Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Seasoned compliance professional with over 15 years of experience leading global ethics and risk programs within complex multinational organizations. Proven track record in designing and implementing cross-functional compliance frameworks that drive integrity, transparency, and regulatory alignment. Specialized in Third Party Risk Management, with deep expertise in anti-bribery, corruption, and export control. Successfully re-engineered and globally launched a comprehensive third-party risk program, integrating policy, process, and technology to mitigate reputational and regulatory risks. Skilled in policy ownership across ethics domains including conflicts of interest, gifts, hospitality, donations, and sponsorships. Multilingual communicator (incl. Spanish, Portuguese) with strong stakeholder engagement skills and a strategic mindset that balances detail with big-picture thinking.
As part of my expanded responsibilities, I serve as the global Policy Owner for all business processes under the Ethics & Compliance program that carry a risk of bribery and corruption. This includes oversight of critical areas such as: Conflict of Interest Management Hospitality and Gifts Donations and Sponsorships I am accountable for the end-to-end lifecycle of these policies—from strategic ownership and governance to operational implementation. My role involves: Policy Development & Governance: Designing and maintaining robust, globally harmonized policies that align with regulatory expectations and internal risk appetite. Risk-Based Technology Enablement: Translating policy requirements into intuitive, data-driven technology solutions that enable proactive monitoring of risk indicators and spend levels. Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborating with cross-functional teams including Legal, Compliance, Procurement, and Finance to ensure seamless integration of ethical standards into business operations. Continuous Improvement: Leveraging analytics and feedback loops to refine controls, enhance user experience, and drive ethical culture across the organization.
Head of Third Party Program and Monitoring. Redesigned and globally re-launched the Third Party Risk Management program, focused on mitigating bribery and corruption risks. Led all phases of the transformation—from strategy and design to implementation and governance—creating a modern, risk-based framework. Key responsibilities included: - Acquiring and developing/integrating due diligence, onboarding, and monitoring processes. - Driving global stakeholder alignment across Legal, Compliance, Procurement, and BU's. - Advising on high-risk third-party engagements to support ethical decision-making. - Enabling technology solutions for automated risk screening and spend analysis. This initiative significantly enhanced the company’s ability to manage third-party risks and uphold ethical standards worldwide.
Team member of a global Anti-Corruption organization in high-risk industries (oil&gas, commercial water treatment, commercial F&B). Responsible for managing the Contracting Process for all third parties in scope of the Program and all related projects&processes. Involved in projects improving the overall screening processes for Sanctions and Anti-Bribery. Overseeing the work of internal and external contract resources who handle the drafting, negotiation assistance, and maintenance activities. Daily interaction with Sales, Compliance, Legal, Financial, and Operational management within the Organization. - Oversee the work of our external legal services provider who provide contract management services for third parties across the company. This includes: * Providing relevant guidance and instructions on a regular basis, to ensure a consistent and aligned process is being followed * Host weekly calls to review and evaluate performance. * Ensure all efforts fall within budget. - Oversee the work of internal third-party contract resources, within regions not supported by QuisLex (Asia, Latin America), on a regular basis. * Address all concerns timely to ensure the contracting process remains efficient across all regions of the organization. * Train new resources on the Third-Party Program and Contracting process, when needed. - Identify third-party training needs across local entities, and provide adequate Ant-Bribery and occasionally Sanctions training when required in multiple languages. - Close involvement in projects within the compliance organization with the aim to improve efficiency (e.g. migration to a new compliance screening platform). - Involved in evaluating compliance levels - and training of newly acquired businesses. - Communicate with different functions and levels within the organization.
Third-party Management Program Participate in a worldwide Compliance Project with the objective to ensure that all third-party relations of Tyco (which currently don't have contracts) will provide their commercial terms summary based upon which new contracts will be translated and re-drafted and make the business visible. - Participate on set-up of project structure - Establish good relationships with sales people worldwide and ensure delivery of necessary data - Ensure that by December all new contracts are operational
Central coordination of a worldwide project making part of legal segregation between ABN AMRO Bank N.V. and The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V. Objective of the program was to convert all references in client applications and channels to former ABN AMRO branches to face “the Royal Bank of Scotland NV.” • Co-responsible for set-up of project structure • Signal and administrate risks & issues jeopardizing the project delivery • Responsible for project planning & dependencies • Maintain strong relationship with regional project teams worldwide • Report weekly progress to Directorate
• Manage derivatives related accounts and client queries regarding confirmation of transactions, investigations of payments, market value reporting • Maintain intensive contacts with ABN AMRO salespersons on locations worldwide • Involve and instruct backoffice stationed in Chennai, India • Outsourcing projects; Preparations and execution of outsourcing activities to backoffice team in India