Sandra joined Clariant in May 2017 and is currently Head of Group Compliance responsible for Ethics & Integrity, Data Privacy and Information Security. She brings over 15 years of experience in the Compliance field, setting up Compliance Systems in various companies. Before joining Clariant she has been with Syngenta setting up the Compliance program and governance for the EMEA region, training on ethics and embedding integrity into the mindset and culture of the business, coaching leaders on ethical topics, leading compliance investigations and implementing a third-party risk management process. She brings extensive knowledge in Compliance and Risk Management in mature and emerging markets.

Other assignments:
Vice Chair of Ethics and Compliance Switzerland
Board Member of the KBA-NotaSys Integrity Fund
Co-Chair WG NGOs and International Organizations
Regular speaker at international conferences on various topics related to Ethics and Integrity.

Patrick Wellens has 30 years’ professional experience in Governance, Ethics, Compliance, and have been involved in numerous complex and sensitive investigations across all continents. As a country and global divisional compliance officer with a pharma company based in Zurich and as a senior manager with Deloitte, he has extensive experience in developing, implementing, overseeing, and communicating an effective Compliance Program with all necessary standards, processes, and controls. In his current role with a multinational pharma company, he is actively involved in the global design and implementation of a third-party risk management solution.

Patrick is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Compliance and Ethics Officer (CCEP-I), Certified Risk Assurance Manager (CRMA). He is a member of the editorial board of Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, Vice Chair of Ethics and Compliance Switzerland, a not-for-profit association which promotes organizational ethics and compliance, a member of Association of Certified Fraud Examiners advisory council and an Advisory Panel member to the Association of Corporate Investigators.

Annette Schüller brings extensive experience in compliance, governance and international law. From 2010 to 2023 she was Corporate Compliance Officer at Givaudan SA and set up the ethics & compliance function and programme at Givaudan, including the anti-corruption and data protection programmes in particular. In addition, she created the enterprise risk management function at Givaudan and served as the Board secretary. Annette is a regular speaker and contributor on compliance topics in Switzerland and internationally, including the co-authorship on the chapter on compliance risk assessment for the Swiss Handbuch Corporate Compliance (2022). Before joining Givaudan, Annette worked at Tetra Laval International as a Legal Director and before that she was a corporate finance and M&A lawyer in the London offices of a U.S. law firm. Annette is a German qualified lawyer and an Attorney-at-Law (NY). She holds a Ph.D. in German corporate law from Tübingen University (Germany) and is also a CFA Charterholder.

Cecilia Garcia Podoley, is a multilingual lawyer, ethics and compliance expert and Certified Fraud Examiner with almost 30 years of experience.
Since 2005 she led global ethics and compliance programs, in different types of organizations and industries, aligning company’s objectives with ethical practices. She is currently a board member of Ethics and Compliance Switzerland (ECS) and collaborates with other small not-for-profit associations. Furthermore, Cecilia specializes in the intersection of ethics and new technologies, leveraging her insight to shape responsible business practices in the rapidly evolving landscape in the digital age. She often publicly speaks and writes around this topic.