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NorthStar.

Creativity and intelligence in ethics, compliance and ESG. 

Our mission is to enable organisational conduct that contributes positively to the world’s environmental, social and governance needs.

Insights
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EU whistle blowing directive 

A series on implementing the EU Whistle Blowing Directive. We look at the legislation, whistle blower behaviours and how GCs and CCOs can ensure solid foundations. 

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Five compelling arguments why facilitation payments should be tackled, re-thinking approaches to an often-underestimated exposure. 

Facilitation

payments 

A white paper on how compliance programs should react to the EU's directive on sustainability due diligence.  

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Preparing for the EU CSDDD

Case studies

Digitalisation &
controls uplift
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Sales Agents & Intermediaries. 

Investigations.

Compliance program
maturity scan
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People

Our people

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Ezekiel Ward

Founder & Managing Director

Previously SVP and Chief Compliance Officer at Volvo Group and Yara.

Zeke is a lawyer by education and a Fellow Chartered Accountant (ICAEW), with a forensic background at PwC and KPMG.​

He is focused on pragmatic advice, having built best in class compliance and ESG (environmental, social and governance) programs.​ Clients include companies from sectors as diverse as manufacturing, tech, energy production, chemicals and logistics. 

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Joana Donas-Botto

Associate 

 

Joana has been an Associate at North Star since 2020 and is based in London.

 

A qualified Portuguese lawyer with an LLM from the University of Coimbra, Joana brings over 7 years of post-qualification experience in both civil and common law jurisdictions.

 

Joana specialises in contract management, legal drafting, research and analysis. She has experience across multiple industries, most recently in the renewable energy and fintech sectors, contributing to multimillion-pound contract negotiations and managing complex cross-border projects.

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