14th Forum on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Houston 2020 | American Conference Institute | 29 January 2020 | Hilton Houston Post Oak by the Galleria, 2001 Post Oak Blvd, Houston, TX 77056, USA

The 14th annual FCPA Houston Forum has become the premier anti-corruption compliance event for local industry due the caliber of expert speakers, seniority of delegates and complexity of legal and compliance issues discussed. This conference allows you to network with peers and benchmark your compliance program in today’s fragile, risk-prone global economic environment.

2020 Speakers

GOVERNMENT SPEAKERS:

William F. McMurry
Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation

David Reece
Assistant Director, FCPA Unit, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Darryl Wegner
Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation

CONFERENCE CHAIRS:

Natalia Shehadeh
Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, TechnipFMC

Ephraim (Fry) Wernick
Partner, Vinson & Elkins LLP

SPEAKERS:

Paloma Z. Ahmadi
Attorney, Haynes and Boone, LLP

Mauricio Almar
Chief Regional Compliance Counsel, Halliburton

Lindsay Antoniello
Deputy Chief Compliance Officer, TPG Global, LLC

Carlos Ayres
Partner, Maeda, Ayres & Sarubbi Advogados

Nick Barnaby
Assistant General Counsel, General Dynamics

Brent Benoit
Chief Compliance Officer, National Oilwell Varco

Luis Danton Martinez Corres
Partner, Ritch, Mueller, Heather y Nicolau, S.C.

Melissa Bohannon
Director of Trade Compliance, Weatherford

Charlyne Braga
North America Compliance Counsel, Repsol

Parth Chanda
Founder & CEO, Lextegrity

Doug Cohan
Deputy Compliance Officer, Senior Assistant General Counsel, Hess Corporation

J. Garrett Cornelison
Chief Compliance Officer, Quanta

Palmina M. Fava
Partner, Vinson & Elkins LLP

Maria Fernandez
VP, Head of Ethics & Compliance, Direct Energy

Michael A. Ferrier
Associate General Counsel - Global Well Services, Parker Drilling Company

Sandra D. Gonzalez
Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Kara Gordon
Chief Compliance Officer & Associate General Counsel, Baker Hughes

Steven G. Gyeszly
Chief Compliance Counsel, Marathon Oil Company

Tarek J. Helou
Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Nancy Jacobson
Counsel, Global Compliance and Ethics, United Airlines

William Jacobson
Partner, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Brian E. Kowalski
Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP

Sergio V. Leal
Compliance Officer, Bilfinger North America Division

Justine Lin
Senior Counsel, Global Trade Compliance, CEVA Logistics

Steve Meck
General Counsel, Americas, and Global Head of Compliance, The Weir Group PLC

Andrew Melsheimer
Partner, Thompson & Knight LLP

Suzanne L. Montgomery
VP – Compliance & Chief Accessibility Officer, AT&T Services, Inc

Gina Nese
Chief Compliance Officer, Advanced Sterilization Products

Lori S. Nugent
Partner, Co-Chair, Privacy, Cybersecurity and Emerging Technology Team, Akerman LLP

Ramona L. Ortiz
Senior Counsel, Compliance Group, Exxon Mobil Corporation

Jay Printz
Chief Compliance Officer, Teekay Shipping (Canada) Ltd.

Kristine Robidoux
Senior Compliance and Regulatory Counsel, Gran Tierra Energy

Michelle Schulz
Shareholder, Polsinelli PC

Guy Singer
Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

David K. Stott
Associate General Counsel, Nabors

Grayson D. Stratton
Partner, DLA Piper

Julia C. Symon
Vice President, Legal, Chief Compliance Officer, KBR

James G. Tillen
Member, Miller & Chevalier Chartered

Josh Wallenstein
Managing Member, The Wallenstein Law Group

2020 Sponsors and Partners

LEAD SPONSOR:
• Orrick

SUPPORTING SPONSOR:
• Vinson&Elkins LLP

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• FCPAmericas
• Global Legal Group