Time to Tune Up Your Compliance & Ethics Program

Raymond Perez is Of Counsel in the firm’s Columbus office and Chair of the Corporate Compliance and Governance Practice Group. He focuses his practice on advising employers on the development and implementation of compliance and ethics programs, codes of conduct, and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Ray counsels clients on the diversity, labor and employment reporting requirements resulting from newly adopted environmental, social and governance reporting regulations. He also works directly with boards of directors to establish compliance reporting systems and diversity and governance objectives and priorities. 

Prior to joining Fisher Phillips, Ray worked in-house for nearly 30 years for the U.S. affiliates of a leading multinational automotive manufacturer. In addition to managing day-to-day legal operations, he served as a Compliance Officer, North American Diversity Committee founding member and North American 401(k) Fiduciary Committee member. Ray also served as the Chief Audit Executive for five years, overseeing all financial and operational auditing of the company’s North American operations including research and development, manufacturing, sales and customer financing. He reported to the Board regarding the performance of over 30 U.S. affiliated companies and recommended enhancements in legal and business operations. During his time spent in Alabama, Ray served as the ACC Chapter President.