Kristy Grant-Hart

About

"An accomplished compliance professional and true expert in her field.” – Risk Universe Magazine Kristy Grant-Hart is a compliance and data privacy thought leader specializing in transforming compliance departments into in-demand business assets. She's been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Compliance Week, Compliance and Ethics Professional Magazine and many others. She was named a Trust Across America 2019 Top Thought Leader in Trust. She is the CEO of Spark Compliance Consulting, a London, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago-based consultancy providing pragmatic, pro-business, proportionate compliance ethics solutions. She is the creator of Compliance Competitor, an facilitated online training game built on business simulation software. She's the author of the best-selling book, "How to Be a Wildly Effective Compliance Officer." In addition, Ms. Grant-Hart was an Adjunct Professor at Delaware Law School, Widener University, teaching Global Compliance and Ethics. She can be found at www.ComplianceKristy.com. Ms. Grant-Hart was formerly the Chief Compliance Officer for United International Pictures, the joint distribution company for Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures, based in London. In 2015, Ms. Grant-Hart was nominated and shortlisted for Chief Compliance Officer of the year at the international Women in Compliance Awards. Ms. Grant-Hart is an experienced international speaker, and has published articles in magazines and trade publications in the United States and Europe on anti-bribery topics and on data privacy and data transfer between the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union. She has advised Fortune 500 companies on international compliance, and created and revamped compliance programs for major companies in Europe and the United States.