- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
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Aly McDevitt2022-02-07T13:00:00
Hiltrud Werner, Volkswagen’s board member and head of integrity and legal affairs who steered the company through its U.S. compliance monitorship post-Dieselgate, discusses her indelible mark on the auto giant and her future aspirations.
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