Jan Stappers

Most of us want to do the right thing, in a compliant fashion. But how do you make sure that you detect potential or actual wrongdoing? Internal tips, typically categorised as Whistleblowing, remain the best source of information on what is actually going on in your organisation. The global regulatory landscape for whistleblowing has shifted from a "check-the-box" requirement to a high-stakes strategic imperative. With the EU Whistleblowing Directive in full force, the SEC and DOJ offering record-breaking bounties, and new regimes emerging across Asia-Pacific, multinational organizations face a fragmented and volatile environment.
This session moves beyond mere compliance to explore how Corporate Counsel can leverage whistleblowing programs as Strategic Risk Intelligence. We will discuss how to integrate these programs into your broader GRC and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) frameworks to detect systemic failures before they reach regulators.

- Move beyond silos by mapping whistleblower data against ERM and Third-Party Risk profiles & learn to identify "hot zones" where cultural anomalies predict systemic failures before they escalate into regulatory breaches
- Ensure your organization - not the regulator - is always the first to know in an era of record-breaking SEC/DOJ rewards where your internal "Speak-Up" infrastructure must be more trusted than a federal payday
- Navigate increasingly aggressive directives—from the EU’s expanded AI-reporting mandates to South Korea’s uncapped whistleblower rewards & learn to build a unified global framework that satisfies local nuances without sacrificing centralized oversight