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Caroline Berns

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Compliance Officer - Leadership & Culture at Ericsson
📍 City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Caroline Berns is a Compliance Officer at Ericsson, focusing on Leadership and Culture. With a background in Information Engineering and extensive experience in talent acquisition and D&I across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, she is passionate about driving a sustainable culture of ethics. People describe her as a "massively generous leader. "

Caroline is deeply passionate about Diversity and Inclusion, Ethics, Technology, and Africa. She has maintained a weekly D&I newsletter for over nine years and frequently discusses the intersection of technology and society, including topics like AI bias, psychological safety, and gender equality in her regular posts.

She is a two-time winner of the "Africa’s Most Inspirational Women in Leadership" award for 2023 and 2024.

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Experience
4 Years
Current Role
Compliance Officer - Leadership & Culture
Location
City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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Ethical Compliance
Her current role at Ericsson focuses on fostering a sustainable culture of ethics and compliance, a topic she is personally passionate about.
Diversity & Inclusion
A long-standing passion, evidenced by her former role as Head of D&I for Middle East & Africa and her weekly newsletter on the subject.
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Work history

10-2023
Compliance Officer - Leadership & Culture
Ericsson
10-2022 - 10-2023
Compliance Officer (Boost Program)
Ericsson
7-2021 - 10-2022
Head of Diversity & Inclusion and Talent Acquisition Middle East & Africa
Ericsson
9-2012
Business Unit Manager
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Education
1999 - 2003
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
University of Konstanz
1990 - 1999
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Landrat-Lucas Gymnasium (Leverkusen, Germany)
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