Business leaders are drawing on the expertise of compliance professionals to map out the risk landscape in President Donald Trump’s new world order.
By and large, the compliance function was embraced as a strategic partner to the C-suite and board in 2024, Compliance Week’s “Inside the Mind of the CCO” survey shows, a positive development for a profession accustomed to being shut out of leadership conversations. The vast majority of compliance professionals–74 percent–say they have a regular seat at the leadership table of their companies, indicating their area of expertise is gaining traction, and perhaps overdue recognition, as a strategic imperative for businesses. At a time when the Trump administration is rewriting many of the rules, businesses are turning to compliance to do what they do best: look ahead and identify the risks.
