Sandra joined Clariant in May 2017 and is currently Head of Group Compliance responsible for Ethics & Integrity, Data Privacy and Information Security. She brings over 15 years of experience in the Compliance field, setting up Compliance Systems in various companies. Before joining Clariant she has been with Syngenta setting up the Compliance program and governance for the EMEA region, training on ethics and embedding integrity into the mindset and culture of the business, coaching leaders on ethical topics, leading compliance investigations and implementing a third-party risk management process. She brings extensive knowledge in Compliance and Risk Management in mature and emerging markets.

Other assignments:
Vice Chair of Ethics and Compliance Switzerland
Board Member of the KBA-NotaSys Integrity Fund
Co-Chair of the Swissholdings Compliance Working Group
Regular speaker at international conferences on various topics related to Ethics and Integrity.

Patrick Wellens has 30 years’ professional experience in Governance, Ethics, Compliance, and have been involved in numerous complex and sensitive investigations across all continents. As a country and global divisional compliance officer with a pharma company based in Zurich and as a senior manager with Deloitte, he has extensive experience in developing, implementing, overseeing, and communicating an effective Compliance Program with all necessary standards, processes, and controls. In his current role with a multinational pharma company, he is actively involved in the global design and implementation of a third-party risk management solution.

Patrick is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Compliance and Ethics Officer (CCEP-I), Certified Risk Assurance Manager (CRMA). He is a member of the editorial board of Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, a Board Member of Ethics and Compliance Switzerland, a not-for-profit association which promotes organizational ethics and compliance, a member of Association of Certified Fraud Examiners advisory council and an Advisory Panel member to the Association of Corporate Investigators.

Jeffrey Cottle is a partner in Brown Rudnick’s White Collar Defense, Investigations & Compliance Practice Group. He divides his time between the Firm’s U.S. and international offices, serving a global client base. Jeff’s practice focuses on white-collar crime and compliance matters, with an emphasis on fraud, corruption, trade sanctions, and export controls.

Jeff conducts internal investigations of breaches of company policies and law, as well as the defense of investigations by external regulators and enforcement agencies such as the U.S. Department of Justice and Securities Exchange Commission, the U.K. Serious Fraud Office, and other enforcement agencies in Europe and elsewhere.

Daniel Lucien Bühr is a Partner at LALIVE Attorneys at Law and is based in Zurich. He advises and represents clients in governance matters and in internal and external investigations. Daniel Bühr also reviews and monitors corporate and public sector governance and oversight. He is a member of the ISO Working Groups on Governance of organizations and on Compliance management systems. He is a member of the European Board of the International Association of Independent Corporate Monitors, a founding member of the International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators and Honorary Chairman of Ethics and Compliance Switzerland, a not-for-profit association which promotes organizational ethics and compliance. Before joining LALIVE, Daniel Bühr was an inhouse regional counsel for a Swiss multinational.

Until his retirement end of 2018, Walter Mäder was a prosecutor with the Federal Office of the Attorney General. As a result of a reorganization of the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG), the existing 2 Departments for white-collar crime were merged. Walter Mäder became responsible of the field international corruption in the whole OAG in 2015. He was responsible for several major international corruption cases, either as a trial prosecutor or as the taskforce leader. He represents the OAG in the Working Group of Bribery (OECD) in Paris. Walter Mäder specialized on economic crime with a focus on foreign bribery cases and anti-money laundering. Walter Mäder has already lectured at national and international congresses and other occasions on his favorite subject. Within the DAS Compliance Management course of the University of Lucerne, he lectures on international corruption.