About TRACE

Alexandra Wrage is president and founder of TRACE. She is the author of several books on bribery and host of the training video Toxic Transactions: Bribery, Extortion and the High Price of Bad Business, produced by NBC. Ms. Wrage hosts the popular weekly podcast Bribe, Swindle or Steal.

Ms. Wrage is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Vancouver Anti-Corruption Institute; a member of the Board of Directors of the Integrity Fellowship and Sanctuary, which provides vital support to anti-corruption activists and whistleblowers in extremis; and chair of the Board of Directors of the TRACE Foundation, a grant-making organization established to encourage greater commercial transparency and advance anti-bribery education. She is also a member of the Boards of Directors of Ethixbase360 and of  Speed Skating Canada. She frequently participates on the B20 Taskforce on Anti-Corruption, drafting recommendations to G20 leaders to consider in their global economic policies, and was a member of FIFA’s failed Independent Governance Committee until her resignation in 2013.

Ms. Wrage is the primary advisor to the forthcoming documentary Bribe Inc. She was featured in the Netflix docuseries FIFA Uncovered, as well as two BBC audio productions investigating FIFA. She is a guest blogger for Forbes and has been featured in media including the BBC, CNN, the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, NPR and Reuters.

Ms. Wrage was named one of the “Canadians Changing the World” by The Globe & Mail and was awarded the Women in Compliance “Lifetime Achievement Award for Service to the Compliance Industry.” She is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Raised in Canada and now dividing her time between Vancouver and Annapolis, Ms. Wrage studied law at King’s College, Cambridge University. She has provided anti-bribery consulting or training in over 140 countries.

Bapsy joined VFS Global in 2020, where she leads the integrated compliance, legal and risk team. She joined VFS from Stolt-Nielsen M. S. Ltd., a company listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, where she was the General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer. She comes with a rich global experience having worked across the UK, EU, U.S., Australia, the Middle East, South East Asia and Africa regions. Bapsy holds strong international expertise across diverse industries such as in outsourcing and technology services, energy, oil and gas, petrochemicals, maritime, logistics, infrastructure, construction, banking, financial services, travel-related services, white goods, medical systems, food processing, distribution and retail sales.

In her current role at VFS Global, Bapsy leads the legal, compliance and risk teams and together with the leadership team, established the VFS Women’s Network. The establishment of the network is one of the key steps for the company’s diversity and inclusion focus with the objective of promoting and supporting its employees.

Bapsy has held senior positions as a General Counsel, Head – Legal & Integrity, IMA, ABB, Dubai and as a Senior Regional Counsel – MEA & India and Regional Head for the GE Women’s Network with General Electric International Inc. Her key practice areas include mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, project finance, operational issues, compliance and risk management. In addition to her experience as a corporate counsel, leveraging her keen business focus in growth economies, she practiced law for several years at a leading law firm. Bapsy has been a mentor to and a keen advocate for women’s interests in various fields.

Bapsy was one of the few to be a part of the GC Power List: Middle East in 2015 and was designated as one of the top 100 leading general counsels in 2017. Bapsy has participated in international platforms such as those established by the OECD, TRACE, the American Conference Institute, C5, GenNext and has been invited to shortlist and select recipients of awards for Middle East lawyers, Women in Compliance and Asian Women of the Future.

Bapsy is qualified as a solicitor and holds Bachelor’s degrees in Commerce and Economics, and Law.

Dr. Hentie Dirker as the Chief ESG and Integrity Officer is responsible for the firm’s overall ESG compliance posture having the goal of creating ESG and Compliance programs recognized as benchmark within the sectors where the company operates.

Dr. Dirker joined AtkinsRéalis from Siemens where he was previously the Regional Compliance Officer for Canada. Dr. Dirker is a past chair of the board of directors for the Ethics Centre of Canada, an organization dedicated to promoting and maintaining an ethical orientation and culture in Canadian organizations. He currently participates in various anti-bribery and corruption working groups and think tanks and is passionate about promoting best practice sharing between organizations.

He holds an Electrical and Electronic Degree in Engineering as well as a Master’s Degree in Engineering Management with a thesis on cost controlling within a project environment. He has also successfully completed his Doctoral studies in Engineering Management with a focus on industrial distribution channel sales and marketing.

Andrea Lo Gaglio is Managing Partner of Studio Legale Biamonti in Rome, Italy and also a Member of the Board of Directors of PLG International Lawyers.

Mr. Lo Gaglio is a corporate and business law practitioner for a wide range of international clients. He has significant experience in compliance, anticorruption and corporate governance on behalf of multinational groups with emphasis on anti-bribery, money laundering, and setting up compliance programs. He currently represents and assists clients in responding to criminal investigations. In this position he also assists international clients in meeting their obligations under international anticorruption instruments and to comply with regulatory aspects of their business.

Mr. Lo Gaglio is a member of the supervisory body as per art. 6 of Decree No. 231/2001 (“Organismo di Vigilanza”) (the body entrusted with the supervision of compliance programs reporting to the Board of Directors) of Italian subsidiaries of multinational groups.”

Lee Nelson led the Ethics & Compliance function for Warner Bros. Discovery, through August 2023, across the International regions supporting the company’s film and TV productions, content licensing and channel distribution, ad sales, consumer products, and streaming teams from HBO, Warner Bros, CNN International, Discovery, Eurosport, and other networks. He originally was recruited for the role by Time Warner in 2012 and was based in the UK until 2017. He now resides in Palo Alto, California.  

Prior to these positions, Lee was based in Singapore for several years as the Asia/Pacific general counsel for Onyx Software and for Palm, the handheld device maker which was acquired by Hewlett Packard.  He began his career as an associate attorney at O’Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles and also served as foreign counsel to a law firm in Tokyo.