Robert Papp Email & Phone Number

- Regional Chief Compliance Officer (Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe, India & RUSCIS).- Global compliance organization executing multi-region enterprise compliance strategy. - Supporting business growth strategy, multi-market alignment and regional risk appetite.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER (EMEA GE HEALTHCARE): Regional compliance leadership oversight (40+ countries) covering multi-jurisdictions and GEHC operations in low / high risk and sanctioned countries. Driving compliance standards across multi-site Commercial, Manufacturing, Distribution, Marketing & Field Service operations with strategic oversight for embedding global / EMEA policy, procedures, controls, reporting and analytics frameworks. GLOBAL COMPLIANCE FRAMEWORKS: General Counsel, CCO (Global & Regional) & Regional CEO / EMEA Leadership engagement on compliance strategy, best practice frameworks, emerging risks / threats, transparency rules, corrective actions, embedding a strong compliance culture and M&A integrations in a complex regulated environment. EMEA team leadership for Senior Compliance Officers (Sub-Regions) and several compliance specialists. REGIONAL COMPLIANCE STRATEGY: Oversight for direct / indirect sales (contract and deal due diligence, G2M strategies, local market compliance, competition law, digital sales channels, GDPR, payment transactions, transparency reporting data and anti-bribery laws). Led EMEA Distribution Compliance Program (strategic partner and distributor relationships), Manufacturing (multi-site facilities, high-precision medical devices, intellectual property, revenue recognitions and country interactions) and Marketing (healthcare professional and government official interactions in a scrutinized environment). COMPLIANCE EXCELLENCE MODEL: Simplifying massive data and complexity into actionable outcomes on key topics with a pragmatic approach to problem solving. Highlighting key risk areas using data analytics to give indications or detect issues, including executive reporting, monthly operational reviews and detailed dashboards. Created an open reporting, transparent and ethical culture through risk assessments, employee engagement, training and awareness.

Dubai, Uae

GE ENTERPRISE STANDARDS FRAMEWORK: Consulted across all GE Businesses to build consensus on enterprise standards, policies and procedures to embed global best practices and transition to a new decentralized model with minimum compliance program requirements for all GE businesses and oversight mechanisms. Compliance leadership oversight for GE Shared Services (Indirect Sourcing, Gov’t relations & HR / People Operations).

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

REGIONAL COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS: Worked in a complex centralized function covering all GE businesses (Power, Healthcare, Aviation, & Renewables) across multi-jurisdictions with regional leadership oversight for large infrastructure projects, commercial operations, remote sites, fixed facilities and risk governance in high growth and high-risk countries.REGIONAL COMPLIANCE & RISK GOVERNANCE: Shaped compliance monitoring frameworks for EPC contract partners, partner due diligence, deal structures, supply chain compliance and risk exposure on a portfolio of major government & public/private partnership infrastructure projects. Established a list of pre-approved EPC infrastructure and equipment partners with pre-authorization in higher risk countries. Further collaborated with Government Ministries on best practices, policy development and information sharing for managing large projects and compliance program monitoring. GOVERNMENT RELATIONS SUPPORT: Successfully engaged customers and key ministries on compliance topics and best practice sharing positioning the organization as a trusted and reliable partner for new large-scale infrastructure projects.

Dubai

STRATEGIC SOURCING & PROCUREMENT: Managed policy / process simplification program to strengthen supplier and field service performance supporting EPC projects, fixed facilities and power plant maintenance. Strengthened local supplier partnerships to improve responsiveness of supply networks for direct / indirect materials, including supplier validation (QA / capability assessments, EHS, and cycle times), payment terms and performance.

Dammam, Saudi Arabia

REGIONAL SERVICE LEADERSHIP: Oversight for 300+ Field Engineers & Repair Technicians (4x Repair Centers in KSA, UAE & Nigeria) for power generation equipment parts and refurbishments (turbines, generators and motors). Full responsibility for P&L (sales / profit center performance), QA / training standards and special projects (new facility in KSA).

Barcelona Area, Spain

Gas Turbine Field Service & Parts Refurbishment (50x technicians)

Edmonton, Canada Area

Turbine, Motor & Transformer Servicing & Repairs

Toronto, Canada Area

Lean, Automation, Digitization & Productivity Projects

Edmonton, Canada Area

Edmonton, Canada Area

Vichy, France

Production manager for the four composite production lines.

Vichy, France

Started in York, SC, USA and finally Vichy, France

Education record

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Mechanical Engineering