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 Mark Beyer, the Ethics and Compliance Officer at Pedernales Electric Cooperative.
Beyer’s next move took him to LivaNova, a medical device manufacturer, a publicly traded UK company. At LivaNova, Beyer became the head of Ethics and Compliance for North America where he oversaw all aspects of compliance for North America. He also made several additions to his Compliance Toolkit while at LivaNova.
Tool No. 7 was Beyer broadening out his approach to compliance and ethics at a company to a much more holistic approach.
Tool No. 8 was the exposure that Beyer had with the LivaNova C-Suite. Through these interactions he learned to work senior management in a reporting role but also to help educate the C-Suite on their role in a compliance program.
Tool No. 9 was working with corporate legal. In these interactions, Beyer learned the importance of a separate legal and compliance function.
Tool No. 10 was creativity. Here Beyer was mentored by another compliance legendary CCO, High Bigwood. Bigwood was one of the first CCOs to focus on the behavioral sciences for compliance and in compliance programs. He also expanded his views on the marketing of compliance internally.
Resources
Mark Beyer LinkedIn Profile
Pedernales Electric Cooperative