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.

From Lockheed Martin, Beyer moved into the energy space to the oilfield services company Baker Hughes. There he worked under Trade Compliance Director Ellen Smith (check out Ellen’s story from December 2021 on The Compliance Life). He also improved his Compliance Toolkit at Baker Hughes.

Tool No. 5 was learning about compliance program building. A compliance program is far beyond rules, documents and organization. It is business process designed to operationalize compliance. He also learned how to message compliance into the front lines of business.

Tool. No. 6 allowed Beyer to expand the scope of his compliance knowledge, through learning about anti-corruption compliance. Here Beyer worked under At Baker he worked under CCO legend Jay Martin, who was known for his best practices compliance programs.

Resources
Mark Beyer LinkedIn Profile
Pedernales Electric Cooperative