Congratulations to the WCP Compliance Operations team - Melanie Sponholz, MSPT, CCEP, CHC, CHPC, Hailey Wares, BS, CPC, CDEO, CPMA and Shubha Lakshmanan - on another outstanding Compliance Symposium. This year marked the 6th annual gathering and was the largest yet, bringing together Compliance, Legal, and HR leaders from across our firm, portfolio companies and beyond. Over three days, we explored critical topics like AI considerations, healthcare policy developments, and building effective compliance champions, featuring thought leaders from Kirkland & Ellis, Alston & Bird, the MacArthur Foundation and many others. Thank you to all our speakers, attendees, and our dedicated Compliance Operations team for making this year's symposium such a success. Your work ensures that compliance remains at the heart of our work at WCP. #privateequity #healthcare #compliance #ethics
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Just wrapped up our 6th annual Waud Capital Partners Compliance Symposium—three days of curated content and networking for compliance, legal, responsible investing, and HR leaders in the private equity space. Our goal is to get bigger and better every year, and I think we succeeded this week! Our incredible speakers covered the latest hot topics: 💡AI governance, due diligence, and monitoring 💡Crowdsourcing risk intelligence 💡November elections and the compliance landscape 💡Responsible investing considerations for GPs and portfolio companies 💡Federal and state regulatory developments around healthcare transactions 💡Risk and enforcement predictions 💡Building compliance champions in middle management 💡Effective Internal Investigations 💡Career Management and Development I had the privilege of sharing an engaging fireside chat with John Palfrey, President of the MacArthur Foundation, including learning about the newly announced MacArthur Fellows. We are all inspired by the Foundation’s efforts in its mission to build a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. Thank you to our amazing attendees for your energy, participation, and sharing. We look forward to our time with this group every year! And thank you to the best team in the business, Shubha Lakshmanan and Hailey Wares, BS, CPC, CDEO, CPMA ❤️ Thank you to Kirkland & Ellis, for hosting the event, Alston & Bird for your sponsorship of our Masterclass sessions, PYA and Gallagher for a great night at Second City, and our other generous sponsors, Ethico, Holtara, and Thrive. You make this event possible!⭐️ Already planning for next year!! Stay tuned....