An expert in organizational whistleblowing management, Jan is engaged in the development of the new ISO 37002 Standard, is a frequent speaker on subjects related to whistleblowing, and has authored various articles on new legislation concerning whistleblower protection, anti-corruption, and organizational whistleblowing best practices. Jan is CIPP/E is an International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E). He holds a Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) from King’s College London in the United Kingdom (EU Competition Law) and a master’s degree (LL.M) from Leiden University in the Netherlands (European Law).

Jan was recently accepted as a member into The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s (UNECE) “Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies.” This working party is broken into six parts and Jan is a member of the Group of Experts on Risk Management in Regulatory Systems.

Ian leads BDO’s National Governance, Risk & Compliance practice, helping organisations to manage risks effectively in an increasingly challenging environment.   Ian and his team help clients to improve their approach to governance, risk management and compliance to protect organisations from financial and reputational damage and to transform organisational culture to drive better decision making and business performance. Ian has over 20 years’ experience in delivering governance, risk and compliance services to organisations across industry sectors covering bribery and corruption, modern slavery, fraud, AML, competition, health & safety, trade compliance and organisational culture. Ian has overseen the design and transformation of governance, risk and compliance frameworks across industries to help companies improve their governance arrangements, embed ethics and compliance more effectively into their organisations and to make effective use of analytics and technology.

Accredited as a specialist in both employment and discrimination law by the Law Society of Scotland.Chambers and Partners Star Associate 2024, Legal 500 Employment Rising Star of the Year 2024 nominee and 2023 winner, and Legal 500 Employment Rising Star (2022/2023/2024): 
“Elouisa Crichton is going to go far.”, “Elouisa Crichton is an excellent employment law practitioner.”, “We found Elouisa Crichton hugely impressive and would not hesitate to instruct her should the opportunity arise." 

I assist international organisations with: 

• large scale investigations;  
• Equality Act obligations to employees, customers and service users;  
• Equality and Human Rights Commission action; 
• bullying and harassment; 
• whistleblowing; 
• tribunal claims/mediation; 
• international corporate transactions; 
• contracts, policies, governance, restrictive covenants; 
• trade unions/industrial relations (including CAC applications for recognition and European Works Council matters); 
• change projects/collective consultations (TUPE, redundancy, contractual changes and pension changes); 
• employment aspects of insolvency; 
• employment GDPR (Legal 500 notes that expertise extends to employment related data protection matters); 
• general HR advisory; 
• employment/equality matters in the context of professional sport. 

Noted by Legal 500 as having discrimination expertise and being “a specialist in maternity and shared parental leave, gender pay gap reporting, equal pay and gender equality matters” I support clients with sensitive sexual harassment matters, criminal investigations connected to employment and institutional bias (including racism, micro aggressions and unconscious bias).  
 
I frequently deliver training. I am an active member of ELA and am a member of their pro bono committee. I volunteer for Maternity Action. I was the sole legal member of Engender’s expert working group on sexual harassment in the workplace. 
 
I work in all sectors including manufacturing, infrastructure, energy, retail, education, public sector, charities, financial services, sports, healthcare/NHS, hospitality and leisure, food and drink, charity, and pharma/life science. I am a notary public.

In 2014 Georgina became the subject of a police investigation and was arrested and charged under the Data Protection and Theft Act after raising concerns about child abuse at a Kent school. A year later she was fully acquitted and vindicated after the same police force launched ‘Operation Snowdon’ investigating the sexual and physical abuse of over 40 children. Since this time, she has developed WhistleblowersUK into an internationally recognised organisation leading the campaign for the introduction of the Office of the Whistleblower. WhistleblowersUK provides practical and ethical assistance to whistleblowers providing a range of professional services. Georgina advises organisations and Governments at the highest level on best practice, legislation and dispute resolution.