Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
I am a Senior Governance, Risk, Ethics & Compliance Leader with 30 years’ experience in the Pharma, Manufacturing and FMCG sectors. Having worked as global divisional head of compliance, country compliance / country data privacy officer, corporate audit manager, country CFO and senior manager Forensics (Big4), I combine in-depth ethics & compliance and internal controls expertise, managerial experience, coupled with strong operational knowledge to support Management and Board’s business objectives while protecting the company reputation. Expert in building effective processes, tools, and communications to prevent misconduct but have also helped multinational companies with detection (monitoring & data analytics) and investigations. Worked with compliance monitors, prosecutors, law firms in multiple continents. Acting Chairman of Swiss Compliance officers association and Head of Governance from Association of Corporate Investigators. Some of my successes include: 1) Overseeing a successful implementation of a compliance management system with a full range of functional processes and controls for risk domains anti-corruption, antitrust, conflict of interest, fair and respectful working conditions, data privacy, for a division (50+ countries) globally. 2) Designed and implemented a global third-party due diligence solution across multiple risk domains (anticorruption, sanctions, data privacy, IT security, solvency, and sustainability/human rights) for 90,000 suppliers. 3) 20 years’ experience in healthcare compliance developing processes, and controls for Interactions with healthcare professionals/organizations such as grants, donations, sponsoring/speaker agreements, samples, congresses, events, patient support programs. 4) Provided oversight and conducted hundreds of investigations across multiple continents. I am skilled at leveraging relationships, have demonstrated success in influencing direct and matrix teams and large stakeholder groups and successfully managed large projects. I bring global mindset after having worked in 60 and lived in 6 countries. Specialties: ✔️Legal Compliance ✔️Healthcare compliance ✔️ FCPA/UK Bribery/Corruption laws ✔️ Competition Law /Antitrust ✔️ Data Privacy ✔️ ESG & Sustainability ✔️ Third Party Due Diligence ✔️ Policy Development ✔️ Risk Management ✔️ Training & Communication ✔️ Internal Controls ✔️ Internal Audit & Monitoring ✔️ Compliance Management System ✔️ Project & Change Management✔️ Crisis Management ✔️ Stakeholder Management ✔️ Strategic Leadership ✔️ Influencing ✔️Emerging Market Risk
Global enterprise (€50B) with core competencies in the life science fields of healthcare , nutrition and agriculture.. Represent a global compliance function across a large range of global projects and interventions. Trusted compliance business partner for global functions (Marketing, Medical, Regulatory, Commercial.) for consumer health division, Pharma EMEA HQ and EMEA crop science leadership based in Basel. Notable Achievements & Projects: ◼️ Led compliance management system implementation in Bayer Consumer care AG (pharma and consumer health division) and Bayer Crop Science Schweiz (legal entity in Switzerland handling the legacy Monsanto and Bayer crop science business) (1,000 FTE / €11Bn sales.) ◼️ Developed and delivered global guidance to prevent ‘greenwashing.’ ◼️ Supported procurement teams in redesign third-party due diligence process on tens of thousands of 3rd parties on various risks (corruption, sanctions, human rights, ESG, deforestation etc.) ◼️For Bayer own organized events ( advisory boards, congresses, satellite symposia) and sponsoring by Bayer of third party organized events with HCPs /HCOs a decision was made globally to transfer the compliance approval by country compliance officers to compliance shared service centers. For consumer health division globally I was appointed to design the new compliance workflow, collected all country legal requirements and Code Compliance requirements, created training videos and communication materials explaining the new workflow. ◼️ Designed compliance processes and controls for working with distributors and promotional agencies in the CIS countries (Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan; Belarus) that were transferred to the Swiss legal entity. ◼️ Part of team that won the Financial Times EMEA Legal & Compliance Innovation Award (2022.). ◼️ Part of team that was nominated as best legal and compliance life science team in Switzerland (2026).
First point of contact for compliance and ethics advice for divisional management, global functions and Heads of Legal and Compliance in 70+ countries for Consumer Health Division (10K FTE / €6B sales.) consisting of food supplements, cosmetics, OTC and prescription drugs. Matrix managed all Heads of Legal and Compliance in 50+ countries. Notable Achievements & Projects: ◼️ Supported Global Head of Compliance by organizing the first global ‘Compliance Day’ , providing input on compliance KPIs and further improvement of compliance management system ◼️Led benchmarking of Bayer compliance management system with world most ethical companies (Ethisphere.) ◼️ Provided oversight and guidance on the implementation of the updated IFPMA Code of Practice across the consumer health division globally. ◼️ Part of a cross functional team (Risk Management and Customer Excellence) that developed the minimum commercial policy framework needed in every subsidiary. ◼️With regards to investigations, provided investigation support, guidance and oversight to country Legal and Compliance teams. ◼️ Coordinated and lead the implementation of compliance management system in the various consumer health production sites in Germany (Steigerwald, Grenzach and Bitterfeld). ◼️Supported Customer Excellence team EMEA with review of commercial blueprints, sales incentives plans ( "bayer club") and CRM roll-outs.
Established 1st compliance management system in Swiss legal entities (CHF10B sales, 1.3K FTE) for Global Headquarter Consumer Health, European HQ Pharma. Acted as Data Privacy officer for Switzerland. Designed and implemented all elements of a compliance management system for all Swiss legal entities. Notable Achievements & Projects: ◼️ Provided compliance training to 1,200 employees and developed specific communications initiatives. ◼️ Created a data privacy framework for Switzerland: managed hotline and conducted investigations. ◼️Part of global data privacy project team preparing Bayer for the impact of the safe harbor /US data privacy shield on ten thousands of contracts. ◼️ Setting up governance (process, procedures and approval workflow) for interactions with Healthcare Professionals (adboards, grants, events, sponsoring agreements, speaker agreements, patient organizations) & transparency reporting ◼️ Led local Compliance Committee and the annual compliance risk assessment and monitoring activities.
Ethics and Compliance Switzerland (ECS) is an independent not for profit organization that was founded in 2014 in Berne, Switzerland and has since played an important role in promoting the development of ethics and compliance community across all sectors and organisations in Switzerland. Representing Ethics and Compliance Switzerland in the European Federation of Compliance Associations where I am Heading the working group "strategic positioning of compliance". This working group creates white papers to further raise the bar for compliance officers. See publications attached.
As a Board member provide strategic guidance, governance and oversight on the various working groups and finances. Vice Chair of the Board between March 2023 and March 2025. Notable Achievements & Projects: ◼️ Co-Chair and main organizer of ECS annual event in September 2024 "Staying ahead of new trends and challenges - futureproofing Ethics & Compliance" ◼️ Representing ECS in the European Network of Compliance Federations ◼️ Co-chair/organizer of the first and very successful ECS annual event on third party risk https://annual-conference.ethics-compliance.ch/ ◼️Business Development (new sponsors, new members etc.)
The Working Group Life Sciences was launched on 18 February 2015 and aims at bringing together all practitioners and interested parties to discuss new developments and exchange compliance best practices in the Life Sciences sector. Notable Achievements & Projects: ◼️ As (co) chair organized 40+ events, invited speakers, moderated sessions or acted as a guest speaker. Expanded the working group from 10 members in 2015 to 50+ nowadays. Overview of events can be found under https://www.ethics-compliance.ch/working-groups-2/wg-life-sciences/ ◼️ Brought together compliance officers from Swiss hospitals and pharma companies and developed guidance document for sponsoring
The ACi is a global not-for-profit association founded by corporate investigators to meet the needs of the corporate investigation community in its widest sense, from entrants to seasoned professionals, across all sectors. . We provide platforms for sharing thought leadership, cross-industry insights, networking opportunities and are developing the gold standard in corporate investigations training. Notable Achievements & Projects: ◼️ Actively contributing and shaping the ACI strategic plan and roadmap for accreditation. ◼️ Contributed to Investigations Handbook ◼️ Represented ACI in the creation of ISO 37008 standard on "corporate investigation" ◼️ Part of team that won "International Compliance Association (ICA) 2025 Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration Award".
Engaging in activities to increase the strategic importance and acceptance of compliance in companies.
SCCE & HCCA (established in 2004 with 20,000 members in 100 countries) is dedicated to enabling the lasting success and integrity of organizations worldwide by promoting high standards in compliance and ethics programs, nurturing a community of skilled compliance and ethics practitioners, and offering knowledge-rich educational opportunities. Notable Achievements & Projects: ◼️ Editor/reviewer of articles that are to be published in Ethikos /Cosmos magazine ◼️ Writer/contributor to numerous articles in Ethikos / Cosmos magazine.