AI Compliance

Cecilia Garcia Podoley

JD Public International Law, Ethics, Compliance & AI Governance Expert. Vice-Chair of the Board, Ethics and Compliance Switzerland (ECS)

Cecilia Garcia Podoley, Argentinian by birth and Dutch by adoption, is a multilingual lawyer, Ethics and Compliance expert, with 30 years of international experience, based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Her career, traversing both the public and private sectors, is a testament to her resilience, strategic expertise, and pragmatic problem-solving skills. Since 2005 she led global ethics and compliance programs, in different types of organizations and industries, aligning company’s objectives with ethical practices. In the past years, she focused on the governance of AI, recognising that the world is entering a new technological phase that is shifting paradigms and, hence, ethical principles and user education are of the essence.

Cecilia obtained a diploma in AI Governance and Computational Social Science and has been accepted as a research member at the Center for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP). She is an advocate for ethical AI and user literacy, collaborating with the Ethical Ai Alliance and leading the ethics and regulatory stream of the AI Taskforce at Soroptimist International Europe. She is currently the vice-chair of the Board at Ethics and Compliance Switzerland (ECS) where she also co-chairs the AI Working Group since last year.

In 2025 Cecilia decided to create her own boutique firm – VERIX Advisory – to support and accompany companies in building trustworthy frameworks for the digital age, enabling innovation with managing risk.

Christin Carlsen

LL.M., Compliance Counsel, Autodoc

Christin Carlsen is a Berlin-based lawyer with a passion for data protection, AI governance, and emerging technologies. As Compliance Counsel at Autodoc, she translates the complexities of the EU AI Act into actionable corporate policies, equipping cross-functional teams with clear regulatory frameworks while driving data privacy initiatives in an increasingly AI-driven world.

Her legal expertise was cultivated through diverse professional experiences — from investigating cyber-related offenses at Berlin’s Public Prosecutor’s Office as a legal clerk to Taylor Wessing’s TMT team, where she deepened her specialization in GDPR compliance. This hands-on expertise is anchored by her Master’s degree in European Law from the College of Europe in Bruges, where she specialized in the Digital Single Market’s evolving regulatory environment and data protection law.

Proficient in multiple languages and skilled in cross-cultural communication, she seamlessly bridges the gap between complex regulations and business needs — making her a key player in the intersection of law, innovation and governance.

Prof. Dr. Christian Hauser

Professor of Business Economics and International Management at the Swiss Institute for Entrepreneurship (SIFE), University of Applied Sciences Graubünden

Christian Hauser chairs the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) Working Group on Anti-Corruption and heads the first PRME Business Integrity Action Center in Europe. PRME is the academic sister initiative of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). Since 2019, Dr. Hauser has been a fellow and associate member of the Digital Society Initiative (DSI) at the University of Zurich. He was a visiting scholar at the Anti-Corruption Division, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2024-25), the Department of Management, Society and Communication (MSC) at the Copenhagen Business School (CBS) (2022/23), the Basel Institute on Governance (2018), the W. Michael Hoffman Center for Business Ethics at Bentley University, and the Carroll School of Management at Boston College (both 2016). His research interests include international entrepreneurship, SME and private sector development, corporate responsibility, business integrity and AI ethics.