Joseph Azam's guest appearances

Joseph Azam

Where R.A. Now?

Feeling Asian

Kim Pham

Lisa Ling

Kulap Vilaysack

Seth Meyers

David Chang

Stephen Colbert

Anne Ishii

Joel Kim Booster

Dimitri Moise

Brittney Johnson

Steven Yeun

Bowen Yang

Terri Burns

Wilfred Padua

Ryan Miller

OwlTail

Joseph Azam is a lawyer who specializes in anti-corruption and ethics investigation, and one of the co-founders of Afghan Americans for Biden/Harris. Joseph details his experiences of Islamophobia in a post-9/11 America, the pressures poc’s face to play nice in corporate America and the exclusion of Central Asians from the Asian cultural dialogue. Joseph is also a refugee and shared his experiences in The Displaced, edited by Viet Thanh Nguyen, with proceeds to support the International Rescue Committee. Please like, subscribe and support us on Patreon :)

Joseph Azam is a lawyer who specializes in anti-corruption and ethics investigation, and one of the co-founders of Afghan Americans for Biden/Harris. Joseph details his experiences of Islamophobia in a post-9/11 America, the pressures poc’s face to play nice in corporate America and the exclusion of Central Asians from the Asian cultural dialogue. Joseph is also a refugee and shared his experiences in The Displaced, edited by Viet Thanh Nguyen, with proceeds to support the International Rescue Committee. Please like, subscribe and support us on Patreon :)

After 9/11 My Life Was Never The Same (feat. Joseph Azam, Lawyer and Co-Founder of Afghan Americans for Biden/Harris)

cohost David Zarowin

Joseph Azam is Senior Vice President and Global Chief Compliance &amp; Ethics Officer at Infor, a privately held major provider of business-specific software across the manufacturing, distribution and service industries worldwide. In his role, Joe oversees business conduct, internal investigations, corporate criminal matters and compliance in a wide range of areas, including anti-corruption, sanctions and export controls. Prior to his position at Infor, he served as SVP &amp; Group Chief Compliance Officer at News Corp and SVP &amp; Associate General Counsel, Global Anti-Bribery at London-based HSBC where he was also a member of the bank’s Global Internal Investigations Group investigating bribery, money laundering, sanctions violations, and other financial crimes. He has held similar in-house positions at Accenture and Oracle. He began his legal career at Willkie Farr &amp; Gallagher LLP in New York. His work has taken him throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.  He is a graduate of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where he was co-Editor-In-Chief of the Hastings International &amp; Comparative Law Review and now serves on the law school's Board of Governors. He holds a B.A. and M.A. from NYU where his graduate research focused on Political Islam in the Middle East and South Asia.  His has written for Ethisphere Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, Lucky Peach Magazine, the LA Times, and MTVNews. In 2018, he contributed to The Displaced, an acclaimed book of essays published by AbramsPress and edited by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen. Proceeds from the book go directly to the International Rescue Committee.  Joe was an RA at Goddard (02-03) and GA at Coral Towers (03-05). 

Joseph Azam is Senior Vice President and Global Chief Compliance &amp; Ethics Officer at Infor, a privately held major provider of business-specific software across the manufacturing, distribution and service industries worldwide. In his role, Joe oversees business conduct, internal investigations, corporate criminal matters and compliance in a wide range of areas, including anti-corruption, sanctions and export controls. Prior to his position at Infor, he served as SVP &amp; Group Chief Compliance Officer at News Corp and SVP &amp; Associate General Counsel, Global Anti-Bribery at London-based HSBC where he was also a member of the bank’s Global Internal Investigations Group investigating bribery, money laundering, sanctions violations, and other financial crimes. He has held similar in-house positions at Accenture and Oracle. He began his legal career at Willkie Farr &amp; Gallagher LLP in New York. His work has taken him throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.  He is a graduate of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where he was co-Editor-In-Chief of the Hastings International &amp; Comparative Law Review and now serves on the law school's Board of Governors. He holds a B.A. and M.A. from NYU where his graduate research focused on Political Islam in the Middle East and South Asia.  His has written for Ethisphere Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, Lucky Peach Magazine, the LA Times, and MTVNews. In 2018, he contributed to The Displaced, an acclaimed book of essays published by AbramsPress and edited by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen. Proceeds from the book go directly to the International Rescue Committee. Joe was an RA at Goddard (02-03) and GA at Coral Towers (03-05).

Episode 42: Joseph Azam '03 & '05 CAS Lawyer & Chief Compliance Officer cohost David Zarowin (Coral)