Head of Marketing
As Head of Marketing, Lauren St. Amand defines Star’s global marketing strategy and oversees planning and execution with a focus on driving growth and establishing brand equity in new markets. With over 25 years’ experience developing B2B go-to-market SaaS strategies in companies like Pegasystems and Adobe, Lauren is a data-driven marketer who aligns marketing with sales to build awareness, drive demand and deliver revenue-producing results. Prior to joining Star, Lauren was VP of Growth Marketing at Duck Creek Technologies, an InsurTech, where she built and led growth marketing from their joint venture with Accenture and Apax Partners to their successful IPO in August 2020.
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Understanding Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Compliance in 2025: Everything You Need To Know
By discouraging bribery as a method of gaining competitive advantage, the FCPA helps level the playing field for all businesses — which, in turn,…
Give A Compliance Officer A Hug!
Recognizing the unsung heroes of corporate compliance On September 26th, International Compliance Officer Day, we honor the unsung heroes who ensure businesses operate ethically,…
A Decade of Transformation in Financial Services
How the period between 2009 and 2015 shaped the future of employee compliance The 2008 financial crisis, a watershed moment for global economies, precipitated…
Earning the Credit in Accreditation
Star’s Synergy ’24 Roadshow: Where Quality Meets Professional Development StarCompliance (Star) is leading the charge with an exciting array of CPD opportunities! They offer…
Embedding the Values of Juneteenth into a Culture of Compliance
Most days of remembrance are fairly distant from the world of ethics and compliance.
Policy on Policies on Policies: Simplify the Maze with Policy Management Software
What are the essential elements of a successful policy on policies? In this blog post, we discuss why structured policy management is crucial for…
Guide to Purchasing Compliance Management Tools
While traditionally associated with multinational corporations and financial institutions, compliance obligations are now ubiquitous, extending even to small retailers.
The Birth of Employee Regulatory Compliance
Reflecting on the Crucial Years of 1999-2008
Star’s Top 10 Compliance Blogs of 2023
With 2024 now well underway, we take a look back at ten of our most popular blogs from 2023. From regulatory developments to getting the most out of the STAR platform, find out what grabbed our readers’ attention – and catch up on some of the topics you might have missed the first time around.
Compliance Management: What It Is & Why It’s Necessary
The regulatory landscape is rapidly evolving, placing new demands on businesses and their compliance teams.
The Importance of Market Abuse Surveillance
Market abuse covers a wide range of behaviors that serve to manipulate investors, give brokers an unfair advantage, or disrupt the market’s trajectory—so you…
Is Building or Buying Your Compliance Platforms the Only Way To Go?
Acquiring an employee compliance solution has typically been presented as a binary choice: build or buy? In this blog, we revisit each approach’s main…
8 Best Practices for Maintaining FCA Compliance
The FCA relies on accurate and timely information from financial firms in order to identify malpractice and monitor their regulatory compliance.
How to Maintain FCPA Compliance
Bribery and corruption, unfortunately, pose a risk in any business dealings, but the lines can blur when it comes to liaising with foreign officials. Here, the StarCompliance team offers a guide to maintaining airtight FCPA compliance.
Four Emerging Compliance Trends to Stay on Top Of
We are all riding a new wave of global regulation.
How to Create a Culture of Compliance at Your Company
There is a pressing need for today’s businesses to foster and maintain a culture of compliance.
The Top 10 StarBlogs From 2022
2022 was an exciting year for compliance and compliance software.
Are Market Abuse Regulations a Threat or an Opportunity for Corporate Markets?
With increased scrutiny and market abuse regulations growing every year, are issuers of securities at publicly traded companies and professional service firms at increased…
Compliance Automation: Reducing Risk and Increasing Efficiency
Ensuring regulatory compliance can be a complex process if done manually.
How to Meet FINRA Compliance Requirements in 2023
Complying with all FINRA rules can be a challenge.
Shifting Business Culture, Shifting Responsibilities
A company’s culture is a fundamental driver of its performance and success, or failure.
What Does Good Leadership Look Like?
For some, the ability to lead groups of people seems to be intuitive, but this can also be learned.
The Top 10 StarCompliance Blogs Of 2020
It’s countdown time! From compliance control room, to COVID-19, to holiday hijinks, to infamous inside-traders, here are your top-performing StarBlogs of 2020
3 Big Questions, 3 Big Answers: Solving For The Remote Workforce
From our Star Fall Forum breakout session on compliance challenges and solutions in the era of COVID-19, recapping our benchmarking survey and offering an…
Control Room Officers: Finding The Perfect Fit
We’ve talked a lot recently about how to build the perfect control room.
A Culture Of Compliance: How Software Can Help You Create One
What exactly is culture? How can you shape it? How do you go about changing the culture of an organization? For all this and…
Compliance & Coronavirus: Star Virtual Forum Roundups
How are some of the top operators in compliance coping with and solving challenges presented by COVID-19? We round up the best thinking from…
25+ Things To Do (Unrelated To Compliance) When You’re Housebound
Games. Books. Food. Music. Activities to keep the kids happy. Activities to keep the adults happy.
Top StarCompliance Blogs Of 2019: The Year In Review
Control room challenges and solutions dominated your blog reading, as did regulatory updates and—perhaps most interestingly—the potential for a bit of gossip
How To Have Better Relationships Through Better Conversations
Career coach and etiquette consultant Toni Purvis conducts a master class on rediscovering the lost art of face-to-face-conversation and avoiding the illusion of communication.
First Impressions From The 2019 Star US Conference
Why mobile matters, why you shouldn’t limit yourself when it comes to possible solutions, and why it’s all about asking the right questions
Star US Conference Sneak Peek: Connecting Compliance, People, And Tech
Attracting The Best Talent To Your Compliance Team
Advice on whether to hire internally or externally, hiring Millennial talent, and whether the transactional approach to hiring is still effective
Culture, Control, and Organizational Risk Management
The second of two blogs covering organizational psychologist Dr.
Unhealthy Firm Culture And Compliance’s Role In Fixing It
Key takeaways from the Star EMEA User Conference
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