Group Compliance Head
Elsewedy Electric
Total des années d'expérience :15 years, 0 Mois
Managing all compliance activities and programs within the group;
* Drafting new policies and procedures to comply with the local and international applicable Laws and fits the
company's mission and vision;
* Managing the day-to-day operation of the compliance programs;
* Conducting risk assessments to Identify potential areas of compliance vulnerability and risk;
* Taking all the corrective measures needed for resolution of problematic Issues;
* Collaborating with other departments (e.g., Risk Management, Internal Audit, Employee Services, etc.) to
direct compliance issues to appropriate existing channels for investigation and resolution;
* Conducting trainings/ raising awareness about the compliance programs across the group;
* Responding to alleged violations and conducting the necessary investigations;
* Providing regular compliance reporting to the compliance committee and the board of directors.
-Providing legal and compliance advice;
- Managing legal proceedings, regulatory requirements (EFSA), contract law, labor law and ensuring that the rules and regulations of regulatory agencies follows the company's policies and procedures, and that behavior in the organization meets the company’s Standards of Conduct;
- Revising and localizing policies and procedures for the general operation of the Compliance Programs and its related activities;
- Collaborating with other departments to ensure proper implementation of the compliance program;
- Running regular spot checks to ensure that all compliance Issues/concerns within the organization are being appropriately evaluated, investigated and resolved;
-Identifying potential areas of compliance vulnerability and risks, implementing mitigation measures while providing general guidance on how to avoid it in the future;
- Providing reports on a regular basis regionally and to the group if requested, sending updates of the operation and progress of compliance efforts;
- Ensures proper reporting of violations or potential violations on the regional level, or in case of major cases to the Group level;
- Maintaining an effective compliance communication program for the organization, including promoting (a) use of the Compliance WB system; (b) raising awareness of Standards of Conduct, and (c) understanding of new and existing compliance issues and related policies and procedures.
- conducting Compliance general awareness sessions for new employees as well as ongoing training for all employees and managers.
Drafting various types of contracts;
* Negotiating contracts;
* Conducting legal research and conflict checks (case related);
* Providing legal opinion;
* Translating legal documents when needed (Awards, Legal opinions, Memos, Decisions).
Conducted legal researches (i.e. Different rules of arbitration and its connection with the UNCITRAL model
Law), translating legal documents;
* Reviewed documents for new cases (i.e. analyzing case facts, reviewing contracts provisions, creating case
timeline…etc);
* Drafted contracts. (engagement letters, non-disclosure agreements and retainer agreements);
* Ran conflict checks re. New Matters and Arbitrators; Drafting Legal Letters; in charge of the litigation
docketing system;
* Followed up the handled arbitration cases and correspondences; deal wherever possible with routine client
Inquiries and communications;
* Performed research tasks and document comparison by using the Litigation Management Software
“Concordance”;
* Managed the collation of matter start and matter completion data and prepared all claims for costs, referred
major matters to costs clerk and tracked invoices by agreement with client;
* Translated legal references and pleadings when needed.
Arab Research & Studies institute (French Department), Arab League, Cairo (Egypt)
* Creating a data base for 2000 French Legal references;
* Summarizing legal documents;
* Translating Legal documents;
* Conducting Legal research.
Int. Business transactions, WTO Law, Contract Law, Int. Commercial Arbitration, Introduction to American legal system, Consumer Law, Int. Intellectual property, Int. Business and Human Rights). Dissertation: Bilateral Investment Treaties “Treaty Shopping”: a Closer Study on Most Favored Nation(MFN) and Umbrella Clauses as Standards of Protections in Bilateral Investment Treaties. Dissertation grade: A
*AML training at the Egyptian financial supervisory authority; * Legal Writing (Robert H. Mckinney school of Law); * Eridoc, Anti-Corruption, PROPS C; Individual Performance Management; Competence Management (online training); * Presentation Skills, Problem Solving & Decision Making; * Concordance - Ipro - Live Note - Worldox - PDF Docs - Time Matters - Hotdocs; * Commercial Contract and International Contracts for Multinational Companies, Faculty of Law Arbitration Centre, Ain SHAMS