Kristy Grant-Hart may have led the most fearless compliance life. As an American she led compliance programs in Europe. She then successfully braved leaving that all behind, going out on her own, and started Spark Compliance Consulting (now a Diligent brand). She also tackled the scary blank page and wrote a book. If all of that isn't daring enough, as a hobby she has pursued being an aerialist who hangs from the ceiling with nothing but fabric suspending her.

Listen in as she shares how she entered the world of compliance, the complicated process of starting and building her firm, and what she sees next for compliance.

Rebecca Walker is a long-respected leader in the field of compliance program assessments. In this episode of Compliance Lives she takes us through her career evolution from white collar criminal defense attorney to taking the the offense by supporting compliance programs. She shares advice about assxzessments, when you should bring in an expert (and when you shouldn't), and where she sees the compliance profession going over the next few years.

Richard Bistrong, CEO, Front-Line Anti-Bribery LLC shares his story from FCPA offender to trusted voice in compliance. Listen in as he tells us that integrity is a choice, there is a difference for employees between trained and prepared, and the need to move beyond inspiriation to implementation.

Steve Priolo of Priolo Nextgen Compliance LLC is wholly committed to the fractional life. He serves as a fractional compliance officer.

In this podcast he explains what a fracitional compliance officer is, how to approach the role, pitfalls to avoid, and the importance of learnig the culture.

Listen in to learn more about this atypical, but potentially growing, corner of compliance life.

Kortney Nordrum, VP, Senior Corporate Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer at Deluxe shares her pre-compliance life as a data consultant, how important sharing is in the compliance community, successfully serving in a dual legal and compliance role, and why everyone in compliance should follow Formula 1 racing.

Gery Zack, CEO and Founder of consulting firm Risk Trek and chief risk officer of Eastward AI, and, of course, former CEO of SCCE & HCCA, joins us for this compliance life discussion. In it he highlights the importance of thinking like a criminal, how auditing and compliance are in his DNA, and why we need ot better understand how risks can be intertwined and have impacts across your organzation.

Ethics icon Pat Harned joins us for this episode. In it she discusses how she got involved in business ethics, the change from separate ethics and compliance programs to joint ones (and the cost to ethics), how attitudes towards business ethics have changed through the years, the impact of AI and much, much more.

Charles Freerick's remarkable compliance life began as a network TV and later studio executive. Listen in to hear how this unusual background turned out to be perfect, and how it has helped him develop compliance training.

Melanie Sponholz, Deputy Compliance Officer at BAYADA Home Healthcare shares on this podcast the superpowers for compliance leaders, what you need to know about working with business unit and the value she finds in mindfulness.

Ian Moolman's career has taken him from South Africa to Europe to Abu Dhabi.

In this podcast he shares how a career in logistics turned out to be a surprisingly good introduction to the world of compliance. He also shares what he has learned along the way, including what it's really like to live and work in the UAE.