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PROFILE Experienced criminal lawyer both in governmental and private sector specialised for white collar crime, anti-corruption and anti-trust issues, implementation and running of the compliance program in the multinational environment. EDUCATION Master of Laws Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb, 1991-1996. Bar Exam Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Croatia, 1999. The International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), 2006. Washington, USA The U.S. Department of State’s premier professional exchange program. Compliance Expert Training, 2009, Munich, Germany EXPERIENCE Siemens AG, 2007 – present, Vienna (Austria) Munich (Germany) Corporate Compliance Case Handling CEE and Russia, 2011-present The Compliance Case Handling department at Siemens has worldwide responsibility for criminal and administrative proceedings (white collar crime). This includes in particular conducting internal compliance investigations. Those are performed in order to establish the facts of a case so that an assessment can be made as to whether misconduct has taken place and who is responsible for it. The key tasks include: • Handling all central compliance cases, including pre-check of allegations • Handling mandated internal investigations into cases of white collar crime, focusing on corruption in the public or private sector, fraud, embezzlement, theft, tax offenses, and violations of books + records or accounting rules • Handling of governmental investigations conducted against Siemens or its employees by the police, public prosecutors and other investigating authorities, the World Bank or multilateral development banks • Advising Business Units and Regions on the procedure for local compliance cases • Defining guidelines and providing corresponding training documents and FAQs Regional Compliance Officer for Siemens Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Bulgaria, 2007 – 2011, • Implementation of the comprehensive compliance program in the countries, • Conducting the anti-corruption and anti-trust in person and web based trainings, • Performing compliance controls and risk assessments, • Advising the Executive Management on compliance related risks. • Approving of the high risk payments • Approving gifts and hospitality events Municipal State Attorney's Office in Zagreb, 2000 – 2006, Zagreb, Croatia • Head of the Economic Crime Department, 2002-2004 • Deputy Head of the specialized prosecutor's office against organized crime and corruption, 2004-2006 The County Court of Zagreb, 1998-2000 Zagreb, Croatia • Judicial Intern LANGUAGES English, Croatian, German