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Most compliance programmes look good on paper. But can you prove yours works?

Regulators are no longer satisfied with policies, training statistics, or generic risk assessments. When enforcement authorities evaluate an anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) programme, they look for evidence: documented, tested, and demonstrable impact.

In this exclusive in-conversation session between former U.S. Department of Justice Compliance Counsel Hui Chen and our Corporate Anti-Corruption Benchmark expert, Rory Donaldson, we'll explore insights into how enforcement authorities think, what compliance leaders should be measuring today to withstand scrutiny and how our Benchmark Service can help you stay ahead of the curve. 

Drawing on her experience advising the DOJ on the evaluation of corporate compliance programmes, Hui will unpack:

  • What prosecutors mean by “effective”
  • The difference between paper compliance and operational reality
  • The metrics that carry real weight in an investigation
  • Why training completion rates are rarely enough
  • How companies can evidence culture, incentives, and control testing
  • The common weaknesses that undermine credibility

Why attend?

This conversation is designed for:

  • Chief Compliance Officers
  • General Counsel and legal teams
  • Internal audit and risk professionals
  • Board members and audit committee chairs
  • Ethics & compliance practitioners

Whether you operate under the expectations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the UK Bribery Act 2010, or other global anti-corruption standards, understanding how effectiveness is evaluated is critical. 

What you’ll leave with

  • A clearer understanding of prosecutorial expectations
  • Insight into which KPIs truly matter
  • Practical ideas for strengthening your measurement framework
  • Greater confidence in defending your programme under scrutiny

Speakers

  • Rory

    Rory Donaldson

    Senior Product Manager

    Rory leads project teams working on quantitative benchmarking, thought leadership and policy development. He engages with companies on their anti-corruption priorities, and regularly chairs industry workshops. He is currently leading a programme of research into how a proactive approach to anti-corruption drives successful impact investing outcomes, and on the links between corruption and other ESG factors such as environmental and labour standards.

  • Hui Chen

    Hui Chen

    Co-Founder, Culture. Data. Ethics.

    Hui is an internationally renowned leader in ethics and compliance. Known for her practical and outcomes-driven approach, she regularly consults with companies, as well as regulatory and enforcement authorities around the world, advising them on the design, implementation, and assessment of ethics and compliance programs. Hui leads with curiosity, collaborates often with leading researchers, and publishes regularly in business and academic journals. 

    As the first-ever Compliance Counsel Expert at the United States Department of Justice, Hui was the exclusive consultant to the federal prosecutors in the Fraud Section, evaluating corporate ethics and compliance programs in areas such as anti-fraud, anti-bribery/kickback, healthcare, quality control, manipulation of financial markets, process safety, and environmental protection. She is the author of the Fraud Section’s well known “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance,” which has been widely praised by compliance practitioners and recognized by government regulators and standard setters around the world. She also consulted on all Fraud Section corporate monitorships, including hosting training for monitors on best practices and lessons learned. After leaving the Department of Justice, Hui was retained as the first-ever foreign expert consultant by the Ministry of Transparency of Brazil to assist the Comptroller General’s Office (CGU) in the development of methodologies for evaluating corporate compliance programs.

    Prior to being retained by the Department of Justice, Hui served as a senior compliance leader in industries such as technology (Microsoft), pharmaceutical (Pfizer), and financial services (Standard Chartered Bank).

    She is well versed in the practicalities of working in matrix organizations and meeting the demands of business and operational necessities. She is also keenly attuned to cross-cultural business challenges, having lived and worked in New York, Washington, D.C., Munich, Moscow, Beijing, London, and Milan, and conducted risk assessments, training, and investigations throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Middle East.

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