We are excited to share an interview with Andrijana Bergant – international speaker, compliance and ethics expert with 17 years of experience, and president of the European Institute of Compliance and Ethics (EICE). In this conversation, she shares key moments from her journey that capture the essence of a seasoned and impactful compliance professional.
“Some other comments that I’ve received back then was that few before me already started to work in this compliance job, but very soon they gave up, it’s very complicated work, it’s so administrative and boring, waste of my talent and what not…
I was based at headquarters in Ljubljana, in a beautiful historic building designed by legendary architect Joze Plecnik. I felt so excited to transition from the inhouse legal at a medium size stockbrokerage company to this large corporation and well-known household brand. I understood the compliance position I successfully applied for at Triglav, to be another level for my professional career and by substance it felt better in line with my work and life aspirations…
Hearing all these comments almost daily during the very start of my compliance career, all that marvel on the walls and beautifully curved heavy wooden furniture in conference rooms, which I considered myself so lucky to be surrounded with, started to feel less fancy… I wondered. What does this ‘Independent Compliance Specialist’ title I just took on really entail? Will I quit, too, or worse maybe – will I really police my coworkers? What did I just do to leave the inhouse legal career possibly behind me.”
These are just few passages from Andrijana’s latest article for The Compliance and Ethics: Ideas & Answers.
Read the full article here: https://ideasandanswers.com/from-compliance-beginner-to-compliance-and-ethics-best-practices-advocate/
