Introducing the EQS Benchmarking Report: AI Performance in Compliance & Ethics

Chief Compliance Officer | Cantex

Nakis Urfi provides thought leadership in the areas of AI Governance, ESG, and Compliance & Ethics. Nakis was featured on the cover of the Compliance Today magazine in 2024. He is currently Chief Compliance Officer at Cantex.

He was the Compliance Officer & ESG Leader at Babylon, a global digital health company that provided AI and digital health products, telehealth, and value based care services.

Nakis has worked in various healthcare capacities throughout his career including government contracting with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, operational leader at Abbott, chief compliance officer, privacy officer, and healthcare attorney.

Vice President & General Counsel for Corporate Compliance and Data Privacy| Bridgestone

Adam Balfour is on a mission to help make ethics and compliance more relatable and relevant for his fellow human beings. He likes to design ethics and compliance programs that employees can actually relate to, engage with, and find useful. Originally from Scotland, Adam worked for a number of years as an attorney for two international law firms in New York before moving to Nashville to work for Bridgestone where he currently works as Vice President and General Counsel for Corporate Compliance and Data Privacy (including the Americas, Europe, Middle East & Africa). He regularly speaks at events for SCCE, Compliance Week, Ethisphere, and PLI, is a co-editor of the Compliance and Ethics: Ideas & Answers newsletter together with Joe Murphy, Jeff Kaplan, and Rebecca Walker, and is a member of the Board of Directors for SCCE & HCCA.  His first book, Ethics & Compliance For Humans, was published by CCI Press in September 2023.

VP, Senior Corporate Counsel | Deluxe

Kortney is Vice President, Senior Corporae Counsel for Deluxe, and has been with Deluxe since 2017. In her previous position of Chief Compliance Officer, Kortney was responsible for Deluxe’s global compliance and ethics program, including employee training and awareness, policy development and implementation, hotline management and investigations, and the global privacy program. Kortney is a Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional (CCEP) and is Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC). Kortney is a frequent speaker on compliance and ethics topics, and is often asked to share her insights into the intersection of pop culture and compliance.

Director of Product Innovation & AI | EQS Group

Moritz Homann leads Product Innovation and Artificial Intelligence at EQS Group, a Munich-based global provider of Compliance and Ethics software solutions serving over 12,000 companies worldwide. With deep expertise in product strategy, compliance, and AI-driven technologies, Moritz has shaped EQS’s Compliance Cockpit platform by pioneering advanced AI features to streamline compliance processes.

Moritz regularly speaks at international industry conferences and webinars about the future of AI in the workplace, digital transformation in compliance, and the ethical implications of advanced technologies.

Director of Ethics & Compliance Strategy | EQS Group

Steph Holmes is the Director of Ethics & Compliance Strategy at EQS Group, where she partners with organizations to turn compliance programs into strategic assets that scale with the business. With a sharp focus on customer needs, she helps shape intuitive, effective solutions that empower companies to navigate regulatory complexity with clarity and confidence. As part of EQS’s Center of Excellence, Steph operates at the intersection of compliance, innovation, and program enablement — leveraging digitalization, automation, and smart design to future-proof ethics and compliance programs. She holds a Master of Arts in Forensic Psychology from the University of Denver, along with CCEP and LPEC certifications. When she’s not working , Steph recharges outdoors—often found camping, biking, or snowboarding in the Colorado mountains.