Organised by Business at OECD
Businesses play a critical role in advancing integrity and combating corruption in an increasingly complex and high-risk global environment. This Business at OECD knowledge partner event will explore how companies are strengthening integrity not only through formal compliance systems, but also through leadership, organisational proximity, culture, and communication.
Building on the recent Business at OECD Call to Action “Upholding Integrity and Compliance Amidst Global Uncertainty”, the session will first examine why strong business integrity matters more than ever in times of geopolitical instability, economic pressure, and heightened stakeholder expectations, and how the tone from the top can be effectively cascaded throughout organisations and across supply chains.
The discussion will then present key findings from the Business at OECD policy paper “Talk Integrity: How Corporate Communication Drives the Fight Against Corruption”, highlighting how clear, credible, and consistent communication can reinforce compliance frameworks, support ethical decision-making, and build trust both internally and externally.
Finally, drawing on the Business at OECD Zero Corruption Manifesto, the session will focus on how companies translate rules and systems into lived organisational culture, including the role of leadership behaviours, incentives, speak-up mechanisms, and ethical intelligence in shaping everyday decisions.
Together, the panels will showcase how businesses are moving from commitment to action and positioning integrity as a strategic asset in uncertain times.
SPEAKERS:
Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Nicola Allocca, Chair of the Integrity and Anti-Corruption Committee, Business at OECD
Keynote Speech
- Kathleen Roussel, Chair of the Working Group on Bribery, OECD
Panel 1
- Delia Ferreira Rubio: Former Chair, Transparency International (Moderator)
- Massimiliano Burelli, CEO, Cogne Acciai Speciali
- Patricia Stock, CEO, SAICA
- Cecilia Müller Torbrand, CEO, MACN
Panel 2
- Hentie Dirker, Chief Sustainability and Integrity Officer, AtkinsRéalis (Moderator)
- Maria Archimbal, Chief Compliance Officer, YPF
- Umberto Baldi, Chief Legal Officer, Snam
- Fernando Fraile González, Chief Compliance Strategy and Global Coordination, Iberdrola
- Julien Durand, Chief Compliance Officer, Sanofi
Panel 3
- Sergio Di Tillio, Chair and Founder, ALES (Moderator)
- Carolina Junqueira, Compliance and Risk Director, Grupo Globo
- Michael Paik, Managing Counsel & Senior Director Global Compliance, McDonald’s Corporation
- Bartosz Makowicz, Professor and Director of Compliance Centre, Europa-Universität Viadrina
- Gennaro Mallardo, Head of Business Integrity Compliance, Eni
Closing Remarks
- Julia Fromholz, Head of the Anti-Corruption Division, OECD
This session is led by partner organisations and may not reflect the views of the OECD.
