Forthcoming Events

Round Table

“Early Identification of Compliance Risks at Representative and Branch Offices: Development of Remote Compliance Management”

April 8, 2015

9.30 – 14.00

In global economic environment, the multinational companies are frequently facing intrinsic extraordinary cultural and business practice traditions in the countries of presence that do not fit in the pattern of common business standards. World market expansion, development of branch and representation network, increase in number of contractors – it all increases compliance risks. These risks are equally crucial in every region of presence for an MNC since if occurred the impact on the company will be equally negative, while the economic potential varies for different regions. In other words, the negative effect of confirmed corporate fraud is equally significant for a 2%-profit region as well as for a 20%-profit region in the context of compliance practice. Therefore early identification and prevention of misconduct risks in all branches and representative offices is essential for compliance officers, as well as development of effective fraud management in relation to contractors’ work irrespective of the region.

However you can’t allocate a compliance manager for each contractor, neither can you set up a compliance section at each regional affiliate or production facility. So, what is the way to establish the early identification and management of compliance risks so that it worked efficiently though in a distance? What is the way to ensure timely informing the headquarters of misconduct by a contractor or an affiliate employee?

We would like to invite you to discuss these issues at the Round Table “Early Identification of Compliance Risks at Representative and Branch Offices: Development of Remote Compliance Management”.

Participation is free of charge

Registration: Helen.abramova@iblfrussia.org (Elena Abramova)

Programme:

9.30 – 10.00	Coffee reception
10.00 – 10.10	Welcome address. Boris Tkachenko, Head of IBLF Russia
10.10 – 10.30	Main corruption risks in Russia for multinational corporations and approaches to combat risks. Baker&McKenzie
10.30 – 10.50	Modern approaches to contractor due diligence and regional peculiarities in the context of business traditions. Timothy Stanley, Managing Director Russia/CIS, Control Risks
10.50 – 11.10	Compliance tool kit for early detection and prevention of misconduct by employees at regional branches and representative offices Inga Saltykova, Chief Compliance Officer, Russia/CIS GE Rus LLC (Moscow)
11.10 – 11.30	Control of contractor’s honest behaviour (distributors, vendors) at a multinational company Vera Cherepanova, Regional Head Compliance & Audit, Hilti Eastern Europe
11.30 – 11.50	The role of compliance officers in the process of corporate production localisation Anna Pavlova, Chief Legal Counsel, Emerson
11.50 – 12.10	Q&A Session
12.10 – 12.30	Coffee
12.30 – 13.45	Discussion: Development of remote compliance management Moderator: Boris Tkachenko, Head of IBLF Russia Issues for discussion: What are the challenges connected with the development of remote compliance management? What are the blind-spots? What are the directions for improvement and resources of the development of remote compliance management? Can compliance community networking help as one of the tools of early risks identification and prevention in remote regional affiliates?
13.45 – 14.00	Closing remarks