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Portland, Me, Us

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Portland, Maine, Us

• Designed and implemented a new corporate compliance program for a $4B public/private company with over 6,000 employees in 20+ countries, focusing on anti-bribery and anti-corruption, antitrust, data privacy, human rights, and trade compliance• Authored and implemented a new suite of global compliance policies • Established new screening and due diligence program for export market distributors and other high-risk business partners• Audited foreign subsidiaries to assess compliance risk and effectiveness of corporate compliance program implementation• Conducted and managed internal investigations involving non-HR related allegations globally• Managed high-risk, non-employment government investigations and litigation matters globally, including reporting to key stakeholders• Led the global ESG program, including internal and external reporting, sustainability initiatives, corporate social responsibility activities, and the inclusion & diversity program

Warsaw, Indiana, Us

Warsaw, Indiana, Us

• Led global internal investigation function, including directing in-house attorneys and outside counsel on investigations from initiation through remediation• Responded to requests from the DOJ and SEC, and regularly presented to Corporate Compliance Monitors• Oversaw day-to-day management of the Global Compliance Hotline• Authored and implemented new compliance policies and procedures, including a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics• Overhauled screening and due diligence program for distributors, sales agents, and other business partners• Audited foreign subsidiaries to assess compliance risk and effectiveness of corporate compliance program implementation• Led pre-acquisition anti-corruption compliance due diligence and coordinate post-acquisition compliance integration efforts for mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and other business development deals

Washington, Dc, Us

LAW 749-001: White Collar Crime

San Francisco, Ca, Us

• Returned to Zimmer Pte. Ltd. in Singapore for second 15-month secondment as Director of Legal & Compliance for the Asia-Pacific region: - Managed global Compliance integration activities for Zimmer’s $13.4B acquisition of Biomet - Co-led a cross-functional internal risk assessment of Asia-Pacific operations to assess and test the adequacy of existing internal controls and to identify potential business inefficiencies in five key areas: distributor management; vendor selection; marketing activities; educational grants and charitable donations; and pricing - Investigated alleged violations of anti-corruption laws and compliance policies throughout the Asia-Pacific region - Participated in APACMED and AdvaMed China Council working groups to draft Codes of Ethics• Interviewed employees and third-party representatives in Morocco and Ghana as part of a global anti-corruption compliance risk assessment for a US multinational energy company• Conducted pre-acquisition compliance due diligence in Japan for a US multinational technology company • Represented a US publicly traded company in a DOJ investigation into potential FCPA violations in Egypt• Provided anti-corruption compliance training for a US multinational energy company’s joint venture partner in Indonesia

Global, Gb

• Investigated potential FCPA and UK Bribery Act violations by a multinational transportation company’s third-party agents in Costa Rica, Greece, Haiti, India & Thailand leading to a global compliance review of third-party agents in 100 countries• Designed and conducted a global anti-corruption compliance risk assessment of a multinational company• Co-managed a 40+ attorney document review in France for two months as part of an internal investigation into potential FCPA violations for a multinational company• Conducted attorney proffer session for general counsel of multinational engineering company under investigation by DOJ and SEC for potential FCPA violations• Authored and revised anti-corruption compliance policies for companies in the life sciences, energy, manufacturing, automotive, venture capital/private equity, aviation, and insurance industries• Conducted pre-acquisition anti-corruption due diligence for three multi-billion dollar mergers involving 50 countries• Seconded to Zimmer Pte. Ltd. in Singapore for 15 months as Director of Legal & Compliance for the Asia-Pacific region: - Drove implementation of regional compliance policies, procedures, work instructions and committee charters addressing internal investigations as well as interactions with healthcare professionals and public officials, including business meals, gifts, educational grants, charitable donations, fellowships, and third-party educational conferences - Provided anti-corruption compliance training to management, employees, and third-party agents in China, India, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand - Investigated alleged violations of anti-corruption laws and compliance policies throughout the Asia-Pacific region - Designed a three-year internal audit compliance work plan for the Asia-Pacific region, and regularly consulted on country-specific finance, operational, and compliance audits

New York, New York, Us

• Assessed and revised the structure and operation of a Fortune 10 energy company’s global compliance and ethics program• Conducted on-site FCPA compliance assessments of multinational companies’ operations in China and India• Investigated whistleblower allegations of fraud and self-dealing at a Hungarian subsidiary of a US company• Authored a comprehensive anti-corruption compliance policy and guide for a US trade association• Managed document collection, review, and production of 600,000 pages to the SEC on behalf of a publicly traded US company under investigation for alleged securities fraud, insider trading, and Regulation FD violations

Washington, Dc, Us

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