Last year was an especially demanding one for James Clements’ compliance team at Carson Group, which started adopting artificial intelligence tools.
Excellence in Compliance Awards
PG&E’s Alex Vallejo Is Compliance Week’s 2026 Innovator of the Year Award Winner
Alex Vallejo joined Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) 17 days after a gas pipeline exploded in San Bruno, California, killing eight people and destroying dozens of homes. The company faced scrutiny from local, state, and federal agencies, as well as losing trust with its customers. In his role, Vallejo helped to reimagine a tracking system […]
Iberdrola wins 2026 Compliance Program of the Year
Over the past six years, Iberdrola–Europe’s largest electricity company–digitized the company’s compliance processes for its global footprint in 20 countries.
Colgate-Palmolive’s Shelina Ajani wins Compliance Week’s Rising Star 2025
Shelina Ajani’s keen knowledge of ethics, management, and compliance inspired more than 500 managers at Colgate-Palmolive to embrace an ambitious ethics and compliance outreach program she created.
Laura McNamara Awarded CW’s 2026 Compliance Mentor of the Year
Laura McNamara began her career in the healthcare industry as a front desk receptionist, a job that would serve as the first of many stepping stones, paving the path of her healthcare compliance journey.
2026 Excellence in Compliance Awards – Compliance Innovator of the Year finalists
The three finalists for Compliance Innovator of the Year have applied technology to improve compliance messaging and training; to enhance ethical decision making; and to resolve key compliance issues.
2026 Excellence in Compliance Awards – Rising Star in Compliance Finalists
The finalists for Compliance Week’s Rising Star in Compliance award embody that emerging talent, showing how the next generation is already shaping the future of the field.
2026 Excellence in Compliance Awards – CCO of the Year finalists
The three finalists for Compliance Week’s CCO of the Year come from varied backgrounds, but their stories align. Each finalist has worked to modernize their organization’s compliance program while simultaneously embedding compliance in business processes.
2026 Excellence in Compliance Awards – Compliance Mentor of the Year finalists
A good mentor offers some combination of guidance, compassion, wisdom, and straight talk. The three finalists for Compliance Mentor of the Year prove there is no one answer as to what makes a great mentor. But you know it when you see it.
2026 Excellence in Compliance Awards – Compliance Program of the Year finalists
With innovations in third-party risk management and sustainability, and in embedding a compliance-first culture, the compliance programs at all three finalists showcased how compliance can be game-changing.


