Kristy Grant-Hart

Kristy Grant-Hart is an expert at transforming compliance officers into in-demand business assets. She's the author of the several books, including the best-selling "How to be a Wildly Effective Compliance Officer." She's the CEO of Spark Compliance Consulting, a London, Los Angeles, and Atlanta-based consulting firm. She's been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Compliance Week, and on the cover of Compliance and Ethics Professional Magazine. She is also a former professor at Delaware School of Law, Widener University, teaching Global Compliance and Ethics to Masters of Jurisprudence students. Before launching Spark Compliance, Ms. Grant-Hart was the Chief Compliance Officer at United International Pictures, the joint distribution company for Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures in 65+ countries. Ms. Grant-Hart was shortlisted for the Chief Compliance Officer of the Year award at the Women in Compliance awards. Ms. Grant-Hart began her legal career at the international law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where she worked in the firm’s Los Angeles and London offices. While at Gibson Dunn, her team was nominated for Best Regulatory Law Firm of the Year at Thomson Reuter’s Compliance Awards. She is an experienced professional speaker, and has spoken before crowds of thousands as a keynote. She has advised Fortune 500 companies on international compliance, and created and revamped compliance programs for major companies in Europe and the United States. Ms. Grant-Hart lives in California with her husband Jonathan and her two rescue dogs, Samuel and Mr. Fox. Before she was a lawyer, Ms. Grant-Hart worked in Hollywood and was a member of the Screen Actors’ Guild. She can be found at www.compliancekristy.com.