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Innovation in Compliance

Innovation in Compliance – Exploring Fractional and Adjunct Risk Professionals with Gerry Zack

Innovation occurs across many areas, and compliance professionals need not only to be ready for it but also to embrace it. Join Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, as he visits with top innovative minds, thinkers, and creators in the award-winning Innovation in Compliance podcast. In this episode, host Tom Fox welcomes back Gerry Zack to discuss a novel service offering in the compliance and risk management community: fractional and adjunct risk professionals.

Zack explains how these roles can supplement companies that lack certain expertise or can’t afford full-time positions, particularly highlighting the benefits of long-term relationships. The discussion also covers the distinctions between compliance and broader risk management, the flexibility of fractional contracts, and the importance of alignment in risk management practices across different organizational departments.

Key highlights:

  • Exploring the Concept of Fractional CCO
  • Long-term Benefits of Fractional Roles
  • Risk Professional Services vs. Compliance
  • Applications and Benefits of Fractional Roles
  • Challenges and Considerations

Resources:

Gerry Zack on LinkedIn

RiskTrek website

Innovation in Compliance was recently ranked 4th among Risk Management podcasts by 1,000,000 Podcasts.

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2 Gurus Talk Compliance

2 Gurus Talk Compliance – Episode 64 – The Hardest Year Edition

What happens when two top compliance commentators get together? They talk compliance, of course. Join Tom Fox and Kristy Grant-Hart in 2 Gurus Talk Compliance as they discuss the latest compliance issues in this week’s episode!

Stories this week include:

  • FCPA Enforcement Is Happening! – Radical Compliance – HERE
  • Where in the Loop? Testing AI Across 120 Compliance Tasks to Find Out Where Humans Are Most Needed – CCI – HERE
  • Charlie Javice Billed Hotels and Cellulite Butter as Legal Fees, JPMorgan Says – Wall Street Journal – HERE
  • General Counsel on Demand: Why High-Risk Sectors Are Embracing the Fractional Model – CCI – HERE
  • The $1tn Man tells workers 2026 will be the ‘hardest year.’ (BusinessInsider)
  • Top Ukrainian energy ministers resign. (AP)
  • Hundreds of thousands protest in the Philippines against corruption. (NPR) And protests rage in Mexico over corruption. (NYT)
  • They really don’t want to pay her attorney’s fees.  (WSJ)
  • The Lakers are being investigated in an NBA betting scandal.  (ESPN)
  • Florida man wearing ‘No, seriously, I have drugs’ T-shirt arrested for drug possession—The Week – HERE.

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Kristy Grant-Hart on LinkedIn

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