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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick Gallo welcomes Ellen Hunt.

Ellen is a lawyer, ethics & compliance professional, audit executive, and chief privacy officer. She has expertise in identifying, evaluating, and mitigating risks as an advisor to the Board of Directors and senior management. She has over 20 years of management experience in various industries including health care, food service, and not-for-profit associations in creating, designing, implementing, and operating world-class ethics and compliance programs including board governance and reporting, designing instructor-led and online ethics education, creating policy management frameworks, implementing conflict of interest processes, managing enterprise and compliance risk processes as well as handling investigations and regulatory agency inquiries.

She is the Vice President – Global Ethics & Compliance Program for Cushman & Wakefield, a commercial real estate company with 52,000 employees in 60 countries. Her responsibilities include developing the global ethics & compliance strategy, developing education to foster a culture of integrity, managing third party due diligence, as well as conflicts of interest.

In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick Gallo welcomes Mike Halbach.

Mike P. Halbach is a Compliance & Risk Management Advisor and Trading Expert with over 30 years of in-house experience across US-based and global industrial and commodity trading firms. His career has focused on helping trading organizations navigate complex regulatory environments while supporting commercial teams with robust, practical, and business-enabling compliance solutions.

Mike has worked extensively across physical and financial markets, including agriculture, energy, metals, and emissions, with hands-on experience in major trading venues such as CME/CBOT, MATIF, ICE (globally), BMD, SGX, and the LME.

Today, he is a Partner at Sybius Consulting, a Geneva-based boutique consultancy advising more than 30 clients worldwide — including listed producers, commodity trading firms, and quantitative hedge funds — and delivering tailored compliance frameworks and regulatory insight grounded in deep market expertise.

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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick Gallo welcomes Forrest Deegan.

Forrest Deegan is an accomplished Legal, Risk & Compliance executive who has succeeded by partnering with business leaders to build high performing teams, drive organizational enhancement, and reduce risk.

After ten years in private practice with Arnold & Porter, Forrest became the first-ever Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer (CECO) for Abercrombie & Fitch and then Victoria’s Secret. Most recently, Forrest was the CECO for Albemarle Corp. At all three companies, Forrest was a member of the legal leadership team and supported third party risk and supply chain transparency efforts.

Forrest is currently a Lecturer at the University of Chicago School of Law, where he teaches a course entitled “Corporate Compliance and Business Integration” and is the Co-Chair of the ABA’s Corporate Compliance & Ethics Subcommittee of the Business Law Section.

Forrest received his J.D. with honors from Duke Law School and his B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin. Forrest is married to a world-class litigator (Ryan Richardson) and loves spending time with her and their 3 kiddos.

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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick Gallo welcomes Ken Myers.

Ken Myers is Executive Director of Regulatory Avenues Consulting, a boutique advisory firm helping global wellness, beauty, and pet care brands align product compliance with business strategy and growth. With nearly 25 years of regulatory leadership experience, Ken advises organizations on modernizing compliance functions through AI-enabled systems that shift regulatory work from repetitive analysis to competitive decision-making.

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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick Gallo welcomes Joe Murphy.

Joe Murphy, CCEP, is the editor of Compliance and Ethics: Ideas & Answers, a weekly newsletter for compliance and ethics professionals around the world. For over 45 years Joe has been a tireless champion of compliance and ethics in organizations and has done compliance work on six continents. Joe has published over 100 articles and given over 200 presentations in 21 countries. Joe is author of 501 Ideas for Your Compliance & Ethics Program and A Compliance & Ethics Program on a Dollar a Day. He is a Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional and a former member of the board of the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics. Joe was named one of The National Law Journal’s 50 Governance, Risk and Compliance Trailblazers and Pioneers 2014 and received SCCE’s Compliance and Ethics Award. He has been recognized as a lifetime member of the Australian Compliance Institute.

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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick Gallo welcomes Emily Miner.

Emily is a Director at Ethisphere in the Data & Services team. She helps organizations advance business integrity through strategic consultation on effective ethics and compliance program design and implementation. This includes program evaluation, benchmarking against peer practices, and executive alignment. She also partners with large organizations to assess and enhance the compliance maturity of companies along their value chain.

Prior to joining Ethisphere, Emily spent over a decade advising global corporations on ethical culture, program effectiveness, and codes of conduct. Most recently, she was a Vice President and leader of LRN Corporation’s advisory practice. Her earlier career was spent in the environmental science and sustainability sectors, both in non-profit and academia, where a highlight was contributing to drafting international climate policy goals as part of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick Gallo welcomes Carla Wilson

Carla is an experienced compliance and ethics leader with a strong track record in managing complex programs, including a DOJ FCPA investigation and monitorship. She has worked with US-headquartered companies such as Stericycle and Koch Industries, as well as global organizations like BP, helping them build robust compliance frameworks and navigate complex regulatory environments.

Having lived and worked in five countries, Carla brings a truly global perspective to compliance. She is passionate about fostering a culture of integrity and designing practical, risk-based solutions that support both business objectives and compliance goals.

She will shortly be stepping into a new leadership role, where she will continue to build and evolve high-impact compliance programs.

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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick Gallo welcomes Ximena Restrepo.

Ximena Restrepo is the Compliance & Privacy Partner at an independent integrated healthcare delivery system based in Montana and the largest employer in the state. Ximena is the next-generation compliance and ethics professional and dedicated healthcare professional with over a decade in the industry. She has gained experience in various capacities including health policy, government relations, EMR interoperability and data privacy, with a strong focus on auditing, monitoring, and risk assessments. With a dual educational background in Health Information and Informatics Management and Compliance and Health Law.

She is an active member of the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) and the Society of Compliance & Ethics (SCCE) and has obtained both Certification Board’s designations: Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC) and Privacy Compliance (CHPC), and passionate about knowledge sharing, fostering professional connections, and staying informed on the latest compliance trends.
Ximena grew up in Colombia and currently resides in Missoula enjoying all the outdoor activities that Montana offers.

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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick Gallo welcomes Kilby Macfadden.

Kilby Macfadden serves as a Managing Director, Associate General Counsel at KPMG LLP, where she oversees complex investigations, ethics matters, and enterprise risk issues. As the Head of Investigations, her work focuses on strengthening organizational trust, ensuring fair and transparent investigative processes, and supporting effective speak-up and compliance frameworks.

Before joining KPMG, Kilby served as Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer at Molson Coors Beverage Company, where she led global ethics and compliance investigations and oversaw enterprise-wide programs addressing anti-corruption, antitrust, and regulatory risk. She previously held senior leadership roles at the U.S. Department of Justice, including Principal Deputy Chief of the Health Care Fraud Unit, where she supervised nationwide white-collar and fraud prosecutions and helped shape DOJ enforcement and training initiatives.

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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick Gallo welcomes Joe Murphy.

Joe Murphy, CCEP, is the editor of Compliance and Ethics: Ideas & Answers, a weekly newsletter for compliance and ethics professionals around the world. For over 45 years Joe has been a tireless champion of compliance and ethics in organizations and has done compliance work on six continents. Joe has published over 100 articles and given over 200 presentations in 21 countries. Joe is author of 501 Ideas for Your Compliance & Ethics Program and A Compliance & Ethics Program on a Dollar a Day. He is a Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional and a former member of the board of the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics. Joe was named one of The National Law Journal’s 50 Governance, Risk and Compliance Trailblazers and Pioneers 2014 and received SCCE’s Compliance and Ethics Award. He has been recognized as a lifetime member of the Australian Compliance Institute.

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