Video Interview with Martin Skeens

He is willing to reach for the sky and move boundaries of what’s possible – in his personal and professional work! When you are climbing a skyscraper OR dealing with enormous amounts of data, you need to be fearless but also tied well.

Martin Skeens is a subject matter expert on third-party risk and compliance at Dun & Bradstreet. And he has been in the information industry for the last 15 years, helping clients to make the most of their data and analytics.  

At Dun & Bradstreet, Martin helps clients better understand WHO they are doing business with and WHERE THE RISKS LIE – at a global level. His areas of expertise include due diligence, beneficial ownership, screening, sanctions and fraud.  

Watch the following video-interview with Martin Skeens and find out how he just challenged himself to climb the world’s highest open-air building ascent in the New York City, where he walked a staircase on the outside of the skyscraper – more than 1,200 feet (365,76 meters) above the ground…  Moving forward, Martin also shares what excites him in the third-party compliance line of work.   

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