The Compliance Life

Tom Fox
The Compliance Life

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. The Compliance Life is hosted by Tom Fox and each month will present the story of one CCO through four episodes. The Compliance Life is a production of the Compliance Podcast Network.

  1. Stephen Martin - Into the CCO Chair

    11/22/2022

    Stephen Martin - Into the CCO Chair

    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 skills does a CCO need to navigate the compliance waters in any company successfully? 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 Stephen Martin, CCO at Skillsoft, on his path to the CCO Chair.  In this concluding episode, he moves into the CCO Chair at Skillsoft. He talks about his current role and the challenges of bringing a compliance program to a compliance product and services organization. He reflects on some key lessons he learned throughout his career leading up to the CCO role. He concludes by looking down the road at where the CCO and the compliance profession will be in 2030.    Resources Stephen Martin LinkedIn Profile Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    20 min
  2. Stephen Martin-Move into Compliance Consulting

    11/15/2022

    Stephen Martin-Move into Compliance Consulting

    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 Stephen Martin, CCO at Skillsoft on his path to the CCO Chair.  From the corporate world, Martin moves to the compliance consulting world, first at Baker & McKenzie and later moving to StoneTurn. Martin literally traveled the globe (multiple times) both investigating allegations of bribery and corruption and building out best practices compliance programs. He also began teaching a compliance course at the University of Denver and reflects on lessons from that experience. He concludes by talking about the need for a personal brand and how he created one.  Resources Stephen Martin LinkedIn Profile Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    19 min
  3. Stephen Martin - Three Troubled Companies

    11/08/2022

    Stephen Martin - Three Troubled Companies

    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 Stephen Martin, CCO at Skillsoft on his path to the CCO Chair.  From the federal government Martin went on work at three of the most troubled companies in the first decade of the new century; WorldCom, Quest and Adelphia. Martin has some wild stories about his work to under cover corporate fraud at WorldCom, working to remediate a corrupt organization while at Quest and negotiating to same Adelphia with the DOJ.  Resources Stephen Martin LinkedIn Profile Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    19 min
  4. Stephen Martin - College & Early Professional Career in Government Service

    11/01/2022

    Stephen Martin - College & Early Professional Career in Government Service

    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 Stephen Martin, CCO at Skillsoft on his path to the CCO Chair.  Stephen received his undergrad degree from Creighton University, his law degree from the University of Denver and a LLM from Georgetown. He began his career at the state of Missouri’s Attorney General audiences where he handled both trial and appellate work. He moved from there to the Department of Justice under the Clinton administration. Working at both state and federal levels gave him great practical hands-on experience in the courtroom and Court of Appeals.  Resources Stephen Martin LinkedIn Profile Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    21 min
  5. Bridget Abraham-Reflections on a Non-Traditional Compliance Career Path

    10/25/2022

    Bridget Abraham-Reflections on a Non-Traditional Compliance Career Path

    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 Bridget Abraham, CCO at Remitly, who had a decidedly non-traditional path to the CCO Chair.  In this concluding episode, Bridget reflected on her non-traditional path to the CCO chair. She also discussed the compliance challenges of moving money around the globe and doing so with less friction. She recalled some of the key mentors who had helped her career path and concluded with thoughts on how and why a corporate compliance programs needs to use data to tell its story.   Resources Bridget Abraham LinkedIn Profile Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    16 min
  6. Bridget Abraham-Into the CCO Chair

    10/18/2022

    Bridget Abraham-Into the CCO Chair

    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 Bridget Abraham, CCO at Remitly, who had a decidedly non-traditional path to the CCO Chair.  From Western Union, Bridget moved to the CCO Chair at Remitly, a remittance payment company. She discussed the mission driven approach of Remitly to do the right thing. She talked about some of her early challenges and how she was able to leverage her economics background into a full compliance program.  Some of the challenges she faced included scaling up the compliance program and moving into new markets.  Resources Bridget Abraham LinkedIn Profile Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    17 min
  7. Bridget Abraham-From Consulting to Compliance

    10/11/2022

    Bridget Abraham-From Consulting to Compliance

    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 Bridget Abraham, CCO at Remitly, who had a decidedly non-traditional path to the CCO Chair. Episode 2- The Fed From the Federal Reserve, Bridget then moved into the consulting world, starting a Bearing Point and then Deloitte. From there she moved into the realm of compliance starting in the financial world at Citibank working in Compliance Analytics and Assessments. The banking world was in the transition from a manual approach to compliance into more of a tech solution option. She then moved to Western Union, first as Vice President of Global Compliance Programs then moving to Deputy Chief Compliance Officer, where her role was much broader than her prior focus on data and data analytics.  Resources Bridget Abraham LinkedIn Profile Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    19 min
  8. Bridget Abraham- College & Early Career

    10/04/2022

    Bridget Abraham- College & Early Career

    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 Bridget Abraham, CCO at Remitly, who had a decidedly non-traditional path to the CCO Chair. Bridget was the first member of her family to go to college. She got a degree in Economics from Colorado State University and then obtained a Master Degree, also in Economics. Her Master's degree focused agricultural economics, which was really about sustainability, the environment that had the impact that it had in small rural America, and research focusing on the economics of small business and the importance of agriculture in those communities. After a brief stop in NYC, Bridget went to work at the Federal Reserve Bank where she presented her research at various forums. She began her career with the Federal Reserve Bank working on economic research, later moving into more of a banking supervision role. She dealt with compliance with the Patriot Act and the Bank Secrecy Act. Resources Bridget Abraham LinkedIn Profile Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    14 min
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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. The Compliance Life is hosted by Tom Fox and each month will present the story of one CCO through four episodes. The Compliance Life is a production of the Compliance Podcast Network.

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  • Creator
    Tom Fox
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
    116
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Compliance Podcast Network
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    The Compliance Life

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