FPSC Webinar Series EN

From Compliance to Confidence

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Paul Valder

Event Presenter
CEO, The Culture Advisory Group Inc.

As co-founder and CEO of Culture Advisory Group. Paul oversees the Leadership Team to ensure their business pillars provide practical integrated solutions for their clients. Paul has decades of global food industry business management experience helping senior leaders and their supply chains to competitively differentiate themselves. He believes that building a successful driven culture for managing organizational risk, safety and quality are foundational to ensuring product integrity and trust with consumers.

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Jennefer Griffith

Event Host
Executive Director - Food Processing Skills Canada (FPSC)

A true driving force in Canada's food and beverage sector, Jennefer Griffith is widely recognized for her visionary leadership in workforce development. As Executive Director of Food Processing Skills Canada, she has spearheaded transformative initiatives, consistently empowering businesses with cutting-edge programs and providing individuals with the essential resources to not just advance, but truly excel in their careers.

About this event

From Compliance to Confidence explores why food safety risk has become a boardroom imperative. This webinar breaks down the rising cost of recalls, tightening regulatory accountability, and declining consumer trust, and explains why traditional compliance models no longer protect enterprise value. Attendees will learn how enterprise-wide food safety risk optimization strengthens governance, builds resilience, and transforms food safety from an operational obligation into a strategic advantage.

At this event, you'll learn:

  • Clarify the board’s role in food safety oversight, including which risks require direct governance attention and how accountability should be structured across leadership.
  • Recognize early warning indicators of elevated food safety risk, spanning culture, decision-making, and operational behavior—before issues escalate into enterprise crises.
  • Apply practical approaches for embedding food safety risk into existing governance and risk frameworks, enabling clearer oversight, stronger leadership alignment, and more informed executive decision-making.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of food safety leadership and culture using defined indicators, such as escalation quality, decision latency, audit signal trends, and near-miss reporting, to inform board-level oversight and performance review.

Event Details

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