# Chris Wheeler

> Chris Wheeler is Senior Vice President of Global Ethics & Integrity at Salesforce, where he oversees the company's ethics and compliance programs at a global scale. A trained attorney with roots in the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and private practice at Bingham McCutchen LLP, Wheeler brings a prosecutorial sharpness to corporate ethics work. At Salesforce, he leads third-party anti-corruption programs, partners ethics compliance, and sustainability reporting mandates - helping keep one of the world's most-recognized 'ethical companies' actually earning that title.

- **Role:** Senior Vice President, Global Ethics & Integrity at Salesforce
- **Organizations:** Salesforce, U.S. Department of Justice, Bingham McCutchen LLP, Oracle, United Cerebral Palsy Associations
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Juris Doctor (J.D.), University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
- **Known for:** Led Salesforce's Global Ethics & Integrity function as it became one of Ethisphere's 'World's Most Ethical Companies' multiple consecutive years, Built and scaled third-party anti-corruption programs for Salesforce's worldwide partner ecosystem, Developed Salesforce's ethics training modules deployed via Trailhead platform to partners globally

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Attorney at United Cerebral Palsy Associations
- **Mid career** — Associate / Attorney at Bingham McCutchen LLP, specializing in competition and commercial litigation
- **Pre-Salesforce** — Counsel at U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division - developed deep expertise in competition law and anti-corruption enforcement
- **Pre-Salesforce** — Compliance and legal role at Oracle, bridging government enforcement experience with private sector tech
- **~2013-2015** — Joined Salesforce as Compliance Program Manager, Office of Global Ethics & Integrity (reportedly via Informatica acquisition pathway)
- **2015-2022** — Advanced to Vice President, Office of Global Ethics & Integrity at Salesforce
- **2022-present** — Senior Vice President, Global Ethics & Integrity at Salesforce - overseeing antitrust compliance, anti-corruption programs, third-party partner ethics, and sustainability reporting compliance globally

## Achievements

- Led Salesforce's Global Ethics & Integrity function as it became one of Ethisphere's 'World's Most Ethical Companies' multiple consecutive years
- Built and scaled third-party anti-corruption programs for Salesforce's worldwide partner ecosystem
- Developed Salesforce's ethics training modules deployed via Trailhead platform to partners globally
- Presented at ACI Anti-Corruption & Compliance Programs Mexico conference on sustainability reporting for securities issuers
- Navigated multi-jurisdictional regulatory requirements with lean internal team structures
- Brought DOJ prosecutorial rigor into corporate compliance design at enterprise tech scale

## Latest updates

- **2024-01** — Continued as SVP, Global Ethics & Integrity at Salesforce, managing global compliance programs
- **2023-06** — Presented at ACI Anti-Corruption & Compliance Programs Mexico on sustainability reporting requirements for securities issuers alongside Ricardo Cacho
- **2023-01** — Salesforce named to Ethisphere's World's Most Ethical Companies list, a recognition the Ethics & Integrity team supports

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-wheeler-7a61a65/

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Last updated: 2026-04-30