They shared their insights about: “What has been in your experience the most critical professional and personal trait to be an effective and beneficial compliance officer?”
“Balancing firmness with fairness. Being clear on rules, yet supportive towards people – they must both understand you and trust you. This is why our motto is: Compliance, a bridge between regulation and business.”
Rok Praprotnik, Chief Compliance Officer, NLB Group
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“Things like integrity, good communication, or curiosity come to mind first. But to truly embody any of these, the most important trait is being a good listener. That’s where it all begins.”
. İnci Bozokluoğlu, Corporate Sustainability and Compliance Manager at ENKA
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”My most valuable advice to compliance professionals is to find pragmatic solutions to problems. Great compliance professionals need to be familiar with their firm’s regulatory requirements, understand how they apply to the firm’s business operations, identify shortcomings and critically, recommend remedial action. When you find regulatory problems, you have to have solutions, otherwise you are just a problem finder and this will hold back your career.’’
Adrian Pay, Dynamic-GRC Director, International IT Compliance/AML and Sanctions Compliance
Here are some of the insights shared by internationally recognized experts and thought leaders in the field of compliance and business ethics — many of whom you will also have the opportunity to hear live at the upcoming Compliance and Business Ethics Conference in Bled, October 9–10!
