Ethics and compliance in France: a guide to success

Expert en gestion du lancement d’alertes au sein des organisations, Jan participe à l’élaboration de la nouvelle norme ISO 37002, intervient fréquemment sur des sujets liés au lancement d’alertes et a rédigé divers articles sur la nouvelle législation concernant la protection des lanceurs d’alertes, la lutte contre la corruption et les meilleures pratiques en matière de lancement d’alertes au sein des organisations. Jan est CIPP/E et Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E) de l’International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Il est titulaire d’un diplôme de troisième cycle (PGDip) du King’s College London au Royaume-Uni (droit européen de la concurrence) et d’une maîtrise (LL.M) de l’université de Leiden aux Pays-Bas (droit européen).

Jan a récemment été accepté comme membre du « Groupe de travail sur les politiques de coopération réglementaire et de normalisation » de la Commission économique des Nations unies pour l’Europe (CEE-ONU). Ce groupe de travail est divisé en six parties et Jan est membre du groupe d’experts sur la gestion des risques dans les systèmes réglementaires.

Natacha Lesellier is a partner at Flichy Grangé Avocats in charge of the firm’s Ethics, Diversity and CSR Department, and was previously Vice-President of Ethical Programmes for 15 years in a major international group.
She has recognised expertise in the fields of ethics, compliance, diversity, human rights and, more generally, corporate social responsibility. Perfectly bilingual, Natacha Lesellier is the ideal point of contact for foreign companies wishing to roll out their programmes within their entities in France, as well as for French companies wishing to roll out their programmes internationally.  

Natacha Lesellier began her career with Gide Loyrette Nouel in 1996 before joining L’Oréal in 2001 and then Flichy Grangé Avocats in 2021. She is Vice-Chair of the Cercle de la Compliance, the leading association of compliance professionals in France. She was named in the Excellent in Social Compliance category by Décideurs magazine in 2022.  

Admitted to the Paris Bar and Solicitor England & Wales (non-practising), she holds a double degree in Private Law from Paris 1 Sorbonne/King’s College London and a DEA in International Economic Law from Paris 1 Sorbonne.

Farah Zaoui is a lawyer specialising in local authority law, with a degree from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas. Following her studies, she was recruited by a well-known anti-corruption association. Thanks to this hands-on experience, Farah Zaoui has been able to handle hundreds of anti-corruption alerts from all over France. She coordinated the association’s national litigation and trained local volunteer referrers in public ethics law.

After 3 years at the heart of the fight against corruption in France, Farah Zaoui decided to set up her own consultancy to help both public and private sector managers spread a culture of ethics throughout their departments. Her aim is to act on the causes of corruption rather than its consequences.

Together with her team, she provides awareness-raising, training, strategic advice and communications support to senior management and operational staff in the field.

She also acts as an opinion leader at conferences, masterclasses and webinars.

She is also regularly consulted and interviewed by the specialist press.

In June 2023, she was appointed ethics officer for Est Ensemble’s elected representatives.