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Great Women in Compliance

Great Women in Compliance: AI, Compliance & Thinking Outside the Box

AI is a key topic for all of us these days, and for ethics and compliance professionals, it is a challenge and an opportunity. In this episode, Lisa Fine and Hemma Lomax speak with Mara Senn, founder and CEO of Ethakos, and Audrey Harris, Managing Director at Affiliated Monitors; both have deep experience across investigations, enforcement, in-house compliance, and monitorships. We focus on what AI means for compliance – from how it is changing how companies operate to how it can help us work smarter while keeping humans in the AI loop.

They share insights from their experience on many topics, including:

  • Moving beyond AI as a time-saving tool and thinking bigger about how it can transform compliance.
  • Why compliance needs to understand the business, its systems, and its data.
  • The risks of staying safely inside the “compliance box.”
  • How better data and AI can help compliance see risk differently—and connect the dots.
  • Why tech and data skills are becoming essential for the next generation of compliance professionals.
  • Finding the balance between innovation and risk management.

This is a great discussion for novice AI users and experienced professionals alike. 

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FCPA Compliance Report

FCPA Compliance Report: Mara Senn on AI-Native, Human-in-the-Loop Investigations for Compliance

In this episode, Tom Fox welcomes Mara Senn, founder and CEO of Ethakos, about her path from big law and a decade as a partner at Arnold & Porter to anti-corruption work at the Kleptocracy Initiative, investigations at the World Bank, and in-house leadership roles at Fortune 500 medical device and pharma companies.

Senn explains she built the Ethakos compliance investigations platform using “vibe coding” with Claude, reducing reliance on software engineers and enabling rapid product decisions. She describes Ethakos as AI-native and human-in-the-loop, designed around how compliance teams actually work, with cleaner data creation, configurable workflows, and features that automate painful reporting tasks (e.g., investigation updates) and first drafts of chronologies, interview outlines, and reports. Senn emphasizes audibility via logs and citations, advises starting AI projects with clear risk goals, and predicts AI will remove menial work so teams can cover more risks while becoming more data- and tech-forward. Contact options include ethakos.com, email, and LinkedIn.

Key highlights:

  • Why Build Ethakos
  • AI Native Platform Design
  • Solving Reporting Pain
  • Starting AI in Compliance
  • Avoiding Common AI Mistakes
  • Investigation Workflow Automation
  • Auditability and Regulator Proofing
  • Future of Compliance Teams

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Ethakos

Mara Senn on LinkedIn

Tom Fox

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LinkedIn

To learn about the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the modern compliance professional, check out Tom’s latest book, The Game is Afoot-What Sherlock Holmes Teaches About Risk, Ethics and Investigations on ⁠Amazon.com⁠.

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Compliance Tip of the Day

Compliance Tip of the Day: Cross Border Investigations, Part 2

Welcome to “Compliance Tip of the Day,” the podcast where we bring you daily insights and practical advice on navigating the ever-evolving landscape of compliance and regulatory requirements.

Whether you’re a seasoned compliance professional or just starting your journey, our aim is to provide you with bite-sized, actionable tips to help you stay on top of your compliance game.

Join us as we explore the latest industry trends, share best practices, and demystify complex compliance issues to keep your organization on the right side of the law.

Tune in daily for your dose of compliance wisdom, and let’s make compliance a little less daunting, one tip at a time.

In this concluding Part 2 of this special two-part episode, we conclude our discussion of key issues in cross-border investigations.

For more information on the Ethico ROI Calculator and a free White Paper on the ROI of Compliance, click here.

Resources

Internal Investigations, How to Conduct an Anti-Corruption Investigation: Developing and Implementing the Investigation Plan by Mara Senn

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Compliance Tip of the Day

Compliance Tip of the Day: Cross Border Investigations, Part 1

Welcome to “Compliance Tip of the Day,” the podcast where we bring you daily insights and practical advice on navigating the ever-evolving landscape of compliance and regulatory requirements.

Whether you’re a seasoned compliance professional or just starting your journey, our aim is to provide you with bite-sized, actionable tips to help you stay on top of your compliance game.

Join us as we explore the latest industry trends, share best practices, and demystify complex compliance issues to keep your organization on the right side of the law.

Tune in daily for your dose of compliance wisdom, and let’s make compliance a little less daunting, one tip at a time.

In this opening, Part 1 of this special two-part episode,
we begin our discussion of key issues in cross-border investigations.

For more information on the Ethico ROI Calculator and
a free White Paper on the ROI of Compliance, click here.

Resources:

Internal Investigations, How to Conduct an Anti-Corruption Investigation: Developing and Implementing the Investigation Plan by Mara Senn

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The Ethics Experts

Episode 136 – Mara Senn

In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Mara Senn. Mara V.J. Senn is currently a Director and Senior Counsel for Global Compliance Investigations at Zimmer Biomet conducting investigations all over the world with a particular focus on Latin America. She was previously a Senior Investigator and Senior Litigation Specialist at the Integrity Vice Presidency at the World Bank where she investigated allegations of corruption, fraud, collusion, obstruction and coercion in World Bank-financed projects around the world.

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Leading the Way

Mara Senn, Investigations and Regulations in Compliance

Welcome to the latest addition to the Compliance Podcast Network, Leading the Way, a StoneTurn podcast. StoneTurn’s Leading the Way podcast series highlights the top compliance, legal and anti-fraud practitioners who are breaking down siloes and setting new standards for excellence worldwide.

In this episode, StoneTurn Partner Valerie Charles is joined by well-known compliance professional Mara Senn. Mara has been a partner in the white collar practice of a big law firm, she has worked at the Department of Justice on its anti-kleptocracy initiative, has worked at the World Bank handling allegations of corruption but in the investigation and litigation phase and is now Director & Senior Counsel, Global Compliance Investigations at Zimmer Biomet. It is a fascinating discussion of Mara’s journey through the investigation and regulatory side of compliance, some of the changes she has seen, key lessons learned and where compliance is headed down the road.

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StoneTurn
Mara Senn LinkedIn Profile