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Passionate – Dedicated – Professional

About
Me

Andrijana Bergant, LLB., MBA, AICA, is a seasoned expert with over 15 years of experience in business compliance and ethics across industries and international markets. She is focusing on integrity leadership, strengthening ethical culture and business resilience, offering insights that deliver returns on integrity.

Her work spans various industries, from smaller tech brands to state-owned enterprises and publicly listed multimillion organisations.

Known for her practical and impactful speaking style, Andrijana is frequently invited to present at conferences, participate in media discussions, conduct in-house trainings and speak at corporate events.

Andrijana holds a Law degree, Executive MBA diploma, and international business compliance certificate. She is the founder of European Institute of Compliance and Ethics and has been instrumental in establishing the European Network for Compliance Officers.

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Speaking topics

FROM COMPLIANCE TO COMMITMENT

Enhance Corporate Integrity and Build Effective Ethical Culture through Leadership

For CORPORATE EXECUTIVES, other SENIOR LEADERS and PROFESSIONALS responsible for business excellence and governance.

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The Compliance and Ethics Job

How to Effectively Manage Compliance Integrity Risks and Professional Challenges

For COMPLIANCE OFFICERS and other compliance and integrity professionals and leaders.

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Artificial Intelligence
and Ethics

with the new EU AI Act insights

For BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS and LEADERS responsible for deployment, compliance and governance of the AI Systems.

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Notable Achievements and International Projects

  • Successfully advocated in changes of the insurance legislation, Corporate Governance Code for Listed Companies, and in adoption of the EU Directive based Whistleblowers Protection Law in her country.
  • Co-developed Slovenian Corporate Integrity Guidelines and an international 5-Star Integrity Leadership Manual, supported by the US Embassy.
  • Been validated as a subject matter expert on projects overseen by the World Bank Group (2019) and the USAID (2022).
  • Delivered a TEDx Ljubljana talk in 2022: “Why a Whistleblower is Not a Snitch”.
  • Elected as a member of the honourable tribunal of the Managers’ Association of Slovenia in 2024.

International Speaking

  • Compliance and Ethics Institute by SCCE – Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, 2009, Chicago, USA

  • European Compliance and Ethics Institute by SCCE, 2015, London, UK

  • Global Internal Auditor’s (IIA) Conference, London, UK.

  • Bundeskongress Compliance, 2018, Berlin, Germany

  • International NLB Group conference for BL Compliance, 2022, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

  • Regional Compliance Conference by EICE – European Institute of Compliance and Ethics, Serbian banking Association and Serbian Chamber of Commerce, 2022, Belgrade, Serbia.

  • International Sava Insurance Group conference for BL Compliance, 2023, Ohrid, North Macedonia.

  • International Sava Insurance Group conference for BL Procurement, IT, Internal Audit and Compliance, 2024, Maribor, Slovenia.

International Speaking

  • Compliance and Ethics Institute by SCCE – Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, 2009, Chicago, USA

  • European Compliance and Ethics Institute by SCCE, 2015, London, UK

  • Global Internal Auditor’s (IIA) Conference, London, UK.

  • Bundeskongress Compliance, 2018, Berlin, Germany

  • International NLB Group conference for BL Compliance, 2022, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

  • Regional Compliance Conference by EICE – European Institute of Compliance and Ethics, Serbian banking Association and Serbian Chamber of Commerce, 2022, Belgrade, Serbia.

  • International Sava Insurance Group conference for BL Compliance, 2023, Ohrid, North Macedonia.

  • International Sava Insurance Group conference for BL Procurement, IT, Internal Audit and Compliance, 2024, Maribor, Slovenia.

BIO

Andrijana holds a bachelor’s degree in law from the University of Ljubljana (2004) and an Executive MBA from Cotrugli Business School (2010). During her corporate career she has graduated from an international insurance academy talent program and the Banking School at the Slovenian Banking Association.

She holds an Advanced Certificate in Business Compliance from the UK based International Compliance Association (ICA). In 2012 to 2014, she was a member of the international committee for the CCEP-I certificate at the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) based in the US.

In 2014, Andrijana founded the European Institute of Compliance and Ethics – EICE, in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She oversees business operations and services, professional program development, and directs the Bled Compliance and Ethics Conference, EICE’s flagship international event. Under her leadership, EICE has become a pivotal organization for supporting and advancing compliance and ethics professionals in her country. Andrijana also played a founding role in establishing the European Network for Compliance Officers (ENFCO) with other related European associations.

Since 2016, Andrijana has been an independent consultant, providing expertise to businesses in finance, pharmaceuticals, logistics, retail, and manufacturing sectors. Her clients include small, medium and large, regulated and international companies. For over a decade she has been a trusted advisor to the CEO of TRICOR Slovenia, within a global packaging corporation.

Andrijana began her career with legal positions at the Tax Administration of the Republic of Slovenia and a Ljubljana-based stock brokerage firm. She later held leadership roles in corporate compliance and integrity at Triglav Insurance Company (2007-2014) and the NLB Banking Group (2014-2017).

She was the inaugural president of the Compliance Committee at the Slovenian Insurance Association and has been a frequent advocate in legislative processes concerning insurance sector. Additionally, she contributed to the Declaration on Fair Business (UNGC Slovenia) and the Slovenian Corporate Integrity Guidelines.

Within EICE, she has successfully contributed to Corporate Governance Code for Listed Companies and to the Whistleblowers Protection Law in her country.

Under her leadership, the 5-Star Integrity Leadership Manual was developed in cooperation between EICE and the Managers’ Association of Slovenia, supported by the US Embassy in Slovenia.