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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Elena Kohn.

After graduating from University College London and Stetson University College of Law (both with honors), Elena has been focusing her legal career in the healthcare space. She understands the challenges businesses face when navigating the ever-changing healthcare regulatory landscape. At AdventHealth, Elena is responsible for advice and counsel to several hospitals in the West Florida Division of the company in connection with healthcare legal issues, including medical staff issues, patient issues, physician contracts, practice acquisitions, Board advising, corporate matters, and federal and state laws. She has two children and loves fine-tuning her debate skills with her young daughter.For an extra challenge, she takes on her teenage son – and sometimes wins.

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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Anitha Vittal.

Anitha is recognized as a global leader in ethics, risk, compliance, and internal audit, with proven experience and expertise in establishing Centers of Excellence at GCCs across various industry verticals.

A passionate professional, she has over 23 years of service in leading and developing high-performing teams across India, Europe, and the US markets. Her engagements include internal audit, risk management, compliance, business process and financial compliance, data privacy, SOX, GRC program management, and digitization.

In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Pat Poitevin.

Mr. Pat Poitevin is an internationally recognized expert in anti-corruption, corporate ethics, and compliance. He is the co-founder and executive director of the Canadian Centre of Excellence for Anti-Corruption (CCEAC). He is also co-founder & CEO of the boutique advisory firm Active Compliance and Ethics Group (ACEG). Mr. Poitevin is a 35-year veteran of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and retired in October 2017, where he was the RCMP’s anti-corruption and compliance expert. He has also been an investigator and expert on drugs, organized crime, and financial crime. He is in demand as a speaker, university lecturer, and trainer at the international level and has extensive experience in program development and capacity building. Mr. Poitevin has been advising and helping public and private organizations to improve their ethics, compliance, and anti-corruption measures. Mr. Poitevin has also worked on research, consultative, and advisory projects with the G20, UNODC, and the IMF. He was a member of the Canadian Project Committee (PC278) involved in the development of the ISO 37001 Anti-bribery and ISO 37002 Whistleblowing Management systems standard, as well as ISO 42001 AI Management systems. He is a member of the Transparency International Expert Network, ACFE, IAFCI, AACI, and several other professional associations. He also has the CACM and TASA professional designations. He is a member of Transparency International Canada and a Certified Anti-Corruption Manager (CMAC-USA).

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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Elizabeth Wilks-Wood.

Elizabeth is a barrister by training who started her legal career as a regulator in the Office of Telecommunications and the European Commission. She has over 20 years of in-house experience advising companies in the UK and internationally, including at Digicel, du, and Royal Mail. Elizabeth is passionate about making compliance simple and empowering all to make ethical decisions every day. In 2017, her team at Royal Mail was awarded “In-House Compliance Team of the Year” by Women in Compliance. In 2018, as the compliance lead for the Ritz Hotel Casino, the company was awarded “Socially Responsible Operator of the Year” for its innovative work with a clinician and economist to identify individuals who may develop problematic play proactively. She joined Carlsberg in 2019, and during her tenure, her team worked to embed and enhance compliance in over 100 markets, many of which are high risk. Elizabeth is a lifelong learner. She holds a master’s degree in international business law and economics and has achieved a distinction in the psychology of behaviour change.

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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Michael Levin.

Michael Levin has a proven track-record of developing strategies and tactics for reducing compliance and ethics risks and has designed best-practice compliance programs for more than 100 companies.

Michael spent 10+ years overseeing Compliance and Ethics at Freddie Mac, leading a team of compliance professionals and corporate investigators, and setting the strategy to manage and mitigate Ethics, Culture and Conduct risk across the enterprise. This includes the Compliance Helpline, the Code of Conduct, employee trading controls, corporate investigations, and enterprise risk and compliance training. Levin was the founder of and also served as Secretary of Freddie Mac’s Conduct Risk Committee.

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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Mark Jaffe.

Mark Jaffe leads the Rivian ethics, compliance and privacy program which includes ethical culture, compliance oversight, privacy, and investigations. He leads a team of 16 people which includes privacy professionals, lawyers, compliance professionals, and investigators responsible for developing and implementing Rivian’s ethics, compliance and privacy programs and to investigate allegations of employee wrongdoing. Mark and his team work on issues related to privacy, information governance, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and data ethics.

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

Ken Myers is a global strategic business executive of global product compliance turned regulatory and business consultant with a passion and history of building organizations, relationships, practices, and cultures aimed at defending and emboldening omni-channel brands following a cross-functionally collaborative, risk-managed, data-driven, decision-making approach. Ken has over 20 years of experience lifting Supplement, Functional Food, OTC, Cosmetic, and Beauty/Medical/Electronic Device brands to achieve their goals. He is presently the Executive Director of Regulatory Avenues Consulting.

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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Matt Fawcett.

Matt Fawcett serves as the general counsel for DXC Technology. He serves as principal counsel and advisor to senior leadership and the DXC Board of Directors. He has global responsibility for all legal, privacy, contracting, mergers and acquisitions, litigation, and compliance activities, as well as government and regulatory affairs.

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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Gio welcomes Guido Palazzo.

Guido Palazzo is a professor of business ethics at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and a sought-after adviser on ethics and compliance. His work has been published in leading management journals such as the Academy of Management Review and the Academy of Management Journal.

Guido, along with Ulrich Hoffrage, authored the book “The Dark Pattern: The Hidden Dynamics of Corporate Scandals.” The book is set to release on June 3rd, 2025. In the book, Guido and Ulrich reveal why good people in organizations do bad things and how entire organizations can fall off a moral cliff.

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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Jay Cohen.

Jay Cohen has a wealth of experience as an architect of comprehensive legal compliance and risk management programs that identify and prevent fraud, promote ethical business practices, and ensure compliance with global legal mandates. As both Chief Compliance Officer and independent consultant, he has proven effective at identifying and interpreting applicable regulations, crafting and communicating required organizational responses, motivating individuals at all levels of an organization, and collaborating with business leaders to advance compliant business strategies.

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