Kristy Grant-Hart Email & Phone Number

Spark Compliance Consulting provides pragmatic, pro-business, proportionate compliance and ethics solutions. Spark specializes in the design, implementation and testing of compliance and ethics programs. We are also the exclusive provider of Compliance Competitor, the business-simulation-based software game built on adult learning so training doesn't feel like training. Drawing on a decades of experience in-house, in private practice, and in consulting, we:• Provide best-in-class compliance and ethics program evaluations, including the Compliance Program Report Card and the Comprehensive Program Review using proprietary CCEPA methodology;• Provide global risk assessments using our specialist risk assessment methodology. • Provide beginning-to-end consulting to help organizations obtain ISO 37001 Anti-Bribery Management Systems certification, as well as ISO 37001 Certification Audit performance. • Provide highly effective training programs to compliance teams to develop their leadership, influence and persuasion skills based on the methodologies in the book, "How to Be a Wildly Effective Compliance Officer."• Provide expert advice on the creation of third-party due diligence protocols, response to the Modern Slavery Act, ESG, privacy, and training and communication throughout the business and emerging markets.

Chester, Pa, Us

Taught class on Global Compliance and Ethics to Masters of Jurisprudence students at Widener University School of Law. Class covers anti-bribery law, competition law, trade sanctions, global cultural issues, data privacy, anti-money laundering and conflict of laws.

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Chief Compliance Officer for the international distribution company of Paramount and Universal Pictures.• Created and implemented the first full compliance program at UIP, active in 65 countries. In charge of compliance for 16 wholly-owned countries throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, and 45 licensee companies. • Gave multi-hour bi-annual updates to the Board of Directors/Compliance Committee for United International Pictures with executives from joint venture owners Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures. • Performed in-person compliance training on four continents for all employees of the company. • Implemented new Intermediary Management System and due diligence process for all third parties and agents throughout the world. • Implemented and launched Ethics Helpline/whistle-blowing system in 54 countries. • Effectively managed staff and other attorneys within the Legal and Compliance departments. • Performed internal investigations throughout the company. • Re-drafted the UIP Code of Conduct and instituted an e-Learning system for training.

Minnetonka, Minnesota, Us

• Responsible for developing and implementing a compliance program in 100 countries, including 27 wholly-owned countries, and 73 partner countries, throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa.• Performed training for senior level executives, country managers and employees throughout the region. Performed training in 9 countries on two continents on topics ranging from anti-bribery to ethics, trade sanctions and competition. • Drafted and implemented policies and procedures throughout the region, including a revised Code of Business Ethics and Conduct and Internal Investigations Protocol. • Implemented whistle-blower hotline throughout the region, including registering with the data protection authorities and working with the country works councils in order to gain approval for implementation of hotline. • Founding member of the Serious Incident Response Group; individually responsible for providing advice on data breach notification throughout the world based on data protection regulations.• Co-implemented Carlson Wagonlit Travel’s trade sanctions screening program and EU and OFAC sanctions compliance programs.• Developed and implemented country-specific compliance programs where required or allowed by law, including in Italy in response to Italian Law 231, and Russia.

Global, Us

LOS ANGELES: Summer Associate, 2007LOS ANGELES: September 2008- March 2011LONDON: March 2011- January 2013• Focus on competition and antitrust, legal compliance, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act compliance and investigation, and international data privacy and electronic discovery. • Performed internal investigation for UBS regarding the LIBOR matter in Switzerland and in England. Co-managed world-wide document production of hundreds of thousands of documents to regulators in many jurisdictions, including in the United States, the European Union and APAC. Managed a team of 22 attorneys in Zurich, Switzerland over a six month period to produce 8,000 documents via FINMA to regulators in the United States and the United Kingdom. • Worked on the United States Department of Justice’s monitorship of a Johnson & Johnson’s subsidiary DePuy to create improve their compliance department and to evaluate royalty payments made to surgeons after company’s settlement for anti-kickback statute violations; drafted portions of yearly report to the Department of Justice.• Performed as counsel to the monitor in the Department of Justice’s monitorship of Siemens on the Latin America team after settlement of allegations relating to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and bribery. Created and implemented compliance tools and drafted portions of report to the Department of Justice. • Appeared in federal and California state court for numerous clients; prepared for, attended and took depositions; drafted and responded to discovery; performed client interviews and drafted client correspondence; performed trial preparation.

Juris Doctorate

B.A., Theater, Film And Television

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