Fernando Basch is a partner at Bruchou, Fernandez Madero & Lombardi. With almost 20 years of professional experience, he specializes in corporate compliance and business crime. He advises companies and international organizations such as the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the United Nations Development Programme, the World Economic Forum’s Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (PACI), and the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN). Basch led MACN’s collective action in Argentina, which resulted in a 90 percent reduction in illegal solicitation to bulk carriers in the country. He also obtained an Anti-Bribery Specialist Accreditation (Trace International, 2012). He is a senior researcher at the Center of Anti-Corruption Studies at Universidad de San Andrés.

Soo Shim has a career that spans more than 18 years in the high-tech industry leading and managing teams across software development to partner management to her current position playing an integral role in sales and business development for global organizations. In 2011, Shim participated in a board-sponsored initiative to bring technology to underserved communities in Africa as part of a sustainability strategy focused on economic equality. Today, in addition to her role overseeing the strategy execution at SAP Ariba and SAP Fieldglass as part of the executive leadership team, she advocates the role of innovation and Ariba Network to drive sustainable and responsible business. Shim challenges the status quo by striving for better solutions that help businesses create social impacts that produce profits.

Dan Smith is corporate lead for the identification and management of sustainability issues at Crowley Maritime, one of the principal United States-based marine transportation and logistics companies.  He also manages policy engagement for environmental issues impacting Crowley’s domestic and international vessel operations. Prior to joining Crowley, Smith served as a fellow on a United States Environmental Protection Agency regulation-writing team and as an environmental response consultant in the marine and energy sectors. Smith also sits on SASB’s Standards Advisory Group and on the steering committee of the BSR Clean Cargo Working Group.

Cecilia leads BSR’s Copenhagen office and the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN).

She was one of the front drivers for MACN’s establishment in 2011. Under Cecilia’s leadership, MACN has grown significantly, won multiple awards, and is considered one of the pre-eminent examples of collective action to tackle corruption.

Prior to joining BSR, Cecilia built more than eight years of compliance and shipping experience as senior compliance officer in the Maersk Group. She has been responsible for anti-corruption efforts globally; trained management and staff worldwide; implemented whistle-blowing systems; rolled out country-specific anti-corruption campaigns; and conducted risk assessments, audits, and misconduct investigations. In 2015, she was awarded “Compliance Officer of the Year” by the C5 Women in Compliance Awards. 

Cecilia sits on the International Advisory Board for the Port Efficiency and Public Private Capacity in Ghana and is guest lecturer at the World Maritime University. She speaks English and Swedish and holds a Master of Laws from Lund University in Sweden.