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Glad to have contributed to this lively discussion with excellent panelists at the ECP Conference at the Kongresshaus Zurich today
Partner & Managing Director at AlixPartners | Risk Advisory | Expert in Risk, Compliance, and Investigations
Today I had the privilege of moderating a panel at the Economic Crime Prevention Conference (Global ECP Strategy Hub) at the Kongresshaus Zürich, under the suitably ambitious title "Geopolitics and its Impact on Compliance Strategy, Technology and Resources." Four practitioners who know this topic not from the textbook, but from the field. And a room that clearly did too. While we could have talked for two days straight, we focused the discussion on four themes: ◦ What strategy means in an unpredictable world; ◦ The operational reality of sanctions risk today; ◦ What cyber attacks and fraud look like in a conflict-shaped environment; ◦ How to balance a clear technology vision with flexibility on solutions. What stayed with me: the answer to geopolitical complexity is not better individual solutions. It is the ability to look at risk holistically, break down silos, and define clear accountability. Simple to say. Not simple to do. Exactly the kind of work we focus on at AlixPartners. A sincere thank you to four fellow panelists whose expertise is matched only by the stories they carry from having lived it. For their openness, the depth of the conversation, and the occasional uncomfortable truth: ◦ Klaus Moosmayer, Member of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank ◦ Thomas Schönholzer, Group General Counsel, Swiss Post ◦ Peter Maerkl, Group General Counsel, Bitcoin Suisse AG ◦ Brittany Schwertberger, Chief Compliance Officer, TradeXBank See you next year. And no, I genuinely hope it will not be an AI agent moderating. I enjoyed this one far too much!