Patrick Henz

In his role as Head of Governance, Risk & Compliance at a leading engineering and plant construction company, Patrick Henz drives an effective GRC system; holistically combining the subjects; aligned with integrity, respect, passion & sustainability. With these means, GRC is a pro-active function, being perceived as guardian, expert, and facilitator. These tasks include Business Ethics, Business Resilience (AI Risk Assessment is a new component) and ESG. Besides this, he is Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Americas Special Advisor for Compliance Latin America.

Patrick Henz started his career in the Corporate Information Office and Compliance at the end of 2007, when he implemented the Siemens Anti-Corruption program in Mexico and several Central American and Caribbean countries. Together with these tasks, he gained valuable insights into global Compliance programs, with a focus on Latin America, where he conducted benchmarks and assessments. Since 2009 in his role as Compliance Officer he leads an effective Compliance system.

This means the regular planning and execution of Compliance Risk Assessments and further global reviews. According to an effective sustainability strategy, where Compliance plays a key role, he actively promotes the idea at university workshops and conferences. Early, he became two times President of Honor of Marcus Evans’ Latin-American Corporate Compliance Conference 2011 and 2012 in Mexico City, and panelist at The Economist Mexico Summit 2015. He was co-founder of the Ethics & Compliance Forum Mexico, including editor and co-author of the Ethics & Compliance Manual, published in 2014. In 2023 and ‘24, he served as co-chair at the “MedicReS AI International Congress on Good Artificial Intelligence Practice & Innovation in Health Sciences.”

He is authored various books and articles, including “Business Philosophy according to Enzo Ferrari”, “Tomorrow’s Business Ethics” and “Into the Metaverse.”