The Compliance Life details the journey to and in the role of a Chief Compliance Officer. How does one come to sit in the CCO chair? What are some of the skills a CCO needs to success navigate the compliance waters in any company? What are some of the top challenges CCOs have faced and how did they meet them? These questions and many others will be explored in this new podcast series. Over four episodes each month on The Compliance Life, I visit with one current or former CCO to explore their journey to the CCO chair. This month, my guest is Ellen Smith, who has sat in the chair of a Director of Trade Compliance.

In 2002,  took her my first in-house job at Jockey International – the underwear company. It was a private company, family business, with a small legal department but with tremendous brand recognition and international footprint. Participated in a U.S. Focused Assessment, an early member of CTPAT validation, and a very intense customs valuation investigation and appeal by the CBSA, the Canada Customs authorities. In early 2010, she moved to Texas and joined Billy Jacobsen and Natalia Shehadeh at Weatherford, which was going through an investigation for export violations and bribery allegations.

Favorite adopted sayings

From Jockey– ‘life is like underwear, change is good’

From Mark Jaeger “perhaps”
Resources
Ellen Smith LinkedIn Profile
Amalie Trade Compliance Consulting