Andrijana Bergant
Boost your company’s ethical resilience with TEDx speaker Andrijana Bergant, expert in compliance, risk, and leadership strategy.
Why book Andrijana Bergant for your next event
- In her powerful TEDx talk “Why a Whistleblower is Not a Snitch,” Andrijana Bergant challenges stigmas and opens a compelling dialogue on corporate ethics and transparency. Her keynotes draw from this bold narrative to help companies cultivate psychologically safe environments where ethical concerns are addressed constructively
- Andrijana co-developed the widely respected 5-Star Integrity Leadership Manual, a structured framework that turns ethical theory into leadership action. Supported by the U.S. Embassy, this manual now underpins her keynotes, where she shares its practical models and strategies with decision-makers.
- Validated as a subject matter expert in international projects led by the World Bank and USAID, Andrijana offers global insights and credibility. Her keynote speeches equip organizations with globally relevant, locally applicable tools for improving compliance, risk management, and integrity performance.
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How to build resiliant organizational culture of ethics & earn returns on integrity
Book keynote speaker Andrijana Bergant to equip your organization with proven strategies in business ethics, compliance, and integrity leadership. With over 15 years of international experience, she helps leaders build resilient, value-driven cultures that reduce risk, boost trust, and deliver measurable returns on integrity. Her keynotes are insightful, practical, and designed to inspire ethical transformation from the inside out.
Keynote Speaker Andrijana Bergant is internationally recognized for her expertise in business compliance, ethics, and integrity leadership. With over 15 years of experience across sectors such as finance, insurance, energy, pharma, tech, and logistics, Andrijana brings a unique and practical approach to building resilient, values-driven organizations. She has worked with both multinational corporations and state-owned enterprises, helping them embed ethics into strategy, leadership, and day-to-day operations.
Known for her dynamic and insightful keynotes, Andrijana equips leaders with the tools to manage compliance risks effectively, foster ethical decision-making, and create corporate cultures rooted in trust and accountability. Her experience includes speaking at major conferences in Chicago, Berlin, London, and the Western Balkans, and she has been recognized as a subject matter expert by the World Bank Group and USAID.
Andrijana is the co-developer of the Slovenian Corporate Integrity Guidelines and the 5-Star Integrity Leadership Manual, supported by the U.S. Embassy. Her TEDx talk “Why a Whistleblower is Not a Snitch” has positioned her as a leading voice in ethical leadership.
If you’re looking to inspire meaningful change and drive measurable returns on integrity, book Andrijana Bergant for your event. Her keynotes deliver more than motivation, they provide strategic value and real-world impact tailored for today’s corporate challenges.
Key-note Intro: Integrity Leadership, how to build resilient and beneficial organizational culture
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Keynotes
Keynote by Andrijana Bergant: How to Enhance Corporate Integrity, Build an Effective Ethical Culture, and Create Returns on Integrity through Leadership
In the introduction, Andrijana delves into the essence of why ethics matter to humans, aligning this with global mega-trends shaping the new economy and presenting real-world cases of businesses and executives. She showcases both the extensive losses caused by integrity breaches and the benefits of strong corporate integrity, including the “ethical premium,” which she refers to as the returns on integrity.
Andrijana highlights key indicators of integrity failures to watch for and presents concrete steps for establishing and maintaining an effective culture of compliance and ethics, emphasizing the critical role of leadership.
This theme typically resonates with corporate executives, senior leaders, and professionals responsible for business excellence and governance. It can be delivered as a keynote at a corporate conference or leadership event, or as a hands-on workshop, where Andrijana explores case analysis, ethical decision-making models, common conflict-of-interest concerns, and related group exercises in greater depth.
Keynote by Andrijana Bergant: Creating and Managing an Effective Business Integrity Program and Overcoming Professional Challenges
Andrijana shares key lessons learned from her experience in building compliance and ethics programs from the ground up, twice, within international, publicly listed corporations in the financial industry. She later expanded her expertise by working with a wide network of compliance professionals she helped establish, spanning industries and company sizes.
She speaks candidly about the challenges she faced along the way, many of which are common among compliance managers, including lack of understanding and support, limited resources, and the absence of structured systems.
Andrijana also presents the systems and models she developed that have proven effective in overcoming these obstacles, adaptable to various stages of organizational maturity in culture and governance. She discusses how she built her own professional acumen in business compliance and ethics and how she now helps others do the same, a mission she passionately promotes and teaches.
Her keynote delivers practical frameworks and step-by-step approaches for designing, implementing, and sustaining an effective compliance and ethics program, enriched by real-world examples and personal stories.
This topic is ideally suited for compliance officers and other professionals and leaders in integrity and governance roles. It can be delivered as a conference keynote or a hands-on workshop, where Andrijana explores detailed case analysis, compliance methodologies, and collaborative group work.
Keynote by Andrijana Bergant: Ethical perspectives of artificial intelligence - with EU AI Act insights
Andrijana shares her expertise on the ethical implications of artificial intelligence, grounded in her in-depth understanding of the forthcoming EU Regulation on Artificial Intelligence. She explores what different types of AI systems represent, using real-life use cases and analyzing them through the lens of the regulation, particularly its risk-based classification system.
The keynote is anchored in the European human-centric approach to AI, which balances human rights protection with support for innovation. Andrijana explains what this approach entails and why it matters, offering a high-level overview of key regulatory terms framed within the context of human and environmental wellbeing, innovation, and economic growth.
Special focus is placed on businesses likely to fall under the role of AI deployers. Andrijana breaks down the essential requirements they will face under the EU AI Act, helping them understand their responsibilities and how to prepare for regulatory compliance while maintaining ethical oversight.
This session is particularly valuable for organizations navigating the ethical and legal complexities of AI technologies. It is best delivered as a high-level conference keynote or executive leadership event, offering both conceptual clarity and actionable insights.
