Sven Büschgens is a Senior Managing Director with Teneo’s Financial Advisory business, based in Frankfurt. With over 20 years of experience in the legal and compliance sectors, he is a fully qualified lawyer who has held senior roles such as in-house counsel and Group Compliance Officer.
Prior to joining Teneo, Sven was a Managing Director with Ankura, advising clients on a wide range of compliance-related topics. Sven began his career in the legal department of Deutsche Telekom, where he spent nearly 18 years in various roles, including as project manager for the establishment of the Board of Management department for Data Privacy, Legal Affairs and Compliance.
Sven also served as Group Compliance Officer at CompuGroup Medical and BuyIn, a procurement joint venture between Deutsche Telekom and Orange. In both roles, Sven was responsible for building centralized compliance departments and achieving certifications under IDW PS 980 standards for anti-corruption and antitrust compliance, earning recognition for developing “state-of-the-art” programs.
Sven has a proven track record in establishing and developing robust compliance departments and compliance management systems for both large international conglomerates and medium-sized enterprises. He is an active member of DICO (German Association for Compliance), contributing to the working group focused on advancing compliance management systems and compliance risk assessments. Additionally, Sven is a Certified Compliance Manager International (CCMI) and a ISO37301 Compliance Auditor.
Selected Project Experience:
- Establishment and development of entire compliance management systems of prevention, monitoring and response.
- Investigation and sanction procedures, case handling, criminal and labor law implications including cooperation with public prosecutors and regulators.
- Merger control and development of other antitrust filings and notifications to the EU Commission and National Competition Authorities.
- Development of an efficient anti-corruption concept incorporating French, German, UK and U.S. legal requirements.
- Support in the establishment of ESG-related topics, e.g., Code of Ethics, Supplier Code of Conduct, Supply Chain Due Diligence.
- Development of guidelines regarding the acceptance of invitations and gifts in alignment with reporting tools and monitoring.
- Implementation of data protection and privacy policies as Data Protection Officer under German data protection law and GDPR requirements.
- Management of GRC transformation projects, including setup of governance structures.
- Provision of strategic and operative advice in enterprise risk management.