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Thomas Fox

Thomas Fox has practiced law in Houston for 30 years. He is an Independent Consultant, assisting companies with anti-corruption and anti-bribery compliance and international transaction issues. He specializes in bring business solutions to compliance problems. He was most recently the General Counsel at Drilling Controls, Inc., a worldwide oilfield manufacturing and service company. Tom is the author of the award winning FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog and the international best-selling book “Lessons Learned on Compliance and Ethics”. He is a monthly columnist and weekly blogger for Compliance Week; a monthly columnist and frequent contributor to the SCCE Magazine and a…

Mohamed Komara

Mohamed Komara is a Senior Legal and Compliance Counsel with expertise spanning across the areas of strategic and operational management of regulatory matters, legal, compliance and corporate governance matters within sub-Saharan Africa. In January 2019, Mohamed assumed the position of General Counsel and Compliance Officer, Central, West & Central Africa Region and oversees the legal and compliance portfolio for Nestlé’s businesses in the Region (25 countries). Before Nestlé, Mohamed had a wealth of experience from the FMCG and private sector in sub-Sahara Africa, having worked with multinationals such as Ernst & Young Senegal, British American Tobacco, GlaxoSmithKline, Lafarge-Holcim and The…

David Mparutsa

As Head of Enterprise & Supply Chain Development (ESD) for Absa Corporate & Investment Bank, David is responsible for defining and implementing the ESD strategy, which looks to leverage corporate partnerships to improve access to finance for suppliers, distributors, and retailers in corporate value chains. The strategy has a strong focus on driving localisation and financial inclusion through financing Small and Medium sized entities with corporate offtake or distribution agreements while also ensuring the SMEs develop adequate skills to manage and grow their businesses sustainably. Before his current position, David held various roles in Risk and Finance across the bank.…

“Corruption breeds incompetence.”