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A Localized Approach to Business Partner Risk Management: A Case Study of SAP’s Partner Compliance Audit Program in APJ
Wednesday, 17 March 2021 | 1:00 PM ET (5:00 PM GMT)
Speaking from an internal compliance monitoring perspective and utilizing a case study approach, Sunandan Sinha, Audit Director, Partner Audit Team (India, Greater China & APJ), Office of Ethics & Compliance, SAP, will provide an overview of how SAP has crafted its business partner risk management and audit program for the Asia Pacific region. Sharing a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse into how a localized compliance monitoring program is developed, Sunandan will share what factors were weighed in the balance when SAP’s internal program was developed paying particular attention to the treatment of bribery and corruption-related risks and key factors to consider when building a program.
Specific topics to be addressed during the session include:
- The FCPA, its broad jurisdictional reach, and impact on Chinese companies entering the international arena.
- The FCPA as a tool in the U.S. enforcement arsenal and recent enforcement vigor.
- The evolving FCPA compliance risks for Chinese companies and multinationals especially in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative.
- A practical approach to third-party risk management for multinationals and Chinese companies.
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Sunandan Sinha
Audit Director, Partner Audit Team (India, Greater China & APJ), Office of Ethics & Compliance
SAP
Sunandan has been with SAP for close to 2.5 years as an Audit Director, in the Partner Audit Program of SAP’s Office of Ethics and Compliance. He is responsible for all anti-bribery and anti-corruption-related business partner compliance audits in the APJ, Greater China and India region. In his 14 years of his professional career, Sunandan worked in various sectors including banking, immigration and nationality-related counter fraud, and forensic consulting. Before joining SAP, Sunandan worked in the Forensic team of PwC for 3.5 years responsible for third party due diligence and compliance monitoring.