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Ukrainian Red Cross Society ensures compliance in a warzone, as Program of the Year

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The Ukrainian Red Cross Society, CW’s 2025 Compliance Program of the Year award winner, built a full-fledged compliance program from scratch in twenty months during a full-scale war against Russia. “We didn’t just manage logistics; we built momentum,” says URCS’s Chief Risk Officer Dr. Mariia Polomoshnova.

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PepsiCo’s Farzin Firooznia is the 2025 Compliance Officer of the Year

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Some compliance teams consider it outside their roles to learn the ins and outs of their businesses, and something to explore when they have time.

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