[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n the 21st of January 2014, a multiregional, cross-industry meeting of compliance officers of Polish companies took place in Warsaw at the training center Sienna. The project initiated by Prof. Makowicz was the first of its kind. More and more companies now recognize the importance and need to invest in compliance management systems. The roundtable aims to provide a forum for the compliance managers of those companies. The participants of the first meeting discussed the nature of the compliance officer and participated in two short lectures by Prof. Makowicz and Karol Rajewski, Chief Compliance Officer at ING.