Carillion's downfall – what lessons can you learn?
The downfall of companies like Carillion and, more recently, the havoc COVID 19 wreaked on certain industries, has shown us that no business can take its own existence for granted. What is the role of an ethics and compliance officer in firstly trying to avoid a crisis, and secondly, when a crisis hits? What is the likely impact on a compliance manager both personally and professionally?
Sam Tate of RPC interviewed the compliance manager that was in post at the time that Carillion went under, who answered questions on how it affected him personally, how he dealt with life in the firing line, his reflections, lesson's learned from the experience and how he used the experience to build back better!
How would you deal with a similar situation?
Chair & Speakers
Director,Institute of Business Ethics
As Director of the Institute, Ian is responsible for implementing strategy, leading the team and ensuring that the Institute meets its charitable aims of raising awareness and spreading best practice in the field of business ethics.
Ian’s career has spanned business policy, government relations and corporate communications. He has extensive experience of working at the highest levels with business, government, regulators and the professions.
After studying for a degree in geography at Lancaster University and taking his PhD at Southampton (on the drivers of small business growth) Ian joined the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) as a small business policy specialist. In 1989 he moved to international public relations firm Burson-Marsteller where he worked for a number of major corporate clients. Following a second stint at the CBI Ian became Deputy Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce in 1996 where he led the policy, research and communications functions. From 2001 to 2008 he was Director of External Affairs and Marketing at the Engineering Employers Federation (EEF) and in 2009 joined the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors as Chief Executive, a post he held until December 2019.
Ian has held a number of non-executive and public appointments including Chair of the Independent Monitoring Panel of the UK Chartered Banker Professional Standards Board, member of the UK government’s Regulatory Policy Committee and Better Regulation Task Force, and member of the Court of the University of Lancaster.
In 2015 Ian was awarded an MBE for services to regulatory reform.
Partner,RPC
An expert in white-collar crime, Sam Tate is a partner with extensive practical experience of complicated cross-border investigations and crime prevention programs.
Sam works closely with a number of FTSE 100, international and privately owned entities and individuals in relation to financial crime proceedings, investigations, and practical crime prevention programs. He is a regular speaker and moderator at industry and government events and was previously Head of Anti-corruption in EMEA for a global financial crime consultancy. Sam's experience also includes private prosecutions and senior roles within the Court/FCA appointed sanctions/AML related monitorships of two global banks.
Sam is a co-author of the leading UK anti-corruption compliance text book “Bribery: a Compliance Handbook” published by Bloomsbury and he has extensive practical experience as the Subject Matter Expert for anti-bribery and money-laundering at a global full service oil and gas company and a seconded Executive Director to the litigation and regulatory team of a US investment bank.
Consultant,RPC
Osama Al Jayousi, a world-leading expert in matters of compliance, risk management and governance with over 12 years' experience of managing compliance issues for multi-national FTSE 250 corporations.
Osama's career actually started in accounting at one of the Big 4 before going on to cover corporate governance, the introduction of the Bribery Act, GDPR implementation and obligations surrounding the Modern Slavery Act on a global scale.
Osama has set up his own specialist compliance consultancy and in addition to servicing his own client base, also works with clients around the globe as part of the RPC white collar crime team.
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