Oonagh van den Berg: What does it take to be a compliance officer?

Regulatory Ramblings

Oonagh Van Den Berg is founder of the compliance consultancy firm VRS (Virtual Risk Solutions) and RAW Compliance, a global compliance social enterprise providing free training and networking for compliance officers.
​In this episode, she joins Ajay Shamdasani to discuss what it takes to be a compliance officer – in terms of skills, knowledge, and temperament – as well as the challenges of being a woman in male-dominated fields such as financial services, law and compliance.
They also discuss the role of technology in the legal and compliance professions moving forward, the tendency towards using credentials as a proxy for experience, and the importance of regular upskilling and lifelong learning to stay relevant in an age of perpetual change.
In a separate discussion on Regulatory Ramblings - Briefs, Oonagh discusses her background growing up in Northern Ireland during the tumultuous 1980s, how she found her way into the legal profession. You can listen to this discussion through the Regulatory Ramblings page at: www.hkufintech.com/regulatoryramblings

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Chapters

1. Starting a career in compliance (00:02:39)

2. The critical role of mentorship (00:07:38)

3. Being a woman in compliance and work-life balance (00:24:39)

4. Credentials in the industry (00:38:27)

5. What the compliance industry can learn from FinTech (00:40:40)

6. Legal training and compliance (00:56:55)

7. Should legal and compliance merge? (01:04:27)

8. Current issues across the compliance (01:14:28)

9. Compliance, risk and governance (01:23:11)

10. Compliance as career path (01:26:51)