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FCPA Compliance Report

FCPA Compliance Report – Kristy Grant-Hart on the Evolution of Compliance in 2026: Navigating New Risks and Regulations

Welcome to the award-winning FCPA Compliance Report, the longest-running podcast in compliance. In this episode, Tom welcomes Kristy Grant-Hart, Head of Advisory Services at Diligent’s Spark Compliance Group, to discuss where compliance has been in 2025 and where it is going into 2026.

Tom Fox and Kristy Grant-Hart explore the future of corporate compliance in 2026 and beyond. Key discussion areas include the Trump administration’s changing focus on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the designation of cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, and the implications for third-party due diligence. They also delve into modern slavery laws, the impacts of AI on compliance, and the necessity of a unified approach to compliance strategy.

Additionally, Kristy introduces the Compliance and Ethics Innovation Collective, a new program from Spark and Diligent that integrates services and software to deliver a more robust compliance solution. The session concludes with strategic advice for compliance officers on staying ahead of dynamic regulatory changes and maintaining effective risk management.

 

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Innovation in Compliance

Staying the Course in Compliance: Insights from Kristy Grant-Hart

Innovation comes in many areas, and compliance professionals must be ready for and 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. Today, we begin a 3-part podcast series sponsored by Diligent with Clint Palermo, Kristy Grant-Hart, and Stephanie Font. In Part 3, Tom is joined by Kristy Grant-Hart, Vice President and Head of Compliance Advisory Services at Spark Compliance Consulting, a Diligent brand, about the state of compliance in the wake of recent changes to FCPA enforcement.

They discuss the importance of staying consistent with compliance programs, the role of regulatory bodies worldwide, and the practical implications of modern slavery and trade sanctions. Kristy emphasizes the need for a strategic focus on forward-looking risks and the benefits of combining Diligent’s software capabilities with expertise in compliance services. They also underscore the importance of maintaining psychological safety and a speak-up culture within organizations.

Key highlights:

  • The Importance of Consistency in Compliance
  • The Power of Combining Compliance Services with Technology
  • Strategic Focus for Compliance Officers

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Kristy Grant-Hart on A 360° Review of the Future of Compliance

In this episode of the Diligent Compliance Week 2025 Speaker Preview Podcasts series, Kristy Grant-Hart discusses some of her panel at Compliance Week 2025,  “A 360° Review of the Future of Compliance”.

Some of the issues she and her panel will discuss:

  • A comprehensive, forward-looking review of compliance across all roles within an organization.
  • Emerging trends, critical challenges, and innovative strategies that compliance professionals need to navigate the future landscape successfully.
  • Actionable recommendations on integrating compliance more deeply across organizational functions.

I hope you can join us at Compliance Week’s 20th Anniversary National Conference. This year’s event will be held April 28-30 at The Mayflower Hotel, Autograph Collection, in Washington, D.C. The lineup is simply first-rate, with some of the top ethics and compliance practitioners around.

Drop by the Diligent booth for some Compliance Podcast Network coffee to gain insights and make connections at the industry’s premier cross-industry national compliance event, offering knowledge-packed, accredited sessions and take-home advice from the most influential leaders in the compliance community. Back for its 20th year, compliance, ethics, legal, and audit professionals will gather safely face-to-face to benchmark best practices and gain the latest tactics and strategies to enhance their compliance programs.

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Great Women in Compliance

Great Women in Compliance – Stop, Collaborate, & Listen with Kristy Grant-Hart

In this Great Women in Compliance episode, GWIC co-host Hemma Lomax sits down with compliance expert Kristy Grant-Hart, author of How to Be a Wildly Effective Compliance Officer. Kristy discusses Diligent’s recent acquisition of her consulting group, Spark Compliance, and shares her unique origin story, which led her from a background in film and television to becoming a leading figure in the compliance world.

Tune in to learn about the four human motivators and the role of fear alongside ethical culture in compliance, the future skillsets required for compliance officers, and the integral role of community and networking in building a successful compliance career. Kristy also offers insights for Chief Compliance Officers seeking their next career steps and highlights compliance professionals’ broader impact on changing the business world.

Highlights include:

  • The recent acquisition of Spark Compliance Consulting by Diligent
  • Kristy’s journey from the film and entertainment industry to law and compliance
  • The skills and attitudes that will future-proof your compliance career
  • The key motivators to consider when influencing human behavior and culture
  • The role of community, collaboration, and following your passion.

Biography:

Kristy Grant-Hart is the Vice President and head of Advisory Services at Spark Compliance, a Diligent Brand. She’s a renowned expert at transforming compliance departments into in-demand business assets. She is the author of several highly acclaimed books, including the best-selling How to Be a Wildly Effective Compliance Officer. She has advised Fortune 100 companies on international compliance and created, implemented, and revamped compliance programs for major companies in Europe and the United States. Kristy was honored as a Trust Across America 2019 Top Thought Leader in Trust.

A powerful and inspirational public speaker, Kristy provides global keynote presentations to organizations and conferences. Kristy has written for and been featured in publications including the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Corporate Financier Magazine, Risk Universe Magazine, and on the cover of Compliance and Ethics Professional Magazine. She is a former adjunct professor at Delaware Law School, Widener University, teaching Global Compliance and Ethics.

Kristy was shortlisted for the Chief Compliance Officer of the Year award at the Women in Compliance Awards and was shortlisted again for the Compliance Innovator of the Year. Before launching Spark Compliance, a Diligent Brand, Kristy was the Chief Compliance Officer at United International Pictures, the joint distribution company for Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures in 65+ countries.

Kristy began her legal career at the international law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where she worked in the firm’s Los Angeles and London offices. While at Gibson Dunn, her team was nominated for Best Regulatory Law Firm of the Year at Thomson Reuters’s Compliance Awards.

Kristy graduated Summa Cumlaude from Loyola Law School in California. She holds certification as a Corporate Compliance and Ethics Professional—International (CCEP-I) and is a member of the California Bar.

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Everything Compliance

Everything Compliance: Episode 136 – The Great Women in Compliance Edition

Welcome to the only roundtable podcast in compliance as we celebrate our second century of shows. In this episode, we have a very special group of guest panelists and one special guest host—some of the great women in compliance.

In this special episode, Everything Compliance is by Kristy Grant-Hart, and the guest panelists include Karen Woody, Karen Moore, Lisa Fine, and Hemma Lomax.

1. Karen Woody takes a deep dive into the current evolution of Caremark in Delaware. She raves about her alma mater, UVA, making the college baseball World Series and about this special GWIC-inspired edition of Everything Compliance.

2. Host Kristy Grant-Hart shouts out to Rachel Rodgers, author of We Should All Be Millionaires, and her call to action for women to lead more in politics, business, and entrepreneurship.

3. Karen Moore explores whether Boeing will be prosecuted under its current DPA. She sends sympathies to the family of John Barnett, the Boeing whistleblower who died.

4. Lisa Fine takes a deep dive into the recent acquittal of Mike Lynch in his criminal case for the sale of Autonomy to HP. In her Raves and Rants segment, she has two raves. First to all the Dads out there, Happy Father’s Day!  Her second is Compliance Week, retiring EIC Kyle Brasseur for his tenure at Compliance Week.

5. Hemma Lomax goes into a deep rant about compliance training. She raves about Everything Compliance for its first Great Women podcast and Jiminy Cricket, whose signature phrase is “Let your conscience be your guide.”

 

The members of this special episode of Everything Compliance are:

• Karen Woody is one of the top academic experts on the SEC. She is also the co-host of the award-winning podcast, The Woody Report.

• Karen Moore is an Adjunct Law professor at the Fordham School of Law.

• Lisa Fine is a co-host of the award-winning Great Women in Compliance.

• Hemma Lomax is a co-host of the award-winning Great Women in Compliance.

The host of this special episode of Everything Compliance is Kristy Grant-Hart, founder of Spark Compliance and co-host of the award-winning podcast 2 Gurus Talk Compliance.

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2 Gurus Talk Compliance

2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 30 — Make a Plan

What happens when two top compliance commentators get together? They talk about 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!

In this episode, Kristy and Tom discuss various pressing issues and developments in compliance. Topics include the introduction of a new regulator in Europe, concerns of AI employees about retaliation for raising alarms on potential threats, California’s new workplace violence compliance requirements, and unusual attempts to use live animals as payment in Florida.

The episode also highlights the significance of the Women in Compliance conference, the importance of crisis communication strategies, and the recent extension of the sanctions statute of limitations by the U.S. government. The conversation also covers networking for job seekers and the implications of the newly formed European Financial Crime Agency. The episode concludes with a bizarre payment method by our good friend, Florida Man.

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2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 28 — CZ v. SBF Edition

What happens when two top compliance commentators get together? They talk about 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!

In this episode, Tom and Kristy take on a wide variety of compliance related topics.

One of the key issues they look at are reports suggesting China is strategically relocating forced labor from the Uyghur region to different parts of the country in an attempt to bypass US laws prohibiting goods sourced from areas associated with forced labor.

This could trigger wider limitations on goods originating from China, stressing the necessity for intensive audits and transparency in business operations. This issue has sparked bipartisan concern, hinting at potential upcoming legal actions.

Tom stresses the need for companies to react effectively to reduce risks, possibly through on-the-ground audits and increased accountability in business operations in China. Kristy underscores the need for thorough audits and proactive measures in response to the risks associated with forced labor in China. She raises the possibility of legal consequences for companies found to be misleading about their involvement with forced labor. Both perspectives serve to underline the gravity and complexity of this issue.

Highlights Include:

  • An ex-McKinsey partner says he was scapegoated. (Reuters)
  • CFTC names its first AI Chief. (WSJ)
  • CZ gets 4 months. (WSJ)
  • FCPA violator Ericsson bemoans ‘over-regulation’.  (FT)
  • Corporate investigations are under scrutiny.   (FT)
  • China Moving Forced Laborers Amid U.S. Crackdown, Biden Official Says (WSJ)
  • Robinhood Crypto gets Wells notice from US SEC (Reuters)
  • Report Spotlights Privacy Access Requests (Radical Compliance)
  • Why Employee Bonuses Do Not Work (and What to Do Instead) (Inc.)
  • A Florida man runs to the police for help after committing a crime and ends up behind bars. (Aol.)

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Sunday Book Review: April 14, 2024 Compliance Books Edition

In the Sunday Book Review, I consider books that would interest the compliance professional, the business executive, or anyone who might be curious.

It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest me.

In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, we look at some of the top books on compliance you should read in 2024.

  • The Business Guide to Effective Compliance and Ethics, by Tony Osborn and Andrew Hayward
  • How to be a Wildly Effective Compliance Officer by Kristy Grant-Hart
  • Fully Compliant by Travis Waugh
  • Governance, Risk Management and Compliance by Richard Steinburg

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Everything Compliance

Everything Compliance – The Albemarle Edition

Welcome to the only roundtable podcast in compliance as we celebrate our second century of shows. In this episode, we have the quartet of Jay Rosen, Jonathan Armstrong, Matt Kelly, and special guests Karen Moore and Kristy Grant-Hart, with Tom Fox hosting. Our topic today (with the exception of Mr. Armstrong) is the recently announced Albemarle FCPA enforcement action with both the DOJ and SEC. We conclude with our always popular and fan-favor Shout Outs and Rants.

1. Matt Kelly provides an overview of the enforcement action. He rants about former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the GOP’s desire for chaos rather than governing.

2. Guest Karen Moore takes a deep dive into the SEC FCPA enforcement action involving Albemarle. She rants about lawyer fees over $2000+ per hour.

3. Tom Fox shouts out to the MLB playoffs and pays tribute to Dick Butkus.

4. Guest Kristy Grant-Hart takes a deep dive into the holdback provision noted in the DOJ enforcement action.

5. Jonathan Armstrong reviews CEOs misbehaving and the corporate response. He shouts out Kortney Nordrum for her presentation on what it is like to go through a data breach.

The members of the Everything Compliance are:

•       Jay Rosen– Jay is Vice President of Business Development Corporate Monitoring at Affiliated Monitors. Rosen can be reached at JRosen@affiliatedmonitors.com

•       Karen Woody – One of the top academic experts on the SEC. Woody can be reached at kwoody@wlu.edu

•       Matt Kelly – Founder and CEO of Radical Compliance. Kelly can be reached at mkelly@radicalcompliance.com

•       Jonathan Armstrong –is our UK colleague, who is an experienced data privacy/data protection lawyer with Cordery in London. Armstrong can be reached at jonathan.armstrong@corderycompliance.com

•       Jonathan Marks can be reached at jtmarks@gmail.com.

•       Special Guest Kristy Grant-Hart is the founder of Spark Consulting.

•       Special Guest Karen Moore is an Adjunct Professor at Fordham University School of Law

The host and producer, ranter (and sometimes panelist) of Everything Compliance is Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance. He can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Everything Compliance is a part of the Compliance Podcast Network.

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2 Gurus Talk Compliance

2 Gurus Talk Compliance – Mary Releases A Book 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!

In this episode, Tom and Kristy cover a range of topics including new anti-money laundering rules, India’s requirement for auditors to report suspected fraud, FCPA enforcement, messaging app compliance, compliance budget challenges, the settlement of an FCPA case, changing work dynamics, the purpose of a corporation, and the impact of ESG factors on corporate governance. They discuss the American Bar Association’s delayed support for anti-money laundering efforts, India’s significant change in auditor reporting rules, SEC enforcement of messaging app compliance, and the potential settlement of an FCPA case. They also emphasize the need for businesses to adapt to changing work styles and values and the benefits of incorporating ESG factors into corporate decision-making.

Highlights Include

  1. ABA agrees to new client due diligence rules.
  2. Mary Shirley releases a new book.
  3. More messaging app non-compliance fines.
  4. Albemarle makes FCPA settlement reserve.
  5. Capitalism at an Inflection Point?
  6. New India rules require auditors to report suspected bribery and kickbacks to the government.
  7. Grupo Aval FCPA Settlement.
  8. Stretching Your Compliance Budget.
  9. Leaving the Office at 5 Is Not a Moral Failing.
  10. Florida woman doused herself in Diet Mountain Dew to erase DNA after killing roommate, 79.

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  1. WSJ
  2. Amazon
  3. WSJ
  4. FCPA Blog
  5. CCI
  6. WSJ
  7. Radical Compliance
  8. NYT
  9. NY Post
  10. Corruption, Crime and Compliance

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