- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Martin Woods2021-02-12T18:21:00
At the end of the sorry Wirecard saga, James Freis may be one of the very few former senior employees who can hold his head high, writes Martin Woods.
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