Elina Angeloudi, Associate, Baker McKenzie
Elina is a member of the IP/Tech practice group and specialises in advising companies operating in the pharmaceuticals and medical devices sectors on the various regulatory issues they come across on a daily basis. She has advised both UK domestic clients as well as multinationals operating across borders. She works closely with specialist colleagues across Baker & McKenzie’s global healthcare network. Elina has also significant regulatory experience on cross-border mergers and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sector, particularly on international carve out and integration transactions.
Philip Annett, Partner, Baker McKenzie
Philip Annett is a partner based in Baker McKenzie’s London office focussing on complex investigations, litigation and compliance matters. He has an in-depth knowledge of working with UK and international regulators and enforcement agencies, having previously been a senior lawyer in the Enforcement Division at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) where he led some of the regulator’s highest-profile enforcement cases. He also previously worked in the Bribery and Corruption Division at the Serious Fraud Office.
Chris Bass, Director, Global Corporate Investigations, GSK
Chris is Head of Global Corporate Investigations at GSK and a member of the Compliance Leadership Team. Leading a multi-disciplinary investigations and service delivery team, he oversees delivery of internal investigations, the Speak Up framework, and global investigations governance and reporting. Chris has also led sensitive investigations and reviews involving insider threat, employee misconduct, and fraud. As part of the military police’s special investigation group, Chris previously commanded and led investigations into serious and complex crime, serving at home, overseas, and on operations.
Trevor Dickey, Director Cyber Investigative Services, Haleon
With over 14 years of police experience at prestigious units including the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit and Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit, Trevor has established himself as a pioneer in digital investigations and cybercrime, leading ground-breaking prosecutions against online drug traffickers and cyber criminals while representing the UK at the United Nations as a subject matter expert on fraud and identity theft. His expertise has been recognized through court commendations, particularly in the prosecution of hacktivist groups like Anonymous, and he has contributed to BBC crime programmes while holding positions as Digital Investigations Manager at LafargeHolcim-Switzerland and Digital Investigations Advisor at BP International Ltd. He has developed innovative triage approaches and digital strategies to streamline investigations. Trevor is a Certified Forensic Computer Examiner and has extensive experience with digital forensic and eDiscovery tools.
Sean Donaldson, ACi
Sean is an innovative senior corporate security specialist with expertise in compliance, ethics, audit and investigations. He has over 15 years’ international experience spanning private and public sectors in multicultural environments. He safeguards corporate reputation, drawing on acquired business acumen and vast corporate security experience. He mitigates risk to organizational assets. He has significant experience in workplace investigations and fraud & corruption initiatives. He has deep expertise in conducting international investigations, including anti-counterfeiting cases. His earlier career was as an investigator and analyst in the US & Spain. He has a Masters degree in Law, and is qualified to advanced level in Investigations, Criminology, Security & Leadership. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Internal Auditor and experienced interviewer.
Adam Garside, Director, Control Risks
Adam is a forensic accountant and Director in Control Risks’ forensics practice in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Based in London, Adam has nearly 20 years of experience leading investigations into accounting irregularities, fraud, bribery and corruption and helping clients set-up, monitor and enhance their compliance programmes.
Adam has been ranked by Who’s Who Legal as a Future Leader in Investigations and serves as an Advisory Panel member to the Association of Corporate Investigators and a Steering Committee member to the South West Fraud Forum. He is also a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.
Yindi Gesinde, Partner, Baker McKenzie
Yindi Gesinde is a Solicitor-Advocate in Baker McKenzie’s Dispute Resolution Department and the Co-Chair of the Investigations, Compliance and Ethics practice in London. Yindi’s practice includes a broad spectrum of commercial litigation, with specialist expertise in the fields of investigations and compliance, contentious trusts and public procurement. She regularly advises on investigations relating to bribery and corruption, whistleblowing and workplace culture. Yindi assists clients with their compliance obligations and programmes, particularly in the area of anti-bribery and corruption.
Patrick Holt, Director, Pfizer
Following a career in law enforcement, Patrick joined Pfizer Global Security in 2016 as Director, Regional Projects, investigating complex product integrity matters impacting multiple regions. In 2022 he became responsible for Physical Risk Mitigation and Product Integrity matters across the Middle East and is responsible for ensuring that programs are in place to protect Pfizer’s personnel, real and intellectual property, reputation, the integrity of its medicines, corporate crisis and threat management and supports executive protection and supply chain security requirements across the region.
Oleg Kozlov, Associate Director, Control Risks
Oleg is an Associate Director in Control Risks’ forensic investigations practice in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He is a forensic accountant with over nine years of experience in fraud and anti-bribery and corruption investigations and compliance advisory engagements across a broad range of geographies and sectors. Before joining Control Risks, Oleg worked in forensics & integrity team of a “Big Four” accounting firm. Oleg has a Master’s degree in Financial Regulation from London School of Economics and Political Science. He is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).
Whitney Potts, Head Global Security Investigations, Novartis International AG (Switzerland)
Whitney Potts is an accomplished and agile global risk, compliance and legal professional currently serving as the Deputy Head of Global Security and Head of Global Security Investigations at Novartis International. As the Global Security Head of Investigations for Novartis, Whitney oversees a team of expert investigators around the world who investigate allegations of high-risk misconduct and recommend remediation actions. Previously, she held senior roles including as Head of Ethics, Risk & Compliance as well as Head of Legal, Oncology for the region covering Asia, Middle East, Africa and China at Novartis Pharmaceuticals, where she was responsible for the legal and compliance aspects of region-wide strategies, programs and initiatives and developing and delivering the Ethics, Risk & Compliance program, supervising regional enterprise risk assessments (anti-bribery, third party), compliance audits, monitoring, and remediation of issues including those from internal investigations. Whitney is a Certified Fraud Examiner, licensed attorney and a graduate of Columbia Law School in New York.
Simon Scales, Chief Education & Development Officer
Simon’s extensive international experience in corporate investigations includes significant Employee Misconduct, Fraud, Bribery, Corruption, Antitrust & Competition, AML, Sanctions, Market Abuse and commensurate preventative/remedial measures. His 30 years of expertise in major investigation management, covert and overt intelligence gathering, relationship and stakeholder management, Ethics / Compliance / Integrity related investigations and reviews demonstrate his proven ability to facilitate consensus through negotiation and collaborate with senior management across all geographies.
Jim Swift, Senior Director, Compliance Operations and Reporting, Mundipharma
Jim is currently the Head of Compliance Operations and Reporting at Mundipharma International with responsibility for the Compliance monitoring, investigations, counter-diversion and analytics programs. He has extensive experience of leading investigations in both private and public sectors and in multiple geographies. Jim has set up and led brand protection, counter-diversion, and Compliance investigations programs in several multi-national organisations and has a particular interest in leveraging insights from data to help drive proactive solutions to mitigate risk.
Claire Thomas, Head of Global Compliance Investigations, AstraZeneca plc
Claire is the Head of Global Compliance Investigations at AstraZeneca plc, based in the North West of England. Claire qualified as a lawyer in 2005 and spent over a decade in private practice at an international law firm before moving to AstraZeneca in 2014. Whilst in private practice, Claire spent 2 years on secondment to a FTSE 100 bank based in London. As an investigator, and as the Head of Investigations, Claire has led high-profile investigations globally involving bribery, fraud, corruption and allegations of employee misconduct. Most recently, Claire has assumed additional accountabilities as the Head of Compliance for Europe & Canada (interim). Claire is a member of AstraZeneca’s Global Compliance Leadership Team and is also part of the wider workstream exploring the power of technology to drive effective investigations.
Torsten Wolf, Principal, Control Risks
Torsten leads Control Risks’ forensics team in Europe. He supports internal and external counsel, compliance officers, internal investigation teams and prosecution authorities. Torsten has expertise in due diligence and compliance consulting, bribery and corruption investigations, regulatory enquiries, and forensic accounting. Before joining Control Risks, Torsten worked in the Forensic Services department of a Big Four accounting firm in Frankfurt am Main as well as in the finance team of a multinational pharmaceutical company. Torsten has a diploma of Business Administration from University of Applied Science Mainz. Along with his native German, Torsten is fluent in English.
Steve Young, Chief Executive Officer
Steve served 20 years in UK law enforcement investigating economic crime specialising in the pro-active investigation of Banking Fraud, Bribery & Corruption, Whistleblowing and Money Laundering. This was followed by 6 years at Citigroup Inc. as EMEA Regional Director of Investigations, and 8 years as Barclays Bank Plc, Global Head of Investigations for Investment Banking & Wealth Management. Currently Head of Fraud & Investigations in Group Compliance at Lombard Odier, based in Geneva. To date, 40 years of international economic crime experience in both a law enforcement and corporate environment.