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Nick Manning is a commentator, author and speaker on advertising, with a specialization in media. He co-founded Manning Gottlieb Media in 1990, and following its purchase by Omnicom he became CEO of the OMD UK Group.  He also co-founded OPera, the media negotiation arm for OMD and PHD. In 2007 Nick joined Ebiquity as Chief Operating Officer before becoming responsible for Ebiquity's non-UK based operations and Chief Strategy Officer. At Ebiquity he led the team that produced the recommendations for advertisers that accompanied the K2 Intelligence report into media transparency in 2016.  Since 2019 he has run his own consulting business, advising advertisers and their trade associations. Nick specializes in helping advertisers improve their effectiveness, accountability and transparency. References: Advertising, Who Cares? A Summit event happening at London's Royal Society of Arts on September 12th 2024, aiming to discuss possible solutions around five topics: Business models; Trading, Transparency and Trust; Measurement and Accountability; Recruitment and Well-Being; Brands and Journalism.  Nick Manning's Encyclomedia, “fractional” Chief Media Officer services. Nick Manning on X Nick Manning on LinkedIn Arielle Garcia on Masters of Privacy Sergio Maldonado, How we tried to fix advertising, ecommerce, and media by putting people in control of their data Augustine Fou on Masters of Privacy  

Nicole Kotsianas, an investigator with K2 Intelligence, made it her personal mission to hunt down the Hollywood Con Queen, who crulley tormented her victioms and shattered their dreams. Nicole's efforts bore unexpected fruits, when she discovered that the Con Queen was actually... a man. Our Sponsors:* Check out Kiteworks: kiteworks.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Lawsuits are starting to pile up, in the wake of the collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium. Most seek damages - not only for the deaths of the nearly 100 people who died -- but also for the loss of 138 individual units. In today's podcast, RANE Founder David Lawrence talks to industry experts on what we know and don't know about what went wrong and what needs to be done to prevent similar tragedies. He's joined by Raymond Dookhie from K2 Intelligence and Jon Mechanic for a discussion on the implications for real estate owners, developers, and investors that touches on the due diligence required, the growing impact of climate change, what an effective maintenance program looks like, and how to monitor construction to ensure code and quality compliance. Become a RANE Core Member today! Get our daily Risk Book digest, weekly intelligence briefs on cyber, geopolitical, and financial crime, access to knowledge-sharing webinars, and breaking alerts on important risk developments. Find out how RANE can power your business to success at RANEnetwork.com. That's RANE network.com

In this episode, I take a deep dive into the first cyber-security enforcement action brought by the state of New York, Department of Financial Services. It was against First American Title. In this exploration I am joined by Jordan Arnold, the Chief Innovation Officer at K2 Intelligence FIN. He is the founder and Global Chair of K2 Intelligence’s Private Client Services practice, which provides privacy and security services to ultra and high net worth families and clients in the entertainment, music, and sports industries and Surjeet Mahant, Managing Director in K2 Intelligence FIN’s Financial Crimes Risk and Compliance practice, where he leads cyber risk services. With over 20 years of experience in cybersecurity and privacy risk solutions for large institutions, Surjeet assists clients in developing the tools and strategies needed to protect the confidentiality of their data, the availability of their systems, and the integrity of their operations.  Some of the highlights include: Overview of the enforcement action; What are the broader consequences for the industry; significance of regulation/action; need for proactive actions; What is the DFS and why is it regulating an insurance company around cyber? Why has cyber become a part of the broader compliance conversation? What specific steps can entities take to mitigate a violation or breach of data? What can entities expect in the future from regulators in the cyber space? For more information on K2 Intelligence FIN, click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to this special podcast series, In Conversation with K2 Intelligence FIN Jeremy Kroll on GRC Risks, Strategies, and the Future, sponsored by K2 Intelligence FIN. This week I have visited with K2 Intelligence FIN, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jeremy Kroll on GRC Risks, Strategies, and the Future. Over this week, we have reviewed the current Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) landscape, looked at GRC at work, considered GRC and the investment community, reviewed GRC and K2 Intelligence FIN and today, in Part 5, we conclude with a look at GRC then and now. I found most interestingly that Jeremy Kroll believes one of the key mainstays of GRC is something that many compliance professionals are only now coming to realize, which is that proactive compliance is more effective and more cost effective than reactive compliance. With the addition of technology, it is possible to do things not only more quickly and more efficiently but in a much more cost-effective manner. Jeremy Kroll noted, “What we’re seeing is the velocity of data available, the increasingly important role of technology, coupled with a multi-disciplined approach within organizations to create governance, frameworks, risk management techniques and abilities, and compliance programs that are even more essential now.” Moving forward, compliance and ethics as well as GRC professionals, who are living and breathing the mission every day, are more fully operationalized down to the front lines. It is these risk management professionals who will be the ones first identifying the risk and risk management strategy. As Jeremy Kroll noted, “This will help you to flatten the curve and that risk particularly to your reputation or your business. I would say, come on over the water’s warm here, we’re growing very quickly. And I think as a proof point, the investment community is showing up every day at our doorstep. And they’re also thankfully investing in a lot of other businesses in our field and technology, RegTech, CompliTech, also professional services and advisory.” We ended by agreeing that GRC is going to be one of the most exciting areas, including the outsourcing of compliance, which also includes training and education. Here Jeremy Kroll said, “we are taking people who are already in their forties, fifties, or even sixties, and we’re retraining them. And so, pivoting and making a career change and growing in this field, this is a growth field and we want that wisdom. We want that judgment. We want that business or life experience. And you can couple that with young employees and technology enablement, and then you can add tremendous value to clients.” It really does not get much better than that. Check out the LinkedIn page for K2 Intelligence FIN here. Check out the K2 Intelligence FIN website here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to this special podcast series, In Conversation with K2 Intelligence FIN: Jeremy Kroll on GRC Risks, Strategies, and the Future, sponsored by K2 Intelligence FIN. This week am visiting with K2 Intelligence FIN, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jeremy Kroll on GRC Risks, Strategies, and the Future. Over the week, we have reviewed the current Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) landscape, looked at GRC at work, considered GRC and the investment community. In Part 4, we consider GRC and K2 Intelligence FIN and will conclude tomorrow with a look at GRC then and now.  Jeremy Kroll counseled that you must “start with an investigative mindset and understanding what the core risks are. Where is that inflection point? Sometimes you might find out a little bit late, but so long as you are quick to react and pivot, you can change the calculus. That means you have to be ready with enough resources internally. You need to make sure that you have a couple of key crisis response or organizations on speed dial because you can’t do everything yourself and your team is usually focused on doing business as usual.” He ended with “how do you be prepared and be in a position to make sure it is a normalized environment when you are dealing with a significant risk to your organization?” Jeremy Kroll went on to note that it begins with asking some interesting questions such as (1) Do you have the internal resources to address this? (2) Do you need to look externally for support? Looking down the road (in an Einsteinian sort of way); (3) Can you see around the corner? And perhaps most importantly, (4) Do you know what trends or crises may impact you in 6 months, a year from now or 5 years from now? Jeremy Kroll cautioned that complacency is the foe of preparedness. As he said, “I think the minute someone gets sort of comfortable and says, oh, we got this or we’ve gained this whole thing out. We figured it all out. That’s the beginning of the end.” To prevent this a business executive, senior management and the Board of Directors have to be great listeners and ask questions, such as what’s the next issue that’s going to become a trend? and what should I be looking out for in my business and also the businesses of my clients? K2 Intelligence FIN has many services which act in concert and parallel. In the area of third-party risk management, it begins with enhanced due diligence platforms. K2 FIN is often called in by companies to conduct third party vetting; reverse or self-due diligence, typically in the case of preparing for a sale; social media due diligence – a proprietary platform we actually developed that helps analyze large volumes of associated content to show a bigger picture. This demonstrates that due diligence is not something you do once and walk away from – it’s something that should be conducted on an ongoing basis to make sure you have the lay of the land, you understand the risk environment, you know what has changed and evolved. This is particularly important in GRC frameworks. Next is Portfolio Risk Management, where K2 FIN works closely with clients to develop a risk assessment methodology based on a systematic approach to risk which applies objective assessment criteria consistent with regulatory guidance and global standards. The methodology will utilize both qualitative data and key quantitative metrics to embed a given entity’s risk appetite into investment decisions and ongoing business operations and provide appropriate risk assessment and management of both portfolio and target investments. Adopting a consistent risk scoring methodology across risk areas will allow for more clear comparisons of risk across domains and investment targets and enable more effective ongoing risk monitoring, reporting, and mitigation. Please join us for our final episode of this podcast series where we examine GRC: then and now. Check out the LinkedIn page for K2 Intelligence FIN here. Check out the K2 Intelligence FIN website here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to this special podcast series, In Conversation with K2 Intelligence FIN: Jeremy Kroll on GRC Risks, Strategies, and the Future, sponsored by K2 Intelligence FIN. This week I visit with K2 Intelligence FIN, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jeremy Kroll on GRC Risks, Strategies, and the Future. Over this week, we are reviewing the current Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) landscape, GRC at work, GRC and the investment community, GRC and K2 Intelligence FIN and will conclude with a look at GRC then and now. In Part 3, we consider GRC and the investment community. It turns out that the investment community should be one of the biggest users of GRC platforms and technologies, particularly when we examine recent events around risk exposure in anti-money laundering (AML) and other illicit activity. Private equity is built to grow businesses and GRC is a key component as a solutions system. One regulatory area that Jeremy Kroll pointed to was AML, “AML was something you might hear about because of narco-traffickers and that some of the big money center banks were in trouble because they were banking drug dealers. After September 11th, everything changed. There was a wellspring of professionals entering the field, either they entered it because they wanted to serve in government or they wanted to pivot in their careers and go from being an auditor, a lawyer, an in-house risk manager into this whole area of fighting terrorism, through tracking, tracing, and reducing the threat of illicit finance. It only picked up steam and in part because of the whole financial collapse and crisis in 2008. Even beyond that, I think what happened was that the regulatory and enforcement bodies both in the United States and Europe have really committed to cracking down because there is money laundering going on.” All of this has led Jeremy Kroll to conclude that investment firms are looking to invest in companies that can help mitigate these risks more than ever in a post-COVID 19 environment and that an increased innovation and growing number of solutions emerging. Please join us tomorrow where we look at GRC and K2 Intelligence FIN. Check out the LinkedIn page for K2 Intelligence FIN here. Check out the K2 Intelligence FIN website here.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to this special podcast series, In Conversation with K2 Intelligence FIN: Jeremy Kroll on GRC Risks, Strategies, and the Future, sponsored by K2 Intelligence FIN. This week I visit with K2 Intelligence FIN, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jeremy Kroll on GRC Risks, Strategies, and the Future. Over the week, we will review the current Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) landscape, look at GRC at work, consider GRC and the investment community, review GRC and K2 Intelligence FIN and conclude with a look at GRC then and now. In Part 2, we consider some examples of GRC at work. From the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) world, there is Siemens, which sustained a $1.6bn fine from both US regulators and German regulators for its institutional corruption. The case still remains a landmark settlement and clear failure of a GRC framework. While the company had the rules, policies, and procedures written down, their GRC controls ultimately failed because of a lack of adequate leadership and a culture that enabled corrupt behavior. Following the enforcement action, it became clear they had to reinforce their compliance controls and corporate governance framework. We ended with some of the biggest takeaways. First, mitigate risk on an ongoing basis. Next, be proactive, not reactive. Finally, it is all about culture. Please join us as we explore this and other GRC-related issues over this podcast series. Tomorrow we examine GRC and the investment community. Check out the LinkedIn page for K2 Intelligence FIN here. Check out the K2 Intelligence FIN website here.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to this special podcast series, In Conversation with K2 Intelligence FIN: Jeremy Kroll on GRC Risks, Strategies, and the Future, sponsored by K2 Intelligence FIN. This week I visit with K2 Intelligence FIN, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jeremy Kroll on GRC Risks, Strategies, and the Future. Over the week, we will review the current Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) landscape, look at GRC at work, consider GRC and the investment community, review GRC and K2 Intelligence FIN and conclude with a look at GRC then and now. In this Part 1, we consider the current GRC landscape. He concluded that GRC has become a much broader part of the conversation across the board. For example, this has become a larger part of the due diligence process for investors examining portfolio companies or acquisitions. Please join us as we explore this and other GRC-related issues over this podcast series. Tomorrow we examine GRC at work. Check out the LinkedIn page for K2 Intelligence FIN here. Check out the K2 Intelligence FIN website here.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

North Africa boasts some of the continent's fastest growing economies and has seen major multinationals move into these markets. Join Invest Africa's webinar for an expert outlook on investment opportunities into North Africa. Thank you to our speakers: Sabrine Hassen, Associate Managing Director, K2 Intelligence, Nabil Frik, Managing Director, Client Coverage AME, British Arab Commercial Bank and Albert Alsina, Founder & CEO, Mediterranea Capital Partners.

In this five-part podcast series, sponsored by K2 Intelligence FIN, we have considered defining and building effective compliance programs. I have been joined in this series by Michelle Goodsir, a Managing Director at K2 Intelligence, and Gail Fuller, Financial Integrity Network (FIN) Vice President. Michelle has 25 years of financial crime compliance experience which includes fraud risk management, anti-bribery and corruption, corporate security and investigations, sanctions, and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) program experience working within the financial services industry and the US government. Gail focuses on developing, refining, and implementing FIN’s quantitative and qualitative risk rating tools. She leads engagements focused on helping FIN’s jurisdictional and private sector clients understand their exposure to financial crime risk and develop and implement strategies to mitigate their risks. Over this series we have considered key challenges in compliance, why compliance needs a seat at the table, how to do compliance on a budget; training and culture and what is on the horizon. In our conclusion, Part 5, I visit with Gail Fuller as we look into that veiled land of the future and view what’s on the horizon for compliance. Highlights include: What are regulators looking for when it comes to compliance? Regulators are looking for professionals to be proactive and creative problems solvers.  If compliance was an area that was previously not sufficiently funded, what are three things people need to do now if things are cut even further? Reinforce your commitment to compliance; rethink geographic distribution of your compliance team; and think through technology investments. Thinking about this whole series, we talked about a lot of tips… what are the areas you’d suggest our listeners focus on as they look to rebuild or enhance their programs? Be sure to communication your compliance priorities clearly, leverage personnel to more fully operationalize compliance and then harness and pursue technologies. Resources K2 Intelligence financial crimes risk & compliance page: https://www.k2intelligence.com/en/services/our-practices/financial-crimes-risk-and-compliance  K2 Intelligence AML page: https://www.k2intelligence.com/en/services/our-practices/financial-crimes-risk-and-compliance/anti-money-laundering-compliance K2 Intelligence Anti-corruption page: https://www.k2intelligence.com/en/services/our-practices/financial-crimes-risk-and-compliance/anti-corruption K2 Intelligence DOLFIN: https://www.finintegrity.com/dolfin.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this five-part podcast series, sponsored by K2 Intelligence FIN, we consider defining and building effective compliance programs. I am joined in this series by Michelle Goodsir, a Managing Director at K2 Intelligence, and Gail Fuller, Financial Integrity Network (FIN) Vice President. Michelle has 25 years of financial crime compliance experience which includes fraud risk management, anti-bribery and corruption, corporate security and investigations, sanctions, and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) program experience working within the financial services industry and the US government. Gail focuses on developing, refining, and implementing FIN’s quantitative and qualitative risk rating tools. She leads engagements focused on helping FIN’s jurisdictional and private sector clients understand their exposure to financial crime risk and develop and implement strategies to mitigate their risks.  Over this series we are considering key challenges in compliance, why compliance needs a seat at the table, how to do compliance on a budget; training and culture and what is on the horizon. In Part 4, I visit with Gail Fuller on how to facilitate ongoing compliance training, communications and re-emphasizing culture in an organization.  Some of the highlights include. What are some of the key components to a successful training program? They include comprehensive, tailored; effective training which is built into the culture; it is continuous and employees are held accountable. Especially given all that is going on in the world, how can organizations ensure they are giving employees the right blend of in-person and online training? Regulators are neutral on method but a blend is really ideal as people learn in different ways. You should design your training program to take advantage of each form of training’s benefits. Finally be sure to make it engaging. Once training is complete, how can entities ensure their teams are able to report issues? A kley is to have two buckets- one which is inward facing (governance focused) and a second which is outward facing (interactions with regulators). Resources K2 Intelligence financial crimes risk & compliance page: https://www.k2intelligence.com/en/services/our-practices/financial-crimes-risk-and-compliance  K2 Intelligence AML page: https://www.k2intelligence.com/en/services/our-practices/financial-crimes-risk-and-compliance/anti-money-laundering-compliance K2 Intelligence Anti-corruption page: https://www.k2intelligence.com/en/services/our-practices/financial-crimes-risk-and-compliance/anti-corruption K2 Intelligence DOLFIN (relevant for the training section): https://www.finintegrity.com/dolfin.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this five-part podcast series, sponsored by K2 Intelligence FIN, we consider defining and building effective compliance programs. I am joined in this series by Michelle Goodsir, a Managing Director at K2 Intelligence, and Gail Fuller, Financial Integrity Network (FIN) Vice President. Michelle has 25 years of financial crime compliance experience which includes fraud risk management, anti-bribery and corruption, corporate security and investigations, sanctions, and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) program experience working within the financial services industry and the US government. Gail focuses on developing, refining, and implementing FIN’s quantitative and qualitative risk rating tools. She leads engagements focused on helping FIN’s jurisdictional and private sector clients understand their exposure to financial crime risk and develop and implement strategies to mitigate their risks.  Over this series we are considering key challenges in compliance, why compliance needs a seat at the table, how to do compliance on a budget; training and culture and what is on the horizon. In Part 3, I visit with Michelle Goodsir on the challenges around budgeting for compliance.  Some of the highlights include.  ·      Budgets have long been stretched in compliance. How can organizations make the most of it between teams? By working across teams and skillsets; leveraging resources as a utility across functions.  ·      Are there technology solutions that can help? Yes innovation can occur at institutions of all sizes; case management; screening tools; data analytics.  ·      What if financial organizations do not have all of these capabilities internally? There are a variety of solutions you can utilize. They include working with a third party or other external firms; maintaining compliance on a budget is not insurmountable; investing now for cost efficiencies in the long term.  Resources K2 Intelligence financial crimes risk & compliance page: https://www.k2intelligence.com/en/services/our-practices/financial-crimes-risk-and-compliance  K2 Intelligence AML page: https://www.k2intelligence.com/en/services/our-practices/financial-crimes-risk-and-compliance/anti-money-laundering-compliance K2 Intelligence Anti-corruption page: https://www.k2intelligence.com/en/services/our-practices/financial-crimes-risk-and-compliance/anti-corruption K2 Intelligence DOLFIN (relevant for the training section): https://www.finintegrity.com/dolfin.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this five-part podcast series, sponsored by K2 Intelligence FIN, we consider defining and building effective compliance programs. I am joined in this series by Michelle Goodsir, a Managing Director at K2 Intelligence, and Gail Fuller, Financial Integrity Network (FIN) Vice President. Michelle has 25 years of financial crime compliance experience which includes fraud risk management, anti-bribery and corruption, corporate security and investigations, sanctions, and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) program experience working within the financial services industry and the US government. Gail focuses on developing, refining, and implementing FIN’s quantitative and qualitative risk rating tools. She leads engagements focused on helping FIN’s jurisdictional and private sector clients understand their exposure to financial crime risk and develop and implement strategies to mitigate their risks.  Over this series we will consider key challenges in compliance, why compliance needs a seat at the table, how to do compliance on a budget; training and culture and what is on the horizon. In Part 2, Michelle and I discuss why compliance needs to be an integral part of your business strategy going forward.  What has evolved recently in the landscape that has made the role of compliance more challenging? There has been a plethora of  guidance from different regulators to address emergency situations; managing costs; reviewing alerts in a timely manner.  You mention that Compliance is often seen as an overhead cost – why should entities think of it differently? There are a variety of costs around the following, enforcement action costs vs. cost of compliance; operationalizing compliance; building compliance in from the beginning vs. retrofitting a program to maintain compliance; outsourcing compliance.  How can organizations make sure compliance protocols are carried out every day? Through a variety of tactics including regular training, communication, action; culture of compliance; tone from the top; compliance at business meetings. Resources K2 Intelligence financial crimes risk & compliance page: https://www.k2intelligence.com/en/services/our-practices/financial-crimes-risk-and-compliance  K2 Intelligence AML page: https://www.k2intelligence.com/en/services/our-practices/financial-crimes-risk-and-compliance/anti-money-laundering-compliance K2 Intelligence Anti-corruption page: https://www.k2intelligence.com/en/services/our-practices/financial-crimes-risk-and-compliance/anti-corruption K2 Intelligence DOLFIN: https://www.finintegrity.com/dolfin.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this five-part podcast series, sponsored by K2 Intelligence FIN, we consider defining and building effective compliance programs. I am joined in this series by Michelle Goodsir, a Managing Director at K2 Intelligence, and Gail Fuller, Financial Integrity Network (FIN) Vice President. Michelle has 25 years of financial crime compliance experience which includes fraud risk management, anti-bribery and corruption, corporate security and investigations, sanctions, and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) program experience working within the financial services industry and the US government. Gail focuses on developing, refining, and implementing FIN’s quantitative and qualitative risk rating tools. She leads engagements focused on helping FIN’s jurisdictional and private sector clients understand their exposure to financial crime risk and develop and implement strategies to mitigate their risks.  Over this series we will consider key challenges in compliance, why compliance needs a seat at the table, how to do compliance on a budget; training and culture and what is on the horizon. In Part 1, I visit with Michelle Goodsir on the biggest challenges in compliance today. Some of the highlights include: What are the biggest compliance issues facing banks in the U.S.? They include coronavirus implications; impact of economic crisis; costs of compliance programs; maintained expectations from regulators.   What are some of the global challenges emerging? They include the regulatory focus on AML and sanctions; managing competing needs of compliance programs; incorporating and enhancing technology. How can these organizations keep pace? You should prepare now for challenges later; managed services; leveraging teams for cross-functional needs. Resources K2 Intelligence financial crimes risk & compliance page: https://www.k2intelligence.com/en/services/our-practices/financial-crimes-risk-and-compliance  K2 Intelligence AML page: https://www.k2intelligence.com/en/services/our-practices/financial-crimes-risk-and-compliance/anti-money-laundering-compliance K2 Intelligence Anti-corruption page: https://www.k2intelligence.com/en/services/our-practices/financial-crimes-risk-and-compliance/anti-corruption K2 Intelligence DOLFIN: https://www.finintegrity.com/dolfin.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the Episode, I visit with Joanne Taylor, Managing Director at K2, an industry leading investigative, compliance and cyber defense services firm. Joanne joined K2 Intelligence with 20 years of experience in legal, investigations, and financial crime compliance. This includes fraud risk management, anti-bribery and corruption, regulatory enforcement, and fraud investigations within leading international financial and legal services industries. Prior to joining K2 Intelligence, Joanne led global anti-fraud, bribery and corruption strategy and was previously responsible for the global whistleblowing program and cross-border investigations related to fraud, bribery and corruption for a European bank. In this podcast we discuss the UK portion of the Airbus anti-corruption enforcement action.  Some of the highlights include: The Airbus international corruption settlement is so massive that many compliance professionals might have trouble getting their arms around it. What are there some key takeaways you see from your perspective? Can you describe the extensive cooperation noted by the UK Court by Airbus after the investigation began in earnest? What is the significance of the French/UK/US taking the lead in different aspects of the investigation? The UK Court provided a detailed look at the economic consequences of a trial and guilty verdict. Why was this analysis so critical to the Court? What do you see as the significance of the international cooperation by investigating agencies and enforcement agencies? What does the UK Judgment say about or do for the SFO? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We live in a fast-changing world, and today's episode is all about adapting to it, trying new things, and being smart. First, Sissy and Piper get to chat with Harriet and Rachel from Hart Outfitters about starting a clothing company and being equestrians living in China. Then, Jordan Arnold from K2 Intelligence comes on to give us all smart advice about cyber and physical security, at home and away. Listen in!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=87421)

Had a wonderful time speaking with the Founder & CEO of the up and coming Podcasting platform called Pippa. I've been thrilled with the platform and ease-of-use and wanted to pry deeper into Simon's journey and background and why he decided to start this company. Very intriguing episode and really showcases the fact that as long as you keep working hard in life and being curious that doors and opportunities can open.About Simon:Originally from South Africa, Simon is persistently curious: he came to NYC to attend NYU for grad school in philosophy, then completed studies in math and finance, before leaving the classroom to pursue his passion for media and technology. Simon is an analytically driven leader with experience at TED, the Clinton Global Initiative, and K2 Intelligence.Find Simon & Pippa online:Simon's Twitter: https://twitter.com/simonasaservice Simon's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonmarcus/Website: https://pippa.io/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/choosepippa/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChoosePippaFor more episodes of the Just Get Started Podcast or learn more about the host, Brian Ondrako, check out https://www.brianondrako.com or find Brian on Instagram at @brianondrakoLastly, intro music compliments of https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music – Thank you! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of Legal Marketing 2.0, Paula Zirinsky of K2 Intelligence discusses the differences between Big Law and boutique law marketing, how to move from different types of firms, and the future of legal marketing. View full show notes here.

John Phillips and Dax Holt chat with Milan Patel, the Managing Director of Cyber Defense for K2 Intelligence on the Russian spies charged in massive Yahoo hack and how you can protect yourself.

On this week's #MediaSnack we kick off with some more troubling transparency news from the US, where the Wall St Journal reports that the Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation into major US creative agencies, which it accuses of "bid-rigging" on creative production. A similar investigation years ago ended up with agency people in jail, so standby. Why is this on a media vlog? Well, the DoJ launched their investigation following receipt of information from K2 Intelligence, which the intelligence firm had discovered during their reporting earlier this year on behalf of the trade body Association of National Advertisers (ANA) into Media Transparency. The evidence on the potential rigging of production costs (bid rigging is in violation of US anti-trust laws and wholly illegal) was not included in the ANA's final report. But now the DoJ are following up and have announced this latest scrutiny over agency behaviours. They have, according to WSJ issued, K2 with a subpoena to collect relevant information - this information currently sits within all the evidence K2 gathered in their media transparency investigations - so there may some nervous media agency execs in US hoping the DoJ don't get visibility of K2's media rebate evidence and launch a subsequent investigation aimed at them. It's a realistic possibility. Major holding group IPG has admitted they have been contacted by DoJ, we wait to see how far this will reach. If you remember, the K2/ANA report suggested that un-transparent financial practice amongst media agencies was "pervasive" but the ANA felt it (rightly) appropriate not to name any individuals or agencies. The DoJ may not be so cautious. What we find also amazing in this story is that marketers have evidently been asking their creative agency to manage a rendering process for them in which the creative agency themselves will bid, and are now wondering why this created a conflict of interest which may well turn out to be against the law. This illustrates the pitfalls of blind trust, you really need to engage with a specialist independent who can help you validate agency scope and costs, don't ask agencies to mark their own homework. Next, we discuss findings from a report by research boffins Nielsen which has analysed 44,000 digital marketing campaigns across Europe and found that nearly 50% of all served impressions did not reach the intended Target audience. This is alarming news for marketers who have been confronted this year with numerous questions over the way digital marketing is measured. What was promised as an era of data-fuelled accountability is turning into a right mess, which some had foretold. This comes on the back of reports earlier this year that there are estimates of huge volumes of fraudulent clicks to digital display advertising, and continuing revelations by Facebook of errors in the methodologies of their own performance measurements. Looking ahead to next year, we consider how marketers will want their digital marketing partners to help them solve these issues and inaccuracies. Finally, in the continuing saga of the big consulting firms eating the agencies’ breakfast, lunch and dinner is news that Accenture Interactive (their marketing services division) has paid $50m to acquire leading UK independent creative shop Karmarama which is their most high-profile agency purchase so far. It sets a new milestone in the spread of consulting scope into traditional areas of agency work. Accenture has stated an ambition to offer an "end-to-end" marketing service which questions how they might consider moving into traditional areas of media buying, which could be a conflict of interest based on Accenture’s global media auditing business. It seems unlikely that the industry would tolerate Accenture buying media themselves whilst also auditing the prices paid by other media agencies, this is something that they are going to have to resolve.

We start this weeks episode with news that Tom was included in a new documentary film, commissioned by Campaign magazine, about trust and transparency in the advertising industry. Tom appears alongside industry leaders including Martin Sorrell CEO of WPP, Cindy Gallop, Claire Beale editor in chief of Campaign, Keith Weed, the CMO of Unilever, and many others. The documentary explores the theme of trust, why it's needed and where it's missing. It's well worth a watch. Getting into this week's #MediaSnack episode we discuss news from America that investigations firm K2 Intelligence as well as media auditor Ebiquity we have launched media contract services specialist companies following their collaboration on the ANA media transparency report published in June. For K2 specifically this is a very new service, and makes sense for them to leverage their knowledge and insights gained from the ANA #rebategate work. For Ebiquity, they are partnering with lawyers Reed Smith to offer a contract management service. We ask what the scope these companies will fulfil for marketing organisations and consider whether any conflict of interest might exist by grouping this spread of scope into single companies. Next, we discuss news that telecoms giant AT&T has awarded it's $3 billion US media account to agency start-up Hearts & Science which you may remember was the agency set up by Omnicom in 2015 to pitch to Procter and Gamble which it won. For Hearts & Science to win AT&T is media account is a huge endorsement of that agency model and means WPP lose between 50 and $100 million revenue to a business with currently only one client. This also means that Hearts & Science ranks as one of the leading agencies in the US having only been in existence for less than a year. Very impressive.

Today’s special episode of #MediaSnack is devoted to the review of the ANA’s long-awaited report into media rebate practice in the US. Following a 9 month forensic study by corporate investigations firm K2 Intelligence, the report is an alarming wake up call to a global industry riddled with speculation about bad practice on behalf of some media agencies. The report calls media rebate activity “pervasive” and that they have evidence that agencies "across the spectrum” have been involved. We take a look at the report findings, consider the implications on the wider industry and discuss what should a media director be thinking right now after reviewing the report Before the report was widely released, we were invited to join a briefing call hosted by the ANA and K2 Intelligence for interested parties and journalists, on the call ANA President and CEO Bob Lionise stated clearly that “the media business is not transparent”. K2 then spent 20 minutes detailing the executive summary of findings and opened up to Q&A. We understand that the accompanying guidelines being drawn up by US media auditors Ebiquity will follow in a couple of weeks. There have been very robust responses from the large media agency groups questioning the integrity of the ANA’s approach and K2’s report. This has included an accusation from Publicis Groupe that the report has “diminished and maligned" the industry. Clearly battle-lines are being drawn and this is probably just the start of a bigger fall out between marketer and agency. Look out this week for The ID Comms “Post-K2 Media Manifesto” offering some initial practical guidance for marketers feeling exposed and unsure of how to react to the report findings.

In this weeks #MediaSnack Tom Denford is joined by Matt Green, Senior Manager Media and Digital Marketing (a.k.a. "the voice of global media") at the global marketer trade body the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA). They discuss the role and membership of WFA, which includes global brand companies like P&G, Unilever, L'Oreal, Nestle and many others with a global marketing spend of over US$700bn. The WFA represents around 60 national marketing trade associations across the world and is the voice of marketers worldwide, representing 90% of global marketing communications spend – through a unique, global network. The WFA champions responsible and effective marketing communications worldwide. In the first part of the episode Tom and Matt discuss WFA’s most recent initiative - 'WFA's Compendium of Ad Fraud Knowledge for Media Investors'. The document identifies clear actions to enable brands to reduce their exposure to ad fraud in four key areas: Standards, People & Technology, Education & Communication, and Governance. In the second part of the episode Tom and Matt discuss WFA's perspective on the ANA's report into US media rebate practice, called “An Independent Study of Media Transparency in the US Advertising Industry” and written by K2 Intelligence. For information about the report watch #MediaSnack Episode 28. In Matt’s word’s the ANA report contains a lot of constructive comments and is a helpful step forward for their marketer members. He says "we endorse the document completely". Matt Green of WFA believes that the ANA media Rebate Report (#RebateGate) will be a "catalyst for behaviour change" on the client side because some client behaviours may have "provoked the transparency problem". Finally, they discuss WFA's most recent member’s survey on media transformation which highlights that Talent is becoming one of the biggest concerns amongst WFA members and how important it is to ensure that they have the right resources and capabilities to face the future. This month ID Comms completed the ID Comms 2016 Global Media Talent Survey, that will be published in the next couple of weeks and will feature on future episodes of #MediaSnack.

On this week’s rather meaty #MediaSnack we review 3 big stories each likely to have a significant impact on the global media industry. First off we can't escape the Brexit UK referendum decision and its potential impact on the UK marketing scene and how it might affect marketers behaviours in the coming months. We try not to get caught up in the general negativity and whilst managing Brexit certainly has its challenges from a political perspective, if its going ahead then agile and ambitious companies will already be figuring out their best next moves to make the most of the opportunities. Those opportunities in media are likely to be significant, the rejection of the political status quo by UK citizens could set some precedent for marketers’ rejection of the status quo when it comes to the current media landscape and ways of working. There was already some appetite for change and re-invention in the media industry, which we have discussed before, but perhaps this may accelerate somewhat with the referendum decision. David and Tom consider how different kinds of marketers might react and hope their reaction will be largely proactive, optimistic and brave. This is the time to adopt a challenger mindset, think in leaner and more agile ways and consider how positive disruption might benefit your marketing organisation. Things are going to be tough, we all need to plan to survive and then flourish, to make change and innovation better than the status quo. Next we report on a fascinating story coming out of the US, the Chase retail bank has launched a deep audit of their media agency Zenith in the US and have hired corporate investigations firm K2 Intelligence and media auditor Ebiquity Firm Decisions to execute this. You will recall that these are the same two firms who have also provided the analysis for the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) recent investigation into media rebate practice in the US. The fact that the CMO of Chase sits on the board of the ANA could suggest that this might be just the tip of the iceberg and we may see other ANA members follow suit with big audits of their media agency practices. Finally, Firm Decisions is in the news again, this time they are being taken to the High Court by the world’s biggest media buyer GroupM. The claim lodged by the agency group accuses Firm Decisions of potentially misusing privileged data sent to them by mistake. Firm Decisions is yet to respond to the claim. We have reviewed the court papers and GroupM’s requests seem logical and reasonable, to request Firm Decisions prove they have deleted materials and account for how they came into possession of them. The alarming element is that this has ended up in court in public view, its very rare for agency and auditor to end up in court and is not reassuring for advertisers at a time of uncertainty to have the integrity of a leading auditor called into question. All at the same time Ebiquity Firm Decision are imminently about to publish their part of the ANA report into media rebate practices in the US…. All of today’s stories are just the beginning, all will run much further so we will keep an eye on their progress in the coming weeks.

In today's podcast, we follow up on Russian intelligence services' hacks of the US Democratic National Committee, and their connection with other cyber espionage campaigns. We hear about more Chinese government industrial spying. ISIS claims to the Orlando shooter as one of its own as the civilized world continues to grope toward an understanding of ISIS information operations. More breaches add more credentials (and server access) to the black market. We take a quick look at Patch Tuesday. Charles Clancy from the Hume Center at Virginia Tech gives us a lesson in information sharing, and Vinny D'Agostino from K2 Intelligence shares how they're helping NFL players stay safe on social media. 

On this week's #MediaSnack we go live on Google Hangouts whilst Tom and David are in different countries. Tom is reporting live from the ANA's massive Advertising Financial Management conference in Florida. The big highlights of the conference are the ongoing concerns over media transparency, the CEO of ANA Bob Liodice sets out his big media concerns and updates the 700 assembled marketing procurement clients on the progress of the K2 Intelligence investigation into media rebate practice in US. He also interviews Michael Roth, the global CEO of IPG one of the world's leading marketing services companies who (in contrast to the same conference last year which featured GroupM's Irwin Gottlieb) took questions from the audience and seemed very open to discuss matters especially around transparency. His bold claims of IPG's openness on this area are refreshing but he fears all agencies will be "tarred with the same brush" if the K2 report is damning on agency practice. Next we look at some clouds gathering over another smaller agency group called MDC in US who have been in the headlines for the wrong reasons again. Last year their CEO was forced out amid an expenses scandal that saw him having to repay $21m back to the company he founded. This week they are in the news again because their struggling stock has been shorted by a notorious investor, betting against their future growth. We consider the implications of this and wonder what parallels may be drawn. Finally we announce the first in a series of Webinars on Media Transparency as a follow up to our very successful Media Transparency survey and report published last month. In next week's webinar we will talk you through the results and give more analysis and commentary about the data you need to know. If you have any interest, whether as a client, agency or anyone else in the topics of trust and transparency around media then please schedule an hour next Wednesday to join the free webinar. It will be worth it.

On this week's #MediaSnack we are celebrating our (lucky) 7th birthday as ID Comms, yes we launched on April Fools Day in 2009. Just like Apple Inc did in 1976.... On the show today we first consider the K2 Intelligence assessment that is ongoing in the US as part of the ANA's look into potential media rebate practice in US. Tom shares his experience of being (pleasantly) interrogated by the K2 team in New York as ID Comms supported their process of data collection and analysis. Also we reference Tom's article on the subject in this week's Campaign magazine. See link below. Next, continuing the theme of trust and transparency we review the headline results of the recent ID Comms 2016 Media Transparency survey, the report from which will be published next week. If you'd like a copy please get in touch, @idcomms Following this survey report ID Comms is hosting an exclusive invitation only panel discussion on 15th April in London to build on these insights. Tom and David reveal who will be sitting on the stellar panel, including Bob Wootton from ISBA and Iain Jacob the CEO for the new Publicis Media operation across EMEA. Finally we review the recent product updates announced this week for #Snapchat and consider how they might be getting it right to rapidly build out their user based and attract valuable media dollars away from Facebook. You can find and follow Tom on snapchat at denfordtom. Next week we will be doing a special birthday Q&A - David and Tom will answer questions about the industry, the ID Comms business and what they see trends in media for the future. Please leave questions in comments below or tweet @idcomms - many thanks for the great questions so far.

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