Constitution

Constitution of the Association of Corporate Investigators

Purpose

The Association of Corporate Investigators (“ACi”) is a non-profit association championing the role of corporate investigators. The ACi envisages provisioning members with a variety of benefits, which will be progressively offered as part of its proposed membership structure. These include but are not limited to:

Independent professional body and industry voice
Continued development of the corporate investigation profession
Creating networking opportunities amongst members
Programme framework and benchmarking data for in-house investigation teams
Sharing of career opportunities and jobs forum
Organising professional events
Publications and knowledge bank
Corporate investigations code of ethical conduct for ACi members
Training and accreditation for the profession of corporate investigation

Vision

The ACi’s vision is that corporate investigations are universally recognised as an accredited profession and that the ACi is a key enabler for continued personal development and operational investigative excellence.

Mission

Promote the highest ethical standards, including an ACi members code of ethical conduct
Support the professional development of members, including accredited qualifications, training, cross-industry insights on corporate investigations programmes and access to a knowledge resource centre
The ACi will develop a detailed accreditation programme that will enable ACi members to certify with a professional investigation standard
Bring together the corporate investigations community to share best practice
Actively promote diversity and inclusion across the corporate investigation community

• The ACi will be a non-partisan, non-profit organisation made up of corporate practitioners in investigations who are drawn from a wide range of industry sectors.

• The ACi will be governed by an Executive Committee (”ExCo”) comprising the following roles:

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Chief Financial Officer (COO)
Association General Counsel (GC)
Chief Administration Officer (CAO)
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Chief Education & Training Officer (CETO)
Association Secretary
Regional Heads for North America and Canada (”NA”), Europe, Middle East & Africa (”EMEA”), Asia Pacific (”ASPAC”) and Latin America (”LATAM”)

• Any application to the ACi ExCo will be by written nomination only and will be a matter for consideration and approval by all current ACi ExCo members (see Annex A for application process)
• The ExCO will meet weekly by conference call and will meet twice a year face-to-face or via video conference
• External parties i.e. members of the ACi Advisory Panel may be invited to a meeting(s) where they have specific expertise to contribute to the ACi. An invitation will only be issued in agreement with the ExCo.
• The ACi has the ambition of a regional set up in NA/EMEA/ASPAC/LATAM. Each region has a Head of Region (who is also an appointed member of the ACi ExCo)
• The Regional Heads will provide strategic oversight, guidance, support and governance to the ACi’s active regions and to its global body
• The ACi will seek to organise events every year to bring members together for networking purposes and provide input and guidance to the development of the corporate investigation profession.