Gemma Aiolfi

Gemma Aiolfi

Gemma Aiolfi practised general common law as a Barrister in England before moving to Switzerland. During her years at Swiss Bank Corporation and subsequently at UBS in the Group Money Laundering Prevention Unit she focused on AML policy development and its implementation, and subsequently became Global Head of Anti Corruption at the bank.

Whilst working for the power technology company ABB AG in Oerlikon Zurich, she was Legal Counsel to the Integrity Department and the internal Office of Special Investigations focusing on requirements under a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the US authorities.

Gemma Aiolfi has also worked for the OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions and during this time established the Basel Institute on Governance together with Professor Mark Pieth. After working in the private sector, she returned to the Basel Institute in July 2013 to lead the Corporate Governance and Compliance Division and the International Centre for Collective Action at the Institute. A graduate of the London School of Economics, and Stockholm University she is also a board member of Ethics and Compliance Switzerland and frequent speaker and teacher on compliance and anti corruption issues.