Encore Capital Group Represented at Consero 2016 Corporate Compliance & Ethics Forum
September 16 2016 - 12:16PM
Encore Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECPG), an international
specialty finance company, announced that Vice President and Chief
Compliance Officer Doris Hektor and Director, Corporate Compliance
LeeSa Geelhood will join Consero’s 2016 Corporate Compliance &
Ethics Forum to be held Sept. 18-20 in Newport Beach, CA. Both will
serve as panelists: Hektor on Developing A Compliance & Ethics
Function That Meets The Needs Of The Future; Geelhood on Middle
Managers: The Vital Link Between You And The Success Of Your
Initiatives.
“Encore strives to remain at the forefront of innovation in this
age of ever-increasing regulation and competition, accelerated by
the rise in digital technology,” said Hektor. “I’m excited to share
our strategies on how we at Encore have advanced in this
regard.”
The Consero Corporate Compliance & Ethics Forum is designed
to address the growing demands facing today’s Chief Compliance
Officers and provides an opportunity to share best practices and
innovative ideas to help make compliance skills an enterprise-wide
capability. Hektor and Geelhood will be joined on the panel by
compliance executives from Twitter, Hilton Worldwide, Reyes
Holdings and the University of California.
“I’m honored to be presenting alongside such a distinguished
panel of peer leaders,” said Geelhood. “I look forward to a robust
discussion about how different companies leverage their middle
management in support of an ethical compliance program.”
In her role at Encore, Hektor is responsible for overseeing and
managing compliance within the organization, ensuring that the
company and its employees are aligned with regulatory requirements
as well as internal policies and procedures. Hektor is also
responsible for establishing standards and implementing processes
to ensure that Encore’s Compliance Management System is effective
and efficient in identifying new rules and regulations and their
impact on operations across Encore’s vast debt recovery
jurisdiction.
Hektor has over 20 years of legal and compliance experience in
international banking and finance. She joined Encore from JP Morgan
Chase, New York, where her last position held was as SVP/Managing
Director, Strategy and Development, Consumer and Community Banking
Compliance. Prior to joining J.P. Morgan Chase, she worked at
American Express as Global Head of Compliance for Commercial Card,
based in New York, NY. Before relocating to the United States,
Hektor was General Counsel at American Express for Germany and held
various senior Legal and/or Compliance and Managing Director/Member
of the Board roles at JP Morgan Investment Managers and AXA
Investment Managers in Frankfurt, Germany, and London, UK.
Hektor started her professional career as an outside counsel
specializing in international Banking and Securities Law at
Clifford Chance, working in its Frankfurt and London offices. She
is a fully qualified attorney, admitted to the higher Courts in
Germany. In addition to the German equivalent of a J.D., she also
holds a Ph.D. in the Philosophy of Law & Ethics from the
Universitaet des Saarlandes, Germany.
In Geelhood’s role at Encore, she is responsible for developing
and promoting consistent and robust Compliance Management System
elements to drive compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and
internal policies within the organization. Geelhood’s team is
focused specifically on compliance risk assessments, independent
testing, corporate-wide training, compliance policies, and
compliance issue management.
Geelhood has 20 years of legal and compliance experience in
financial services. She joined Encore from Wells Fargo &
Company, where she held a variety of compliance management
positions, primarily focused on consumer protection laws and
regulations. Geelhood is a licensed attorney and is a
Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager.
About Encore Capital Group, Inc.
Encore Capital Group is an international specialty finance company
that provides debt recovery solutions for consumers across a broad
range of assets. Through its subsidiaries around the globe, Encore
purchases portfolios of consumer receivables from major banks,
credit unions and utility providers.
Encore partners with individuals as they repay their debt
obligations, helping them on the road to financial recovery and
ultimately improving their economic well-being. Encore is the first
and only company of its kind to operate with a Consumer Bill of
Rights that provides industry-leading commitments to consumers.
Headquartered in San Diego, Encore is a publicly traded NASDAQ
Global Select company (ticker symbol: ECPG) and a component stock
of the Russell 2000, the S&P Small Cap 600 and the Wilshire
4500. More information about the company can be found at
http://www.encorecapital.com. More information about the Company's
Cabot Credit Management subsidiary can be found at
http://www.cabotcm.com. Information found on the company’s or
Cabot’s website is not incorporated by reference.
Contact:
Kevin Saidler
Encore Capital Group, Inc.
619-608-9072
kevin.saidler@encorecapital.com
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