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Member of CEJ Advisory Board
Attorney, Certified Fraud Examiner
and Chief Compliance Officer, Germany
Markus Endres
Markus Endres is an attorney and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). He is a renowned expert for healthcare compliance and serves as the Chief Compliance Officer of a Germany-based manufacturer of plant-based pharmaceuticals.
After finishing his legal studies at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg he completed his practical legal training within the district of the Regional Court Bamberg.
After his admission to the bar, Markus started his legal career in the field of criminal law as a defense lawyer. After joining an international accounting firm he developed his interest in healthcare compliance.
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In 2010 Markus joined a big-four consulting firm and supported numerous clients with the development and implementation of compliance as well as risk management systems. In addition to that Markus was responsible for compliance investigations with national as well as international clients throughout the healthcare industry.
In 2016 Markus joined a global manufacturer of plant-based pharmaceuticals and is now heading the group-wide compliance team as Chief Compliance Officer.
For Markus, compliance is the perfect combination of law, business and communication. Markus loves to share his experience with fellow compliance practitioners and is a passionate speaker at compliance congresses and trainings.
Member of CEJ Advisory Board
Marcus Traut
Marcus Traut is an attorney and an accredited specialist in criminal law. His law firm is located in Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany, with a district office in Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany.
After finishing his legal studies at the Johannes-Gutenberg-University of Mainz, he completed his practical legal training within the district of the Regional Court Wiesbaden.
Since his admission as a lawyer, Traut has exclusively practiced in the field of criminal law and is a very experienced defense lawyer. In 1999, the Board of the Chamber of Lawyers Frankfurt am Main granted him the right to use the title “Accredited Specialist for Criminal Law” based on his particular theoretic and practical qualifications.
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The law firm Marcus Traut exclusively specialises in the field of criminal law, especially in the areas of white-collar crime, criminal tax law, criminal corrup-tion law, criminal medical law, and criminal appellate law.
In addition to defending individuals in criminal proceedings and representing them in occupational law proceedings, the law firm also offers legal counseling and representation to business enterprises.
The law firm Traut offers preventive counseling on criminal law (compliance) and internal investigations.
Offering preventive counseling to companies on criminal law issues is becoming increasingly important in the firm’s regular consulting practice.
You can read Marcus Traut’s Five Supporting Pillars of Compliance » here.
Member of CEJ Advisory Board
Compliance Manager at DAW Group, Germany
Derek Six
Derek Six, born and raised in northern Germany, attended high-school in Germany and California, US. Working as a paramedic during his “Zivildienst” and following university studies he learned that most of the time the worst decision is to take no decision at all.
Derek studied law at Christian-Albrecht-University in Kiel, Germany, passing first law examination in 1996 followed by his referendar time in Duisburg, Düsseldorf and San Francisco, California. He passed second law examination in 1999.
After a short stop in a law firm specialized on trademark und commercial law in Düsseldorf he started out in the department Legal and Business Development of Deutsche Amphibolin-Werke von Robert Murjahn GmbH & Co KG, now DAW SE, in year 2000.
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DAW SE is a family owned, private enterprise with appr. 5.600 employees and a turnover of more than 1,2 billion Euro developing, producing and distributing paints, lacquers, mortars and a wide range of coating systems as well as thermal insulation systems. DAW SE has affiliated companies in most EU and many oth-er countries.
Over the last 16 years Derek was and still is responsible for various legal issues, e.g. IT contracts, national and international commercial contracts, trademark and IP law and administration, corporate law, M&A and many others.
In 2003/2004 Derek successfully participated in a LL.M. oec program at University of Cologne, Germany, focusing on corporate, labour, patent, trademark, insolvency law as well as economic studies.
Since 2011 he is responsible for the implementation and development of the Compliance Management Program of DAW Group, focused on corruption prevention and anti-trust law. Derek is member of BCM, Germany, a union of In-house Compliance Managers.
You can read Derek Six’ Big Five Ideas on Compliance » here.