Latin America: The Compliance Challenge
Latin America: The Compliance Challenge
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Summary
What is necessitated for growing your business in Latin America? People on the ground are the answer, according to Josie Jardim, GE’s General Counsel for Latin America. Adapting to the environment and culture is a crucial aspect to the success of a company’s growth into Latin America. In this article, Jardim is joined by Isabella Maciel de Sá, Novartis’ Brazil General Counsel, and Andres Otero, the Managing Director of Kroll, to discuss the intricacy and challenges of maintaining GE’s firmly constructed compliance and financial guidelines in South America.
WASHINGTON, DC--Latin America took center stage on April 1 in Washington, D.C., at the annual Dow Jones Global Compliance Symposium, which gathers chief compliance, legal and other senior officers of some of the world’s largest multinational corporations. The topic of the moment was: “Doing Business in Latin America: Steering Clear of Trouble.”
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