Shana Thomas is Chief Compliance Officer at Hilco Global, leading Hilco Global’s enterprise-wide compliance function, overseeing regulatory, privacy, ethics, and governance matters across U.S. and international operations. She works closely with the ORIX USA and Hilco Global legal and compliance teams to help align governance and risk frameworks, build scalable compliance systems, and support the continued integration of Hilco Global into ORIX USA’s Compliance Program.
Her responsibilities will include oversight of global regulatory and licensing regime, anti-bribery and corruption compliance, anti-money laundering (AML), conflicts management, third-party risk management, and cybersecurity-related compliance initiatives.
Shana brings extensive international compliance and governance experience developed across multinational organizations and regulated environments. Since 2015, she has held senior leadership roles at Arthur J. Gallagher, including Senior Director of Global Compliance and Global Director – Internal Audit, where she led global teams and established a center of excellence in India supporting Sarbanes-Oxley and risk-based audit initiatives.
Earlier in her career, Shana held roles at Astellas Pharmaceuticals, Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, TAP Pharmaceuticals USA, PricewaterhouseCoopers (South Africa), and KPMG (South Africa).
Shana holds a Master of Science in Legal Studies from Cornell Law School and a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting from Rhodes University in South Africa. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). Her career has also been recognized through selection to Santa Clara University’s Global Women Leaders program, along with multiple awards recognizing leadership, initiative, and excellence.