management, governance, and ethics & compliance across regulated financial institutions, the humanitarian sector, and complex international environments.Currently serves as Compliance Manager at PAH and as a Member of the Board of Advisors at Cacumator Mentorship, advising the Board of Trustees on governance, risk, and compliance matters. Former Chief Risk Officer of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society, with prior board- and executive-level roles in leading Ukrainian and foreign banks, including service as Independent Director, Audit Committee Chair, and Member of the Risk and Nomination Committees. PhD in Economics; holds a Master's degree with honours in Cybersecurity, a Master's degree with honours in Banking Business, and an MBA in General Management. Certified ISO 37301 Senior Lead Implementer and ISO 31000 Senior Lead Risk Manager (PECB); holds the ICA International Diploma in Governance, Risk and Compliance and GRC Professional (GRCP), GRC Auditor (GRCA), and Integrated AI Professional certifications. Author of 21 peer-reviewed articles on compliance, risk management, and financial regulation, and a speaker at international conferences on corporate governance, risk, and compliance across Europe. Globally recognized with the "Compliance Program of the Year" award (2025) and selected as an ICA Awards finalist (2026).

Vojtech Prerovský

Vojtech Prerovský currently serves as Chief Compliance Officer at Veolia Group for the Central and Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia region. He is responsible for the compliance development strategy across fourteen countries and coordinates a network of more than fifteen compliance officers and dozens of compliance ambassadors. Under his leadership, Veolia achieved the historically first certified implementation of the ISO 37001 anti-bribery standard in several countries within the CEE region.

In the past, he served as a member of the board of directors and director of the legal and compliance department at Aegon in the Czech Republic. He also gained experience as Chief Compliance Officer for AXA CZ & SK.

Vojtech is a certified ISO 37001 internal auditor, holds the European IAPP certification (CIPP/E) in personal data protection, and is a graduate of a sustainability course at the University of Chemistry and Technology (UCT) Prague. He is a member of the executive board of the Czech Compliance Association and actively contributes to the development of ethical business and good governance in the CEE region.

Gabe Shawn Varges
Gabe Shawn Varges has extensive international experience as an executive, regulator, advisor, and academic.
He is Senior Partner, HCM International and Senior Lecturer, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.   
Earlier he served as Group Chief Compliance Officer,  Zurich Insurance Group, and Head of Governance,  FINMA (the Swiss  regulator).
He has served on various boards, including as  Chairman, Ethics & Compliance Switzerland.  An author of numerous publications, he is a graduate of Harvard, where he also served as Teaching Fellow.

Prof. Dr. Birgit Snijder-Kuipers
Birgit Snijder-Kuipers is Professor of Corporate Compliance and Anti-Money Laundering at Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands and partner of Eye on AML B.V., specialized in advice, audit and education on anti-money laundering for financial institutions as well as non-financial institutions. Birgit is also Professor of the International Union of Notaries (UINL) focusing on corporate law and anti-money laundering. She publishes books, chapters in books and articles on corporate law and anti-money laundering. Birgit is chief-editor of the Journal Compliance, Ethics and Sustainability and editor of other law journals.

Martyna Ściborowska

Martyna Ściborowska is Head of Compliance at ERGO Technology & Services S.A., part of the Munich Re/ERGO Group. With over 19 years of experience in regulatory compliance and corporate governance, she has served as Chief Compliance Officer at Amundi and Agora S.A., with earlier experience in compliance at NN Investment Partners TFI — now part of Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

Patrick Wellens
Patrick Wellens brings 30+ years’ experience in Governance, Risk and Compliance in the pharma, FMCG and manufacturing industry. For the last 12 years he worked at pharma company as country compliance officer and privacy officer Switzerland and global divisional compliance officer where he designed and implemented the compliance management system. He also worked as a senior manager within Big4 Forensics department helping Boards and Chief Compliance Officers with compliance, fraud prevention, detection, and investigation services and as a Corporate Audit Manager for a German based pharma company where he builds and professionalized the internal audit department. Patrick is Chairman of Ethics & Compliance Switzerland, the not-for-profit organization that develops the Swiss compliance community and shares best practices in ethics and compliance. He also actively engages with ENFCO – European Federation of compliance officers – and is also a member of the editorial board of the Society for Corporate Compliance and Ethics and Board member of Association of Corporate Investigators, the leading worldwide association to develop professional standards for investigations. He is also part of the team that won the Financial Times EMEA award for most innovative legal and compliance team.

Dr. Jacob Wende
Dr. Jacob Wende is Founder & CEO of Regpit, one of the leading RegTech platforms for AML, KYC and compliance processes in Europe. Prior to founding Regpit, he worked in leading international law firms including Freshfields and Linklaters, as well as at Goldman Sachs. He is a recognized expert in anti-money laundering regulation, author of legal commentaries on the German Money Laundering Act (GwG), and publisher of one of Germany’s leading AML legal journals. Under his leadership, Regpit has become an award-winning compliance platform serving financial institutions, international law firms and regulated companies across Europe. Jacob regularly speaks on AML regulation, digital compliance transformation and the future of KYC/KYB frameworks.
 

Sabine Winkler
Sabine Winkler is a Senior Compliance Expert with more than 15 years of experience in designing, implementing and assessing compliance management systems across a range of industries, with a particular focus on the automotive sector. Her expertise includes DOJ monitorships, compliance management systems, risk management, and internal audit. She serves as Chair of the Austrian Compliance Officer Association (ÖCOV) since 2014 and was a member of the Austrian delegation to the ISO 19600 working group, whose work formed the basis for the successor standard, ISO 37301.

Prof. Dr. Sonja Wüstemann

Prof. Dr. Sonja Wüstemann holds the chair of Financial Reporting and Management Control at European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). She co-leads the Scientific Committee of the German Institute for Compliance (DICO) and she is member of DICO’s working groups on human rights in businesses and ESG. She is also member of the Working Group „Governance and Compliance Management“ of the German Institute for Standardization (DIN).