Women in Compliance Awards

Criteria: Open to all female compliance officers, this award will go to a woman, whose achievements, dynamism and abilities have been recognised as above and beyond expectations. She will have demonstrated skills and qualities allowing her to ensure that her company (employer) is conducting its business in full compliance with all national and international laws and regulations that pertain to its industry, as well as professional standards, accepted business practices, and internal standards.

The Shortlist

Judges’ Comments:

• “Extremely strong nomination with excellent supporting evidence of the positive contribution made by this extraordinarily compliance leader.”
• “The nominee clearly has deep domain expertise in the area of trade controls, as well as the business experience required to ensure buy-in across various stakeholder groups and the reputation and an approach that allows her to be impactful across cultures. The willingness to take the next step and create a forum beyond her business role, that also supports a coordinated approach is laudable.”
• “The benefits provided to the JV, industry and Government stakeholders are significant.”

The Winner is:Beth Ann JohnsonSealand Support Services Limited
United Kingdom

Criteria: Open to all senior female compliance officers within a Large company that employs 250 employees or more. This award will go to the woman, whose achievements, dynamism and abilities have been recognised by peers as exceeding expectations and who has demonstrated superior leadership qualities that have put her at the forefront of the compliance community.

The Shortlist

Judges’ Comments:

• “An outstanding submission. The winner is leader through change, thought leader and mentor within the financial services sector for her efforts in enabling compliance by application of cutting-edge technologies in the accounts receivable management industry.”
• “Very noteworthy efforts to develop forms and processes for the CFPB. Her extension of her inhouse skills to the regulatory authority to set standards is commendable.”

The Winner is:Rozanne AndersenOntario Systems, LLC
United States of America

Criteria: This award is open to female lawyers in private practice law firms doing compliance work. The winner will be the woman who has been recognised as providing outstanding advice for the firm’s clients in the compliance sectors. The award will go to the woman, whose enthusiasm and subject matter expertise, has demonstrated and maintained passion for client-delivery and ability to translate legal requirements into well-crafted compliance policies and procedures.

The Shortlist

Judges’ Comments:

• “Worthy candidate with breadth of experience in this area, particularly compliance and banks. Very competent and experienced.”
• “The nominee has successfully built the Central Bank and Sovereign Practice at her firm to assist central banks and multilaterals with issues relating to their U.S. dollar investments. She is well-known to the central bank community, by custodian banks and asset managers that provide services to that community.”

The Winner is:Barbara MendelsonMorrison & Foerster LLP
United States of America

Criteria: This award is open to women and men who have helped, inspired, guided and who has had a positive impact on the personal and professional development of other women in compliance.

The Shortlist

Judges’ Comments:

• “Excellent nomination with great examples.”
• “Outstanding nomination and achievements for the advancement of women in the compliance industry.”

The Winner is:Mariellen Davies-DeMarcoKroll, a division of Duff & Phelps
United States of America

Criteria: These awards are open to female employees in non-legal and non-compliance departments in any organisation. The candidate will have been first line of compliance people on the ground. The award will go to the woman, whose achievements, dynamism and abilities to effectively respond to compliance queries and escalate any problem to the Compliance Department, has been recognised by her peers as an outstanding contributor to fostering a culture of compliance in her organisation.

The Shortlist

Judges’ Comments:

• “The winner’s engagement is obviously impactful where it’s needed and shows how compliance can be a positive motivator for people and even help to deepening business relationships. She is a person that every compliance officer should seek out in their companies. Without people who are willing to take on the message and integrate it in their day to day roles and lead by example, compliance will always remain paper programme.”
• “Impressed by the positive go getter attitude.”
• “This passion for compliance demonstrated by this individual embodies the mantra that everyone is a compliance champion and sets a high bar for the organisation.”
• “The winner is clearly making a difference in her organisation and is very highly regarded by colleagues.”

The Winner is:Laurence GoibertSAP SE
France

Criteria: Open to all female compliance officers or equivalent function within a not-for-profit organisation^* regardless of its size and location. The award will go to the woman, whose achievements, dynamism and abilities have been recognised as above and beyond expectations and who has demonstrated leadership qualities in leading compliance awareness within the organisation and showed commitment in maintaining the organisation compliant with internal policies, international laws as well as other special requirements and standards related to the sectors in which they operate.

^*For the purpose of these Awards, entities that have substantial funding from the government or NGOs are not eligible

The Shortlist

Judges’ Comments:

• “A true leader in the compliance world for non-profits. This has been an area too frequently neglected, but the winner has played an important role in giving prominence and focus here. Well done!”
• “The candidate has demonstrated an effective leadership and creativity skills through her achievements. In her previous experience she contributed a lot for the organisation. Since moving to the new company, she is already replicating her professionalism and great contribution.”
• “There are special challenges in leading on compliance issues in non-profits and she seems to have demonstrated how to meet these challenges.”
• “The winner has compelling accomplishments as a compliance leader at non-profits over many years.”
• “Special energy, devotion, focus and expertise on compliance leadership at non-profits, which has generally been under-served.”

The Winner is:Charlotte YoungWinrock International
United States of America

Criteria: This award is open to women regardless of their location and will go to the most influential woman in the industry, who throughout her career has shown dedication and commitment to influence the advancement of the Compliance Community.

The Shortlist

Judges’ Comments:

• “The winner is clearly a person of high integrity who everyone from the most junior workers to the King and Queen of Jordan can relate to. Very impressive!”
• “I am very impressed by the winner resume and can imagine that she is a great inspiration to everyone around her. She is generously sharing her knowledge and experience by writing articles about key topics in compliance and participating in several networks that serves to develop the compliance community.”
• “I am impressed by the winner’s resume and energy. She has chosen to work with compliance in some very challenging environment where ethics and integrity really matters.”
• “The range of experience as a leader in organizations with extremely challenging compliance environments is unique, and very impressive. Clearly her knowledge and vast experience are market leading.”

The Winner is:Suzanne Rich FolsomManatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
United States of America

Criteria: This award is open to all providers of compliance consulting services, where the team is led by a woman or can demonstrate that the women on the team contribute significantly to the team’s overall success. Nominations are accepted from teams within consultancies, individuals, partners and clients of consulting firms. Any size of firm may enter, from any jurisdiction and any relevant discipline.

The Shortlist

Judges’ Comments:

• “The winner provides consultancy to both the industry and its suppliers within the Pharma industry and provides training to the industry in a unique way.”
• “Impressive breadth of compliance work.”
• “Making waves in providing compliance and ethics expertise in the UK pharma industry.”
• “The expertise of the mostly female team led by the winner is truly providing a huge benefit to the pharmaceutical industry by assisting in keeping numerous companies in compliance with the codes of practice and regulations to which they are subject.”

The Winner is:Compliance Angels Ltd.United Kingdom

Criteria: This award will go the team either led by a woman or where the law firm can demonstrate that the women on the team contribute significantly to the team’s overall success in providing outstanding instances of legal advice in the compliance and regulatory sectors.

The Shortlist

Judges’ Comments:

• “The testimonies provided speak for themselves. The entrants are remarkable.”
• “The team have undertaken significant work both within Industry’s and in cross industry matters.”
• “The clients regard this team premium value to them. They are considered as trusted advisors. You are the best. Well done.”

The Winner is:Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLPUnited States of America

Criteria: This award will go to a law firm, firm or company in which a woman with legal, compliance, internal auditor, finance or risk background – has played a crucial role in securing a positive result for the client, either in preventing fraud, corruption, anti-trust or other compliance issues or in dealing with an investigation.

The Shortlist

Judges’ Comments:

• “A very impressive set of individuals with the respect of their colleagues and clients.”
• “Impressive list of achievements of the individuals in the team, and some impressive testimonials.”
• “The list of assignment demonstrates that the investigation team has worked on some of the most complex and challenging investigations.”
• “The winning team appear to not only focus on their own careers but also be role models and inspiration for young female professionals.”

The Winner is:Dechert LLPUnited Kingdom

Criteria: This award recognises and rewards a woman, at any professional level, who has made a pioneering contribution either evolutionary or revolutionary to the field of compliance. To be considered, the Innovator of the Year will be judged on either a new idea, device, method, process, programme or scheme developed over the past 18 months (from the date of the submission), on the relevance and quality of supporting materials to provide details of the innovations, the pioneering initiatives and relevant testimonials.

The Shortlist

Judges’ Comments:

• “Many companies are grappling with how to integrate short messaging systems into the company’s IT system, and compliance has been figuring out how to do this. The solutions presented here are very unusual and deserve to be recognised.”
• “The winner’s innovation and work to bring text messaging to consumer is not only changing the face of the Accounts Receivable Management industry but also making an impact on those that govern and interact with it to create and send text messages to consumers.”
• “This initiative and the use of technology is very impressive.”

The Winner is:Angela ErwinOntario Systems LLC
United States of America

Criteria: This award is open to a woman, at any professional level, who has conceptualised and implemented a new compliance training programme which has changed the status quo. The winner will be rewarded for the creativity of the programme, its adaptability to fast-changing regulations, product or service creation and for the difference the programme has made to the business.

The Shortlist

Judges’ Comments:

• “Very impressive submission – well thought through programme with impressive results.”
• “The innovativeness, boldness and focus on how to engage their colleagues and make a lasting impression is truly admirable and very inspiring.”
• “An innovative compliance training program!”

The Winner is:Merz North America, Inc.United States of America