Caroline Tsai is chief legal & corporate affairs officer and corporate secretary at FIS. Caroline oversees FIS’ global legal, compliance and corporate secretarial functions. She also leads the corporate affairs function, including environmental, social and governance (ESG), public policy and government affairs. Caroline joined FIS in 2022 and most recently served as chief legal officer and corporate secretary of The Western Union Company. In this role, she led the company’s newly consolidated legal, compliance and enterprise risk functions as well as helped steer the company through the implementation of its new global strategy and digital growth initiatives, including its global migration to the cloud. Prior to joining Western Union in 2017, she spent more than 12 years in numerous executive-level legal roles at BMO Financial Group and Bank of America Corporation supporting retail banking, commercial banking and capital markets verticals and leading and executing legal, compliance, public policy advocacy and bank regulatory strategies that delivered results and aligned with desired and impactful business outcomes. Caroline earned a Juris Doctor degree, magna cum laude from the American University Washington College of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree, with distinction from the University of Michigan.
Legal and compliance teams rely heavily on technology partners, but many under-leverage the support, expertise, and training their vendors can offer. This panel will unpack how to build high-value vendor relationships, from knowing what you can reasonably ask for to accessing and operationalizing vendor-provided educational resources. The session will explore how to systemize the flow of knowledge from vendor to internal teams, including models such as AI “champions,” structured onboarding programs, and scalable training pathways. Attendees will leave with practical strategies to ensure their vendors are true partners in adoption and long-term success.
- Learn what legal teams should expect (and request) from vendors, including training, documentation, integration guidance, success metrics, and ongoing education
- Home in on how to build repeatable processes that move vendor expertise into workflows and team-wide competence
- Determine the benefits of appointing internal champions and creating clear escalation paths for questions and continued learning
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