Association of Corporate Investigators

Global Investigations in Life Sciences: Strategies for Mitigating Risk and Ensuring Compliance
2025-02-05 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Online
The life sciences and pharmaceutical industry faces unique challenges in managing compliance and navigating risks across borders. In this insightful webinar, sponsored by Control Risks, we will delve into some of the most pressing issues impacting the sector today.
Our experts will explore:

Challenges in Cross-Border Compliance Investigations: Addressing complexities in regulatory requirements and managing multi-jurisdictional risks.
Combatting Counterfeiting, Theft, and Parallel Import: Strategies for investigations in high-risk jurisdictions.
Navigating Sanctions: Practical guidance for companies operating in increasingly regulated global markets.
Regulatory Developments and Enforcement Trends: Insights into anticipated government actions under the new US administration and their implications for compliance.

This session will provide actionable insights and practical strategies for investigators, compliance professionals, and risk managers to safeguard operations in this highly regulated and dynamic sector.

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Ashu Sharma, ACi Executive Committee
Ashu Sharma
Ash Sharma has over 20 years’ experience in investigations and financial crime risk mitigation. Ash presently manages one of two global investigation hubs for Anglo American Plc, a global mining, minerals and extraction company. His team conduct corporate ethics and compliance (including regulatory and financial crime) investigations. Ash has worked in the UK and Asia in regional and group roles for a global bank. There, he headed up an internal fraud risk, background vetting and investigation function, before leading and coordinating global significant investigations for the group. Ash is a Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Financial Crime Specialist, and Certified Cryptocurrency Investigator.

Tristan Grimmer, Partner, Baker McKenzie
Tristan Grimmer
Tristan is a Partner at Baker McKenzie, advising clients on sanctions and export controls, anti-bribery and corruption and other corporate compliance risks. He provides compliance advice to clients across these risk areas, including in the context of complex cross-border transactions, as well as supporting clients in the management of related internal and external investigations. Tristan has advised clients in respect of investigations by the Serious Fraud Office, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), the National Crime Agency, HM Revenue & Customs, and the Competition and Markets Authority, as well as in related investigations by overseas agencies, including the US Department of Justice and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). He also counsels clients in the design and implementation of their corporate compliance programmes. Tristan is the UK head of Baker McKenzie’s market leading international trade practice, which is ranked as Tier 1 by Legal 500 and Band 1 by Chambers UK. He is personally ranked as a Leading Individual for ‘Trade, WTO, Anti-dumping and Customs’ by Legal 500 and for ‘Sanctions’ by Chambers UK. He is the EMEA Chair of the firm’s Investigations, Compliance & Ethics practice.

Martina Rozumberkova, Principal, Control Risks
Martina Rozumberkova
Martina Rozumberkova is a Principal within Control Risks’ Compliance, Forensics and Intelligence practice in the Americas. She has over 17 years of experience assisting companies with fraud and forensic investigations as well as reviews, assessments, development and implementation of global compliance programs, and internal controls. She advises companies conducting investigations involving the FCPA and helps address regulatory actions with focused expertise assisting the life science industry. She has also led teams conducting regulatory mandated monitorships.

Whitney Potts, Head Global Security Investigations, Novartis International AG (Switzerland)
Whitney Potts
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.

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2024-11-21 | Evelyn Partners, 45 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7BG, United Kingdom
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OSINT: A Game Changer for the Corporate Investigator's Toolkit
2024-11-06 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London) | Online
Join our free webinar to discuss all things OSINT! Sponsored by Tadaweb, we will be looking at the evolving landscape of OSINT in corporate investigations, how OSINT platforms can distil large data sets into actionable intelligence, and the role of automation and AI in OSINT. We will also discuss the legal boundaries in OSINT and the importance of using compliant platforms.

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Steve Young, ACi
Steve is the CEO of ACi. He 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.

Jill Sanborn, Tadaweb
Jill Sanborn is a geopolitical risk, investigations and intelligence leader who brings decades of experience in both the public & private sector, helping businesses navigate today’s global risk environment.
Jill served nearly 24 years in the FBI rising to become the Executive Assistant Director of the National Security Branch representing the FBI on all national security matters. In previous roles Jill served as the Assistant Director of the Counterterrorism Division where she oversaw thousands of terrorism investigations and also held a senior leadership role as a deputy director with the CIA.
As a career-long advocate of the importance of partnerships, Jill routinely collaborates with peers across the law enforcement and intelligence communities, academia, and the private sector to create a network of community engagement.

Euan Crawford, Tadaweb

Euan Crawford is the Director of Intelligence Innovation at Tadaweb, where he is recognised as a leading authority in extracting actionable insights from publicly available information (PAI). Euan has spearheaded initiatives that advance multi-source data fusion while upholding the highest legal and ethical standards.
Prior to joining Tadaweb, Euan led open-source intelligence efforts across both public and private sectors, with a particular emphasis on integrating disruptive technologies.
Beyond his role at Tadaweb, Euan is a British Army Reserve officer, with service experience in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is also the co-founder of TechVets, a non-profit organisation committed to bridging the gap between military veterans and the tech industry, fostering a new generation of technologically adept leaders.

Rory Horgan
Rory served for 14 years in the British Army, including tours in Afghanistan, Ukraine and the MOD and working across government. He left the Army in 2022 for M& C Saatchi, running major programmes for their Security & Defence Services Branch.

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Traversing Generative AI: Transforming the Length and Breadth of Investigations and Legal Workflows
2024-10-23 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Online
A free webinar exploring how generative AI can help investigators save time reviewing documents, speeding up the investigative and legal process.

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Investigators are currently forced to spend inordinate amounts of time navigating data challenges instead of focusing on their core areas of expertise. Legal and investigation professionals are engaged in a constant struggle to contain escalating costs while building consistent and defensible processes for their legal and investigation teams.
Generative AI tools, such as Relativity’s aiR for Review, have the capacity to transform investigative workflows. Gen AI tools can quickly locate hot documents and clearly explain their relevance, delivering vital information that is often found late in review or even missed. Instead of spending days – or even weeks – establishing case knowledge, teams can work with AI tools to quickly understand their case data and accelerate the path to valuable insights.
Leveraging generative AI capabilities to analyse documents for relevance and key issues, with greater speed and quality, drives significant time and cost savings for investigators, helping legal teams to meet aggressive deadlines, cut out unnecessary noise, and focus efforts on project strategy.
Join Alistair Hack, FTI Consulting and Relativity’s Paul Gordon, Manager, Sales Engineering as they discuss how generative AI tools represent a seismic shift in how the industry operates and how legal teams and investigators are traversing through this latest chapter of AI innovation.

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About the Panel

Alistair Hack, Director UK Innovation Team, FTI Consulting
Alistair has over a decade of experience in financial services across investigations and eDiscovery, including six years in international investigation, litigation & regulatory matters across the whole EDRM. His investigations experience includes compliance, conduct, whistleblowing and extends to liaising with law enforcement to support successful criminal prosecutions. Alistair is part of the wider UK innovation team at FTI developing custom solutions to help leverage the power of technology enabling humans to do what they do best.

Paul Gordon, Manager, Sales Engineering, Relativity
Paul has been in the legal technology field for over 20 years. He has been with Relativity for over 10 years and currently leads Relativity’s Sales Engineering team across EMEA. With both sales and operations experience, Paul has supported diverse projects, covering computer forensics through document review and productions at both software and service provider organisations. He is also one of Relativity’s regional leads for Generative AI products. Paul is based in London and serves the international Relativity user community.

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Insurance Investigations: Trends and Challenges
2024-10-09 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Online
Join our free webinar looking at the trends and challenges in Insurance Investigations. Sponsored by RPC we are looking at the evolving landscape of insurance fraud detection and investigation. We will discuss how technological advancements, changing regulatory environments, and emerging fraud schemes are shaping the field of insurance investigations across different regions.
Key topics will include the adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning in fraud detection, the impact of social media and digital footprints on investigations, and the challenges posed by cross-border insurance fraud. The webinar will also address the ethical considerations and data privacy concerns that arise with advanced investigative techniques, as well as strategies for balancing thorough investigations with customer experience. Attendees will gain insights into best practices for adapting to these global trends and overcoming common challenges faced by internal investigators in the insurance industry.
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Banking Investigators Forum
2024-10-03 | Linklaters, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8 HQ, United Kingdom
Our third Banking Investigators Forum is hosted by Linklaters. The day will provide a variety of speakers and topical discussion points. There will be a networking lunch and drinks after the event.
The event is for the banking investigations community only.
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Banter, Harassment and Bullying Investigations
2024-09-20 09:30 - 12:30 (Europe/London) | Online
Have you seen complex investigations go wrong? Do you want to make sure your organisation safely addresses Bullying and Harassment cases? Does the phrase “it’s just banter” cause you to shudder? For investigators dealing with Bullying and Harassment cases, this terminology is all too common.
Join us as we discuss the nuances of bullying and harassment investigations. We will cover current trends, debunk myths, and review how the harm-centred approach can be adopted to make your investigations safer for everyone.
Participants will analyse a closed case, identifying what went well and what fell short. We will explore how to carry out safe investigations from disclosure to closure, and look at how organisations can integrate investigation insights to drive cultural change and promote accountability.
Agenda:
Day 1: Friday, 20th September 2024, 9.30 am – 12.30 pm (UK)

Welcome and Introductions
Introduction to the case study
Bullying and Harassment – key terms and definitions
Receiving Disclosures -viewing documents from this case and discussion of best practice
Interviewing – viewing a video and interview statements, and discussion
Myth busting – the harm-centred approach

Day 2: Friday, 27th September 2024, 9.30 am – 12.30 pm (UK)

Reminder of Day 1
Weighing up evidence and coming to a conclusion on a case – balance of probability approach in bullying and harassment cases
Viewing an investigation report activity
Bringing in the harm-centred and trauma-informed approach
Case closure and organisational culture

Learning Outcomes:

Gain more confidence to carry out bullying and harassment investigations
Be more familiar with a harm-centred approach and applying it in bullying and harassment investigations
Be more aware of risks and challenges in bullying and harassment investigations and how to avoid pitfalls and mistakes

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This training event will take place on Zoom and delegates will receive an invite after registration

Whistleblowing Investigations Forum
2024-09-19 13:30 - 20:00 (Europe/London) | Ashurst Law, 1 Duval Square, London, E1 6PW, United Kingdom
On Thursday, 19th September join us for an insightful event exploring whistleblowing investigations.
To view the agenda, click here.
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Keynote Speech:
We will kick off the event with a keynote speech from Jo Gideon, Director and Vice Chair, Whistleblowers UK.
Case Study Examination:
We will take a look at the high-profile whistleblowing case of Jonathan Taylor, who blew the whistle at an energy company, to understand the challenges faced, the investigative process, and the ultimate outcomes.
UK Whistleblowers Bill Briefing:
This comprehensive briefing will cover the UK Whistleblowers Bill, discussing its implications for corporations and ensuring that attendees are well-informed about their legal obligations.
For or Against
Should whistle-blowers be paid? Join us in a lively debate as we hear from our colleagues in the UK and Europe.
Networking Opportunity
Meet and network with your colleagues who are working in this space. Share your experiences and learn from others in the industry to handle whistleblower cases more effectively within your organisation.
Tickets £149.50
ACi Members £134.55
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Boom dos Canais de Denúncias
2024-08-27 09:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | RHI Magnesita Auditorium, Praca Louis Ensch, 240 – Cidade Industrial, Contagem MG, Brazil
Boom dos Canais de Denúncias
Como responder ao aumento massivo dos relatos recebidos em canais éticos

Estatísticas e tendências
Entendimento das causas internas e externas
Benchmarking com o mercado
Recursos internos e externos
Novas legislações
Painel de discussão entre os profissionais

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Painel
Dercio Carvalheda
Sócio Fundador da Carvalhêda Advocacia

Livia Correa
Association of Corporate Investigators
Queila Oliveira
RhI Magensita

Human Rights Investigations in Complex Supply Chains
2024-06-26 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Online
In this free webinar, an expert panel will discuss:

how companies with wide-ranging supply chains can effectively assess and mitigate ESG risks with a particular focus on human rights issues,
how corporates can ensure meaningful compliance with new legislation like the corporate sustainability due diligence directive, and
practical strategies and best practices for cross-jurisdictional human rights investigations.

These challenges are topical for companies across Europe and the US as they face increasingly complex regulatory requirements and a shifting geopolitical landscape impacting their supply chains.

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Panel
Ariana Issa, Director, The Risk Advisory Group

Ariana has approaching 20 years of experience managing complex due diligence and ESG-focussed investigations across the globe. She has particular expertise leveraging human intelligence and accessing hard-to-find information throughout Europe and the Middle East as well as helping clients mitigate ESG issues within their supply chains. She joined Risk Advisory in 2018 after time at another London-based intelligence consultancy and before that in executive search.

James Ford, Senior Associate, Mayer Brown
James Ford, helps clients to navigate the complex and overlapping worlds of sanctions and export controls, anti-corruption, business and human rights, and anti-money laundering. James advises corporates across a range of sectors, including energy, mining, extractives, oil and gas, retail, defence, and transport, as well as a host of financial institutions, insurers, brokers and professional services firms. James sits on the Board of Transparency International UK, a leading anti-corruption NGO, and established the Transparency International Professional Supporters (TIPS) Network.

Chris Cash, Fraud and Ethics Lead, Costain Group PLC

Chris is a multiskilled investigation professional working in the construction and infrastructure sector. He has over two decades of strategic and operational experience leading changes, combating fraud, unlawful corporate activity, and disrupting serious and organised crime for Construction / Infrastructure, Insurance and Law Enforcement. He is accomplished in applying specialist investigatory methods, using advanced interviewing and data evidence gathering techniques to tackle fraud, bribery, corruption and misconduct. He has detailed knowledge of supply chain and procurement practices, which assists with his ambition to help protect the taxpayers, clients and the industry. He uses his detailed knowledge of transformation and stakeholder management to help businesses mitigate and reduce these risks from re-occurrence.

Moderator
Cheryl O’Shea, Head of ACi APAC
Cheryl O’Shea has over 20 years of experience in investigation and risk management and specializes in fraud and investigations within the IT industry. Her extensive investigation experience extends to conducting investigations involving fraud, corruption, money laundering, financial misconduct, non-compliance, and violation of company policies. She leads a corporate investigation team in a multinational IT company covering Asia Pacific to conduct investigations in challenging situations and work with legal counsel in multi-jurisdictions. Cheryl holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the UK and a Master’s degree in Finance from Ireland. She is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).

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ACi at Relativity Fest London
2024-06-25 | etc venues, 13 Houndstitch, London, EC3A 7BX, United Kingdom
ACi will be joining our colleagues at this year’s Relativity Fest in London on June 25, where our COO Basha Galvin will join a panel to discuss “Building Trust in Generative AI”.
In 2023, generative AI made a profound impact on business operations, and in 2024, that disruption is here to stay. It’s continuing to be transformational for the legal industry by automating tasks, enhancing productivity, and improving collaboration. As e-disclosure practitioners, AI safety standards are key to defensibility as we work to establish a strong foundation for disclosure protocols, admissibility and reliability of electronically stored information (ESI) with the use of generative AI tools. During this session, you’ll hear from industry peers who have experience evaluating generative Join us at Relativity Fest looking at AI tools, how ethical technology practices intersect with defensibility strategies, and what steps you can take to get started at your own organisation.
Other panel members are Cristin Traylor, Senior Director, AI Transformation and Law Firm Strategy, Relativity Ana Orantes, Legal Tech Product Manager, Relativity and Malik Kheribeche, Forensic Director, Deloitte.
The session takes place from 1pm – 1.45 pm on June 25th. To register for the event, visit: https://relativityfest.com/london/

Conducting Workplace Investigations
2024-06-13 09:30 - 12:30 (Europe/London) | Online
Our best-selling short course for those new to investigations.
Workshop 1: Assess and Conduct an Investigation
13th June 2024
9.30 am – 12.30 pm
Working through a case study we will look at:
Managing and responding to a Whistleblower
Preparing an Investigation Plan
Collecting and evaluating evidence
Workshop 2: Investigative Interviewing & Report Writing
20th June 2024
9.30 am – 12.30 pm
Engaging and reporting to stakeholders
Investigative Interviewing
Report writing
Controls & Process gaps, remediation, and case closure.
At the end of the workshops attendees will be able to:

Describe the key elements of an effective, fair, and respectful corporate workplace investigations process
Identify the common issues that arise during investigations
Apply a six-step investigations process
Collect and evaluate information and evidence
Implement a planned investigation approach
Understand the theory of investigative interviews of witnesses and subjects

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This workshop will take place on Zoom and delegates will receive a diary invite after registration.
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Your trainer
Kate Marston, Investigations & Training Specialist
Kate Marston is an Investigations and training specialist with a career spanning law enforcement, in-house and external corporate investigations. She is a former Detective Sergeant in the UK Metropolitan Police, where she spent time on the Specialist Crime Directorate, specialising in Firearm offences, and also trained as a Financial Intelligence Officer. After a decade with the police, she headed up the Investigations function at a FTSE 100 luxury brand, covering criminal and misconduct investigations, Whistleblowing, Digital Fraud, AntiBribery and Corruption Programme, Travel Risk and Executive Protection and Data Analytics. In 2020, she set up Mast People Support which offers Investigation, HR and Ethics support to organisations. Kate is an associate member of the CIPD (the UK’s HR body), an accredited member of HRi, and Executive Director of Women in Ethics and Compliance Global (WEC).

Investigators and the new 'Failure to Prevent Fraud' Offence
2024-05-29 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Online
Whether helping large organisations prepare reasonable procedures or leading investigations when things go wrong, corporate investigators will be heavily invested in the successful implementation of the pending UK corporate ‘failure to prevent fraud’ offence.* The offence will apply to UK-based large organisations as well as offshore large organisations with business and/or customers in the UK.
But what are the views of investigators on general readiness for the new legislation? RSM and the ACi are launching a Fraud Offence Readiness Survey, giving you the opportunity to express your thoughts on the matter.
*Section 199 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act, 2023.
Click here for the survey.
The survey runs until 20 May. The results will be discussed in a webinar on 29 May 2024.

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Panel

Flip Stander, Partner, Forensics & Investigations, RSM UK

Sam Tate, Partner, RPC

Ashu Sharma, Head of Advisory Panel, ACi

Navigating High Stakes Investigations under the Spotlight: An Interactive Case Study
2024-05-22 13:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Fieldfisher, Riverbank House, London, EC4R3TT, United Kingdom
Join the ACi with Ankura and Fieldfisher for an interactive workshop considering the restrictions and best practices for addressing legal and reputational risks arising at different stages of the investigations life cycle. The case study central to the in-person workshop encompasses allegations of misconduct, cross-border data collection challenges, regulatory considerations, and potential corporate financial fraud.

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Participants will be split into small groups to assess and analyse a scenario based on a blend of real-life cases, whereby a Senior Business Leader is the subject of whistle-blower reports alleging bullying and harassment, with some claims suggesting potential financial fraud. Our subject matter experts will support participants through the process of successfully planning a complex and multi-faceted investigation, by walking through the following areas:

How to achieve effective, efficient and lawful data collection and analysis;
Considering a proportionate scope, and setting up appropriate investigation governance;
Key preliminary considerations, such as considering and recording the position around legal professional privilege, stakeholder management, considering mandatory and non-mandatory self-reporting, determining the status of key individuals, and communicating with subjects and witnesses;
Methodology and top tips for interviewing, with a focus on discharging the corporate duty of care, maintaining psychological safety, and vulnerable witnesses; and
How best to evaluate exposure, and adjust investigation objectives with regards to the relevant (or potentially relevant) legislation, regulations, and rules, as new matters come to light, and new lines of enquiry present themselves.

Throughout this training, Fieldfisher and Ankura will share their experience, drawing parallels to the case study scenario. The training will also be an excellent opportunity for you to network with peers from various industries – both during the session, and afterwards, whilst sharing a drink on Fieldfisher’s terrace overlooking the Thames.

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Energy Investigators Forum
2024-04-25 08:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London) | Dentons, One Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7RA, United Kingdom
The Association of Corporate Investigators is delighted to announce its 2024 half-day Energy Investigators Forum to be held on Thursday, 25th April in London. We are kindly hosted by Dentons at their London offices.
With the new Failure to prevent fraud offence (Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill) now in force, the ACI, together with Dentons Legal and Investigations team and other keynote speakers across industry, will discuss the relevance of this new offence for the energy sector and how that correlates with the demands on compliance with ESG, net zero commitments and crisis management. The event will also celebrate the launch of the new ISO Standard for Internal Investigations.
Agenda
08.30-09.00 Registration
09.00-09.15 Welcome, Dentons & ACi
09.15-09.45 Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
09.45-10.05 The new ISO Standard for Internal Investigations
10.05-10.45 What Failure to Prevent Fraud means for the Energy Sector, insights from UK Law enforcement
10.45-11.15 Morning Coffee Break
11.15-12.00 The challenges and complexities of ESG investigations and litigation in the energy sector
12.00-12.45 Fireside Chat with Dan Lund
12.45-13.00 Forum Wrap Up
13.00-14.00 Buffet Lunch and Networking

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Our Speakers Include:

Andrew Penhale, Head of Regional and Wales Division of Serious Economic, Organised Crime and International Directorate
William Hebblethwaite, Home Office
Danielle Stevens, Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Emma Walsh, Dentons Global Advisors
Helen Bowdren, Partner Environment and ESG, Dentons
Catherine Gilfedder, Partner, International arbitration, Dentons
Dan Lund, Partner, International Trade and Sanctions, Dentons
Katherine Harle, Partner, and Head of UK Regulatory Investigations, Dentons
Zeena Saleh, Counsel, Dentons

View speaker biographies here.

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Building Trust in a New Era of AI Engagement
2024-04-24 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Online
Join us for a free webinar looking at how investigators can build trust in a new era of AI Engagement.
Despite AI’s rapid progression in the last decade, investigators are treading with caution. Complex cases, highly sensitive data, multiple regulations, and a demand for defensible processes are cause for trepidation when it comes to implementing generative AI technologies.
Widespread adoption is challenged by concerns over hallucinations and depending on AI to handle sensitive and confidential data. How can investigators embrace these technologies with confidence without truly trusting their output?
Join Cristin Traylor, Senior Director of AI Transformation & Law Firm Strategy at Relativity, and Ana Orantes, Legal Tech Product Manager (AI & Document Review) – CMS, as they break down how to navigate a new landscape of generative AI and mitigate the risks of hallucinations and data concerns with solutions such as aiR for Review, whilst adding significant value.
Basha Galvin, COO, ACi and Yamini Patel, Head of Investigations, Citigroup will lead the discussions.
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Ireland Investigators Forum
2024-04-18 08:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London) | Arthur Cox, Ten Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, D02 T380, Ireland
The Association of Corporate Investigators is delighted hold its first Ireland Investigators Forum, kindly hosted by Arthur Cox LLP.
We have a morning of riveting keynotes and panels lined up for you, covering all kinds of investigations topics such as:

The Irish Regulatory World
Reflections of a Regulated Entity
Employment & Workplace Investigations
ISO 37008 Internal Investigations Guidelines
Artificial Intelligence and Investigations

The morning has been built with plenty of time for networking so that you can meet your investigations peers and discuss best practices. You can view the programme here.
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Investigações corporativas: um olhar prático
2024-03-28 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Rio_Branco)
Investigações corporativas: um olhar prático
Março 28th, 9:00 a.m – 10:30 a.m (Brazil)
Ao passo que a endemia de desvios de conduta intencionais é percebida e cada vez mais denunciada, as organizações precisam responder cada vez mais rápido, sofisticando seus processos de investigação. Precisamos elucidar mais casos com menos tempo e com os mesmos recursos.” Na manhã de 28 de Março, a ACi junta especialistas no assunto para te oferecer insights para fortalecer sua função de forma inteligente em 2024.
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Ian Cook, Managing Director na StoneTurn em São Paulo. Ian suporta a prática global de inteligência corporativa e investigações da StoneTurn. Com duas décadas de experiência em risco e compliance, Ian é especializado em lidar com investigações complexas relacionadas a fraude, corrupção e desvios de conduta. Adicionalmente, atua em projetos importantes para conformidade regulatória e gerenciamento de riscos.

Queila Oliveira possui mais de uma década de experiência no ambiente de auditoria. Atualmente. Queila atua como Head de Auditoria Interna, Risco e Compliance na RHI Magnesita. Queila cuida de uma função multifacetada que abrange auditorias e investigações, bem como iniciativas em avaliação de riscos e adesão à conformidade.

Derico Carvalheda atuou na Polícia Federal em diversas áreas: investigação de crimes financeiros, corrupção, crimes ambientais, desvio de recursos públicos, corregedoria, entre outros. Também trabalhou com a EY, no Rio de janeiro, como gerente sênior forense. Dercio tem vasta experiência na condução de investigações criminais e dedicou sua carreira ao combate à corrupção em todos os setores.

Livia Correatem mais de 15 anos de experiência realizando e liderando investigações corporativas no setor de mineração e indústria, especialmente em grandes Projetos de Capital. Sua experiência abrange uma variedade de violações de conduta e ética relacionadas a crimes financeiros, regulamentação e conformidade, práticas trabalhistas desleais, assédio sexual e fraude.

Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Investigations
2024-03-27 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Online
In our free webinar sponsored by Ankura and Fieldfisher, we look at how investigators can best consider, approach and navigate the evolving landscape of investigations amidst a host of potential legal and reputational pitfalls that have been gaining prominence in 2024.
We’ll look at the complexities inherent in scoping and managing data collections within increasingly diverse legal landscapes and stringent data privacy regulations.
We’ll also examine the increased focus on workplace misconduct matters, specifically in the context of how best to deal with the nuances regarding approach and methodology that must be considered to ensure a successful investigation, whilst guarding your organisation from reputational harm.
With the advent of the ‘Failure to Prevent Fraud’ Law in the UK, we’ll discuss what organisations should consider with respect to investigating related allegations and how these may differ from traditional forms of employee and supplier fraud schemes.
We will offer practical advice for investigators on how best to collaborate with global legal, compliance, and third-party entities to ensure their investigations are effective, robust and comply with international laws.

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Panel

Lorynn Demetriades is a Senior Managing Director at Ankura based in London. She has over a decade of experience working alongside multinationals, legal advisors, and global investors to address reputational and regulatory risks.

Charli Curran is a Senior Director at Ankura based in London. She has 10 years of experience in both criminal and corporate investigations and specializes in investigating highly sensitive issues relating to workplace conduct and human rights.

Han Lai is a Senior Managing Director at Ankura based in Shanghai. He has more than 20 years of international consulting experience, specializing in digital forensic investigation and cybersecurity breach advisory, and has, for the last 10 years, worked for consulting practices in Greater China.

Nick Thorpe heads Fieldfisher’s UK employment team and is also co-head of Fieldfisher’s cross-practice Whistleblowing group. Nick and his team are highly experienced in supporting workplace investigations, partnering with in-house legal, compliance and HR teams from the point at which an issue is first reported through to completion of an investigation and the implementation of remedial actions, including conduct dismissals.

Quinton Newcomb has two decades of investigations experience, with most of it focused upon complex cross-border matters. This has involved leading both internal investigations and responding to criminal enforcement actions for companies and individuals. Alongside his investigations work, he has extensive experience of advising companies on their economic crime compliance procedures. He leads Fieldfisher’s Commercial Crime team and co-leads the firm’s Global Investigations team.

Cheryl O’Shea, is Head of APAC, ACi. Cheryl has over 20 years of experience in investigation and risk management and specializes in fraud and investigations within the IT industry. Her extensive investigation experience extends to conducting investigations involving fraud, corruption, money laundering, financial misconduct, non-compliance, and violation of company policies

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Sports Investigation Forum
2024-02-29 13:00 - 18:00 (Europe/London) | Pelhams, Lord's Cricket Ground, London, NW8 8QN, United Kingdom
We are excited to join forces with Addleshaw Goddard to host a special event for Sports Investigators on February 29th from 13.00 -18.00 at Lord’s Cricket Ground.
For the schedule, download the Sports Integrity event Programme.
Please apply for a place early to avoid disappointment.

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Investigations Trends 2024
2024-02-21 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Online
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In this free webinar, we will look at the investigations trends that will impact our work through 2024. From corporate culture, trade compliance, AI and deepfakes, through to privilege and whistleblowing legislation, we will explore the trends and challenges that will challenge and stretch our efforts this year.
Have your say and ask the panel questions through our short survey here.

Panel:
Torsten Wolf, Principal, Forensics, Control Risks
Amanda Raad, Partner, Ropes & Gray
Livia Correa, ExCo Member, ACi (Brazil)
Simon Scales, Head of Training and Education, ACi

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ACi India Investigators Forum
2024-02-08 17:00 - 21:30 (Europe/London)
The evolving landscape of corporate crime and misconduct in India has led to significant regulatory changes and collaborative efforts among stakeholders. In our event we look at the key considerations for investigators, so that we can mitigate current challenges and proactively address future risk trends, ensuring the stability and integrity of Indian businesses in the years to come.

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Speakers Include:
Ashu Sharma, Head of Advisory Panel, ACi
Susmit Pushkar, Partner Khaitan & Co
Steve Wilford, Partner, Control Risks
Navita Srikant, Independent International Expert -Anticorruption & Forensic
Charanjeet Singh, CS Risk Consulting

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Financial Investigations: Follow the Money
2024-02-02 09:00 - 11:30 (Europe/London) | Online
Find and Resolve Fraud early by Following the Money
Online Course – 2nd and 9th February 2024
This online course provides an essential and practical guide to effective and non-intrusive forensic accounting techniques to give you a head start in a fraud investigation. Target fraud and financial damage early before it spreads…so you don’t need to wait for a whistleblower.
This highly practical and interactive online workshop is for everyone who wishes to know how to tap into accounting money flows and identify fraud and financial damage quickly, effectively, and of course legally…without rocking the boat!
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The course is suitable for all levels of corporate investigators and provides an opportunity to enhance your existing skills and learn from an experienced subject matter expert. This training is also of particular benefit to those who are not investigating on a full-time basis such as in-house HR, Compliance, Legal, Internal Audit and other internal professionals who support and handle fraud investigations and disputes. The training is also of benefit to consultants supporting corporate clients with fraud investigations.
Friday 2nd February: Session 1
09.00 – 11.30 UK time
Accounting and Forensic Accounting de-mystified
Create your own shortlist of the most dubious customers, suppliers and other counterparties by following the money to third parties
Find Fraud immediately (Interactive Exercise – Part 1)

Create your own recipes and algorithms for finding fraud early which give you a low false positive rate
How to get the critical data you need to find fraud from any accounting system (and how to do this easily)
Followed by final reflections and a “dramatic” introduction to next session

Friday 9th February: Session 2
09.00 – 11.30 UK time
Treating “every accounting system as a potential crime scene”. Given that fraud and financial damage is so common then we should find it
Focusing and Prioritization (Interactive Exercise – Part 2)

Using what you find to progress your investigation and in initial interviews and how to resolve what you find
Summary and reflections: How to incorporate these techniques into your daily work.

Your Trainer: Nigel Krishna Iyer
For 25 years as a Fraud Detective, Nigel has helped organizations across the world recognise and resolve fraud. Nigel is an English Chartered Accountant, Computer Scientist and Dramatist, as well as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Nigel believes that everyone is capable of being a Fraud Detective who can enhance their skills to help guard their organisation against non-essential costs and harm.

The psychology of banter in harassment, bullying and culture investigations
2024-01-17 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Online
Join us for this unique session unpacking why banter can be toxic and what is going on when people misjudge it. Addleshaw Goddard partners Sarah Thomas and Richard Yeomans will be joined by UKCP registered psychotherapist, John Paul Davies to help you better understand the personal dynamics and stresses behind the cultural phenomenon of banter with practical insights to help you manage and prevent investigations into bullying, harassment and culture.
This 60 minute webinar will cover:

practical explanations on the nature and purposes of banter, its effects on individuals, and why it can be prevalent in high stress environments.
Is banter always toxic and how can it be avoided?
Practical tips for conducting effective bullying and harassment investigations with the psychological perspective in mind.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to enhance your investigative skills. Register now to secure your spot on this unique and invaluable approach to understanding what’s going on beneath the surface in investigations involving ‘banter’.

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Panel

Simon Scales, ACi
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.

Sarah Thomas, Addleshaw Goddard
Sarah has nearly two decades of experience acting for banks, asset managers and other financial services firms and senior managers in high profile regulatory investigations by the FCA, PRA , PSR and Financial Reporting Council as well as the US Department of Justice, and on independent public reviews. She also acts for corporates in conducting internal investigations, including whistleblowing investigations. She joined Addleshaw Goddard in June 2019 from the London financial services investigations team at Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, and has spent time on secondment at a global wealth management bank. Sarah has particular expertise advising on investigations concerning non-financial misconduct, the FCA’s conduct of business rules; complaints handling; governance and culture; anti-money laundering, consumer redress and client money and assets (CASS). Sarah devised and leads AG’s tech-enabled customer redress service, and has conducted a wide range of customer redress exercises.

Richard Yeomans, Addleshaw Goddard
Richard is an expert in a wide range of employment law issues from senior executive appointments and terminations, large-scale reorganisations/redundancy programmes, Employment Tribunal claims and the employment aspects of corporate transactions (including mergers and acquisitions, outsourcings and restructurings). Richard works for clients including Co-op, Global, Morgan Stanley and William Hill.

John-Paul Davies., Psychologist
John-Paul is an experienced psychotherapist running a full-time private practice both online and from home in Cobham, Surrey, having worked as a solicitor in the City of London for the first half of his career. He has also published a self-help book, writes about a range of wellbeing and psychological topics for various media and has YouTube and podcast channels featuring lots of free content on well-being and mental health issues.

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Becoming a Fraud Detective: Free Taster
2024-01-12 12:00 - 12:30 (Europe/London) | Online
Join us for a free half an hour taster session looking at how we can all become fraud detectives by ‘Following the Money’

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7th CSO 360 Congress
2023-12-06 08:00 - 2023-12-08 17:00 (Europe/London) | Pullman Berlin Schweiserhof, Berlin, Germany
Explore tactics and strategies to ensure the security, resilience, and sustainability of international businesses and government sectors.
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Our immersive and diverse security agenda will delve into
the complexities of a dynamically shifting global landscape.
The focus will be on embracing volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, and participants will depart with valuable insights and actionable ideas to make a positive impact.
See ACi’s Steve Young at the event, discussing the latest ISO Standard for Internal Investigations.
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Flagship Event! 7th CSO 360 Congress – Pulse conferences

E-Discovery and Investigations
2023-11-22 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London)
We delve into the most effective methods for revealing valuable evidence hidden within emails, corporate communications, and various data sources that can play a pivotal role in legal disputes and criminal proceeding.
The webinar will provide an in depth discussion on the theory and practical application of the latest eDiscovery software and forensic investigation techniques. This will include the latest developments in forensic imaging / data collection, its capabilities and limitations, common pitfalls and how to avoid them, advancements in forensic data analytics and visualisation as well as real life of examples of how these have been used to progress and enhance investigations. Mohammed Rafaqat from State Street will give the in-house perspective alongside John Holden and Annabel Kerley of Evelyn Partners who will share their experience from the Police, SFO, FCA and private practice angles.

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Panel
Simon Scales

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.

Mohammed Rafaqat
Raf is the Technical Forensic Investigator for State Street Bank. As part of his role he conducts security related cyber investigations covering all EMEA operations and has been in this role since 2017. He has an MSc in Cyber Forensics and has been a Cyber Investigator for 13 years. Prior to State Street he was a Detective in the Metropolitan Police and later joined the National Cyber Crime Unit at the National Crime Agency. He has investigated and prosecuted high profile Cyber Investigations affecting the UK including liaising with and working alongside international law enforcement agencies. He specialises in forensic analysis of Windows/Mac and Linux systems, RAM analysis, mobile phone forensics and is proficient in industry recognised forensic tools and practices. Raf is also part of the International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists (IACIS) where he has mentored and trained new computer examiners.

Annabel Kerley

Annabel is Head of Fraud and Financial Crime at Evelyn Partners. She has over 20 years’ experience as a forensic accountant and investigator. She acts for both claimants and defendants in civil, criminal and regulatory matters involving allegations of fraud, bribery and corruption. During her career Annabel has helped clients across multiple sectors (including Financial Services, Retail, Healthcare and Technology & Media) navigate high-stakes investigations into complex multi-million cross-border fraud, bribery and corruption cases.

John Holden
John leads the Forensic Technology unit at Evelyn Partners and specialises in all manner of forensic computer investigations and processes including e-disclosure, regulatory response, corporate litigation support, fraud and money laundering investigations. He began working in the field of computer forensics whilst working as a Detective in the Fraud Unit of the Cheshire Constabulary where he conducted investigations into murder, kidnap, terrorism and major fraud. He has also worked on cases for the National Crime Squad, Department of Trade and Industry and DEFRA, the Metropolitan and Provincial police forces as well as numerous corporate entities. He has acted as an independent expert and provided complex forensic computing evidence to the High Court.
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Investigações de Assédio Sexual
2023-11-08 | São Paulo – Corporate Towers, Brazil
Uma tarde prático para entender a responsabilidade das organizações em prevenir, investigar e reparar o assédio sexual.
Uma tarde para entender e discutir a prática das investigações e a responsabilidade das organizações na prevenção, investigação e reparação do assédio sexual.
1. Contextualização do assédio sexual nas corporações;
2. Investigações na prática e abordagem trauma-informed;
3. Aspectos jurídicos relevantes a serem considerados nas investigações;
4. Cultura organizacional e assédio sexual.
Teremos uma simulação de investigação baseada em casos práticos! Não perca!
Speakers
Fabiana Lanziotti
Fabiana Lanziotti, especialista em investigações corporativas e treinamentos
Fabiana é especialista em investigações corporativas, com mais de 20 anos de experiência em empresas privadas de diferentes setores da indústria, com atuação na gestão e implementação de programas de compliance, condução de investigações corporativas, suprimentos, governança corporativa e gerenciamento de projetos de capital. Possui experiência na condução de investigações corporativas referentes a violação das políticas de compliance, fraude, corrupção, assédio moral e sexual. Ministrou treinamentos para líderes e times operacionais em empresas com foco em disseminar as políticas e procedimentos dos programas de compliance, incluindo a identificação, prevenção e mitigação dos efeitos dos desvios de conduta nas corporações. Fabiana é Engenheira Civil, Mestre em Administração de Empresas – cultura organizacional e é certificada pela KPMG em Investigações Corporativas.

Joyce Serra
Joyce Serra, advogada com experiência nas áreas de compliance e investigações e professora do FGVlaw em São Paulo.
Joyce Serra é associada sênior no escritório de advocacia Maeda Ayres & Sarubbi. É professora do FGVlaw, em São Paulo, onde ensina nos cursos de pós-graduação de Compliance e Direito Penal Econômico. Joyce é mestre em Direito Penal pela Faculdade de Direito da USP. Foi parte do Grupo de Trabalho criado na Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas – ABNT para a discussão e elaboração da ISO TS 37008.

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2023 Symposium
2023-11-02 | Addleshaw Goddard, 60 Chiswell Street, London, EC1Y 4AG, United Kingdom
The Association of Corporate Investigators is delighted to announce its 2023 one-day symposium will be held on Thursday, 2nd November in London.
This year, we are kindly hosted by Addleshaw Goddard at their London offices. The day has been built with plenty of time for networking so that you can meet your investigations peers and discuss best practices.

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Navigating the Complex Landscape of Global Investigations
2023-10-18 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Online
When conducting investigations across borders, organisations must be well-versed in international laws, including anti-bribery and corruption statues, data privacy regulations, and cross border data transfer requirements. From corporate fraud and corruption to regulatory compliance violations, the need for professional investigations has never been more crucial. In this webinar, we’ll explore how investigators can best navigate the complexities of global investigations. This free webinar, sponsored by Consilio, will explore effective investigation management strategies, and provide insights into key considerations, best practices and tools required to navigate this complex landscape. We’ll explore the legal, cultural and regulatory nuances of different jurisdictions. A must-attend event for anyone involved in global investigations.

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Panelists
Drew Macaulay, Consilio
Drew is a Managing Director of Consilio, a global leader in Legal Consulting & Legal Services. Drew is Consilio’s primary subject matter expert in cross-border litigation, regulatory and internal investigations. Drew has particular expertise with multi-jurisdictional anti-corruption/bribery/FCPA and cartel investigations involving the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions.

Rupinder Malik
Rupinder Malik, a senior partner at JSA specializes in M&A/PE and Anti-Corruption and WhiteCollar Crime practice areas. She is also the Chapter leader of the India Chapter of Women in White Collar Defense Association. Rupinder’s practice focusses on general corporate commercial, mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, joint ventures and strategic alliances, cross- border investments, corporate restructurings; and in particular anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws, with specialization in corporate governance, fraud, anti-corruption, money laundering and other white-collar crime matters and investigations. Rupinder advises and assists on diverse compliance issues and internal investigations in connection with the Prevention of Corruption Act; the Money Laundering Act; the FCPA; the UK Bribery Act; and other local and international anti-corruption laws and sanctions. She has also extensively advised on data privacy, employment law advisory, workplace policies, code of conduct, Prevention of Sexual Harassment and related matters. Rupinder is recognised as a solution-oriented lawyer with a wealth of experience over 25 years.

Michele Manici
Michele Manici, Vodafone
Michele is a senior security manager and possesses over 20 years’ experience in the security and investigations fields across the Law Enforcement and the Corporate environment. In his current role he leads an international team responsible to conduct internal investigations related to bribery and corruption, code of conduct violations, fraud, conflict of interest, security incidents and information protection across several countries. He started his career in the Italian Carabinieri where he led numerous criminal investigations and took part to international peace-keeping missions, and in his previous corporate role as security manager for an international bank he led several investigations with focus on financial crimes, leveraging on cutting edge technology, extensive data analytics and network analysis. Michele is a motivational leader and an enthusiast of coaching principles for the success of resources and organisational goals. Michele is a Certified Fraud Examiner.

Moderator

Ash Sharma, ACi
Ash Sharma has over 18 years’ experience in investigations and financial crime risk mitigation. Ash presently manages one of two global investigation hubs for Anglo American Plc, a global mining, minerals and extraction company. His team conduct corporate ethics and compliance (including regulatory and financial crime) investigations. Ash has worked in the UK and Asia in regional and group roles for a global bank. There, he headed up an internal fraud risk, background vetting and investigation function, before leading and coordinating global significant investigations for the group. He has worked on new investigation function development, designing frameworks and procedures for large global operational teams. He has also led on technological innovation for efficient investigations at high volumes, for global teams across 40 plus countries. Ash was Senior Investigator at the UK Serious Fraud Office, securing successful prosecutions including Weavering Capital UK (one of the first hedge fund prosecutions of its kind to arise out of the 2008 financial crisis) where the net losses to the investors were approximately US$536 million. He also worked the Sustainable Agroenergy Plc ‘Green biofuel’ fraud and bribery prosecution, with a fraud value of over USD$30 million. He worked for the UK Electoral Commission, where he investigated UK political parties and elected officials for regulatory breaches, as well as corrupt acts. He has also managed investigations in the not-for-profit and charity sector, looking at financial crime and counter-terrorism risks. Ash is a Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Financial Crime Specialist, and Certified Cryptocurrency Investigator. He is also a member of the Association of Corporate Investigators.

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