Faculty and Administration Profiles

Gwendolyn Lee Hassan

About

Gwen currently serves as the Deputy Chief Compliance Officer leading the compliance program globally for Unisys Corporation, a leading digital workplace, cloud, enterprise computing and business process solution company. She previously served as Global Director of Compliance for CNH Industrial, the world’s third largest capital goods maker and second largest manufacturer of farming equipment where she also led the compliance program globally. Prior to CNH, she held legal and compliance roles of increasing responsibility with Navistar and Federal Signal Corporation among other manufacturing and logistics companies. Areas of specific experience include compliance program design, structure and operation; corruption and bribery prevention; trade compliance; supply chain integrity; global compliance investigations; enterprise risk assessment and management; third party due diligence; cross border merger and acquisition transactions; human trafficking prevention; ESG program design and operation; policy development and compliance education and communication.

She is the founder and host of the “Hidden Traffic” podcast designed to keep corporate compliance professionals updated about new developments in human trafficking and forced labor prevention and regulation. Gwen serves as an adjunct professor for the Loyola University School of Law where she has taught courses on ESG and corporate compliance law. She also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Heartland Alliance, an international non-profit, human rights, social, economic and racial justice organization. She is a graduate of DePaul University School of Law and the University of Wisconsin – Madison. She and her two children live in Oak Park, IL just outside of Chicago.

Degrees

DePaul University School of Law - JD
University of Wisconsin - Madison - BA

Professional & Community Affiliations

Unisys Corporation

Courses Taught

Emerging Issues in Compliance
ESG

Selected Publications

Loyola University Chicago School of Law Journal of Regulatory Compliance
“Regulatory Developments in Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Prevention and the Increasing Overlap with ESG Disclosure Initiatives” (January, 2022)

“The Complete Compliance and Ethics Manual 2023”
Contributing Author – Global Supply Chain Risk, Third Party Due Diligence, Human Trafficking Prevention and Trade Sanctions Chapters