How NAVEX Global and Riverside Partnered For Growth

When the leadership of corporate ethics and compliance platform NAVEX Global sought to expand, it partnered with private equity firm The Riverside Company. This is the story of how NAVEX, led by CEO Mark Reed and President & Chief Strategy Officer Shanti Atkins joined with Riverside Operating Partner Jeff Goodman to pursue a joint vision of leadership in the ethics services and training space.

The group interview includes a discussion of why Riverside liked the ethics space, how NAVEX needed operating support, better financial systems and M&A expertise, the importance of strategic planning with “employees on board” who are made aware that “there is a finish line and you need to have clarity towards that.” (NAVEX is a combination of four companies: ELT, EthicsPoint, Global Compliance and PolicyTech).