Association of Corporate Investigators

Investigations v2.0 - How to uncover the truth using Data & Technology
2021-07-14 09:30 - 11:00 (Europe/London)
With the plethora of data, how do in-house investigations teams undertake modern-day investigations?
By supplementing their investigations using Technology to sift through the data using artificial intelligence, we discuss Technology’s theoretical and practical uses, including case studies from regulatory investigations and employee-related investigations.
Webinar time 9.30 – 11.00 am GMT + 1/ 4.30 – 6.00 pm SGT

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Panel
Ebru Tiberi, Head of Anti-Financial Crime Investigations APAC, Deutsche Bank
Ebru Tiberi
​Ebru is currently the Regional Head of Anti-Financial Crime Investigations APAC in Deutsche Bank. She has over 20 years’ experience in investigations, anti-financial crime advisory and audit and has a strong background in risks & controls. Having worked in major multinationals and consultancy firms in Europe, Middle East and Asia, Ebru has a wide experience of setting up functions and overseeing multi-disciplinary teams with diverse backgrounds.

Gino Bello, Managing Director, Technology (Digital Forensics & e-Discovery), FTI Consulting
Gino Bello
Gino Bello leads the Technology segment in South East Asia. Mr. Bello is a digital forensics expert – having given expert testimony and submitted expert reports and affidavits to Courts and government in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, Indonesia, and the Philippines – and is a certified computer examiner. Recognised as a Global Elite Thought Leader by Who’s Who Legal, Mr. Bello has over sixteen years of experience in Digital Forensics, Cybersecurity, eDiscovery and Litigation Support, & IT. Mr. Bello has led a broad range of matters including regulatory investigations, high stakes investigations into data leakage, cross-border disputes, government enquiries, bribery & corruption, incident response, Cyber Risk & Posture Reviews, class actions, white collar crime, & other employee-related misconduct.

Sarita Misir, Senior Vice President, Global Legal, Legal Lead for M&A and Technology Transactions
Sarita Misir
Sarita is a transactional and technology lawyer practising in the areas of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), capital markets and information technology law, with a keen interest in employment law. She is currently Senior Vice President, Global Legal at a major Asia-Pacific focused international healthcare company, where she acts as the legal lead for global M&A, capital markets and healthcare tech, and helps to fulfil the organisation’s purpose of providing affordable and accessible care for all in Asia Pacific. She also manages strategy for complex dispute-related matters, having originally “cut her teeth” as a litigator before moving to the corporate transactional world. Sarita was recently a finalist nominee in the Singapore Company/Business category for the 4th Singapore Chief Legal Officer Awards 2020 by the Singapore Corporate Counsel Association (SCCA).

Lee Bik Wei, Partner, Allen & Gledhill
Bik Wei
Bik Wei is the Deputy Head of the Firm’s White Collar & Investigations Practice. She regularly advises clients on white-collar, regulatory and compliance and corporate governance matters, and regulatory and corporate investigations. These include matters involving criminal breach of trust, corruption, anti-money laundering, market misconduct, mutual legal assistance matters, and employee misconduct, fraud, and corporate governance-related issues. Her main areas of practice also encompass commercial litigation and international arbitration. She has substantial experience in a range of areas including cross-border joint venture disputes, corporate disputes such as shareholder and/or directors’ disputes, property and trust, and contentious employment disputes. Bik Wei’s clients include local companies and multinational corporations, both private and listed, and trust companies. Bik Wei is also proficient in Mandarin and regularly advise Chinese clients. She joined the Firm in 2008 and has been a Partner since 2015.

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Digital forensic and investigations – The Next Generation
2021-07-21 08:00 - 09:00 (Europe/London)
Investigations have become more complex not only because of the nature of an investigation but also the technology used by the workforce. In this session sponsored by Deloitte, we will showcase how traditional and proactive digital forensic methodologies allows an investigator to identify, assess and report on core issues relevant to a matter.

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Donna Thomson, Specialist Leader, Deloitte Forensic | Financial Advisory
Donna has over 25 years’ experience in accounting in Australia and the US, working within chartered accounting and federal law enforcement. Donna focuses on conducting Forensic Technology led investigations into fraud, corruption and misconduct, including bullying and sexual harassment in the private and public sector. Donna works with clients and legal counsel to conduct independent investigations, often involving senior executives and serious allegations. Donna utilises leading Forensic Technology tools to undertake investigations for civil or criminal proceedings. Donna also assists clients to undertake proactive risk management in the form of policy reviews and training for Whistleblowing and reporting management.

Paul Taylor, Partner, Deloitte Forensic | Financial Advisory
Paul is the National Digital Forensic Lead Partner in the Deloitte Forensic Technology team in Sydney; he has over 23 years of experience in digital forensic and electronic discovery working both in law enforcement and corporate settings. Paul specializes in managing electronic evidence matters in relation to investigations, litigation and regulatory response and is frequently called upon to produce written reports on his findings. He has testified as an expert witness in computer forensics in multiple jurisdictions and is often engaged as a court-appointed independent computer forensic expert. Paul has provided his services across many different industries such as financial services, life sciences, technology, telecommunications, retail, and government.

Adam Fairhurst, Partner, CurbyMcLintock | Forensic
Adam is the lead Partner for CurbyMcLintock in Brisbane, Australia. He has over 23 years’ experience in fraud risk and investigations including data analytics, Forensic Technology and electronic evidence. With a background in law enforcement, government and professional services at a National and Global level, Adam brings his experience to clients providing proactive compliance risk management solutions and reactive investigative and digital technology methodologies. Adam works directly with clients and legal counsel to conduct investigations including criminal, regulatory and administrative matters. He also assists corporate compliance teams with proactive discovery and data analytical approaches to identify trends and minimize potential wrongdoing or breaches. Adam provides clients with the ability to visualize disparate data sets in interactive dashboards enabling clients to drill down into the data to proactively identify potential issues and trends.

Moderator
Jason Landers, ACi Regional Committee, APAC
With 19 years of practical investigations experience, Jason commenced his investigations career within law enforcement before transitioning into the corporate sector. His experience includes criminal, business integrity and governance-related matters along with anti-bribery and corruption investigations. Jason was the Investigations Lead – ASPAC for Rio Tinto. This position included responsibility for overseeing the company’s whistle-blower programme to ensure effective coordination of all resultant investigations across the Asia/Pacific region. To date, his experience has exposed him to investigations in Papua New Guinea, China, Mongolia, India, Singapore and Australia.

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Supply chain integrity: identifying and investigating ethical issues in your supply chain
2021-07-28 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London)
In this webinar, kindly sponsored by Control Risks, our panellists will share their expertise on various procurement related matters, and how best to deal with ethical failures when these arise.
Without adequate controls in place, supply chain departments run a risk of harbouring fraudulent activity either as a result of the failure of systems, processes and procedures, or as a result of a failure in the governance and oversight of the division, and sometimes of the organisation as a whole. In recent times, the “state-capture” inquiry in South Africa has highlighted shortfalls due to the lack of oversight in various supply chain or procurement departments within various organisations.
Our panellists will offer their views on policies and procedures that are effective in managing the procurement processes and will talk you through the conduct of supply chain related investigations. The ACI looks forward to presenting this event sponsored by Control Risks, and to offering participants support with challenges they may be facing within their supply chains

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Panel
Joyce Nkini-Iwisi, Director, Investigations & Forensic Accounting
Joyce is a Director in charge of the Investigation and forensic accounting practice in Johannesburg with a remit for the Sub Saharan African region. She has over a decade of combined experience in forensic investigations, auditing, strategy management.
Prior to joining Control Risks, Joyce worked for two of the Big 4 audit firms in East and South Africa and headed the Forensics division of one of South Africa’s oldest law firms. Joyce specialises in forensic investigations and strategy advisory. She has experience servicing clients across Africa, Europe and Asia. Joyce was recognised as one of the Top 50 Women in Management in 2019.
Joyce specialises in assisting clients with proactive and reactive solutions in the form of forensic investigations and fraud risk management advisory. Joyce works with clients in various industries including, inter alia, Financial institutions, Government regulators and state-owned entities, Non-Government Organisations (NGOs), mining and technology companies.

Maryanne Karanja FCIPS, Chair, Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supplies (CIPS) Kenya branch
Maryanne Karanja is a Supply Chain and Project turnaround expert with over 20 years’ experience in corporate senior leadership roles in Africa. Maryanne has a solid Supply Chain and Procurement background and sound knowledge in the development of Supply Chain Strategy, application of Category Management, Contract Management, Sustainable Procurement and Local Content Development. She seeks to harness technology, and in particular AI, Data Analytics and Robotics in the delivery of business transformation and company growth. She actively leverages stakeholder associations in order to deliver desired organisational results.

Dotun Olaifa , Head of Business Integrity, Guiness Nigeria
Dotun, until his appointment in January 2020 as the Head of Business Integrity for Guinness Nigeria, was the Head of Customer Relations and Credit Risk, where he was pivotal in supporting the business in the overall delivery of top-line performance objectives from 2016 to December 2019 as well as the continuous improvement in the Order to Cash (OTC) Processes. He streamlined the market OTC process and successfully transited more roles to the shared service centre in DBSI allowing the market focus on credit risk, driving further value for the business and trade partners support. Before his appointment as the Head of Credit Risk in December 2016, he was the Controls and Governance Manager in the Controls Compliance & Ethics department where he achieved great strides along the paths of controls assurance and risk management. He made the CARM process for Guinness Nigeria seamless and the business leveraged on this to achieve Satisfactory audit ratings in GAR successively for four years.Dotun is a graduate of Accountancy and a Fellow of the Institute of from the University of Lagos and an Msc in International Relations.

Moderator
Rainer Buehrer – founder member of the International Anti-Corruption Academy
After studying law at the University of Cape Town, Rainer joined the South African Police Service as a detective in the Commercial Branch. In 1995 Rainer was seconded to the Interpol General Secretariat in Lyon, France, as the Head of the Economic Crime Branch. In 2002 Rainer left the Police and joined Interpol as the Head of the Anti-Corruption Directorate. In 2008 Rainer joined the German engineering company Siemens AG in Munich as the Global Head of Compliance Investigations, managing Offices in Germany, the United States, China, Mexico, Russia and the United Arab Emirates. In 2014 Rainer returned to South Africa as the Regional Compliance Officer for Africa. Rainer has vast experience in conducting and managing financial crime investigations and has dedicated a large part of his career to combatting Corruption in the public and private sectors. Rainer is also a proud founder member of the International Anti-Corruption Academy situated in Vienna, Austria.

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AI Powered Data Breach Response and Investigation
2021-09-15 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London)
Identifying and responding to a data breach can be a very daunting task. Whilst there is no perfect, automated technology solution to manage the breach response and investigation, by combing powerful AI with process-driven human review there is light at the end of the tunnel.
In this webinar kindly sponsored by OpenText you will learn about:

How to establish whether a website is authentic and can be trusted
How organisations can ensure their legal obligations are being satisfied and met to ensure security for their customers and
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The challenges of responding to and investigating a data breach
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Work Product or Final Report: Same as regular document review?

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Juan Di Luca, LL.M, Principal Head of Managed Review Services UK, OpenText Legal Tech
Juan has over 10 years’ experience conducting technology-assisted investigations and heads the OpenText MDR Service in the UK (as part of EMEA investigations and the Global Data Breach Response team). He is an international bilingual (Spanish-English) legal professional with experience in the UK, Europe, the United States and Latin America. Juan holds a Juris Doctor degree, a Paralegal Technology post-bachelor’s degree and a LL.M in International Law. Juan has worked as an International Legal Consultant in the common law system of the United States and as a lawyer in the civil law system in South America. Juan is also a Certified eDiscovery Specialist (CEDS), an Axcelerate R&A Investigator/Case Manager and is qualified in various eDiscovery technologies. Whilst working within the EDRM domain, Juan has provided eDiscovery/eDisclosure services worldwide, including MDR services in Switzerland, the UK and Europe.

Andrew Jenkinson, Chief Executive Officer, Cybersec Innovation Partners (cybersecip.com)
A seasoned business leader with 25 years’ experience as a hands-on CEO/COS coach and leader. A ‘big deal’ maker and business builder involved in many transactions over £100M. Advised business owners and created his own businesses within the technical, risk and compliance management markets. A thought-provoking, challenging consummate professional and natural leader whose drive, energy and enthusiasm is not only infectious but inspirational ensuring everyone climbs the ‘ladder of success’ as a group.
Moderator
Vanessa Nigro, CTO, ACi
Vanessa Nigro
Vanessa Nigro is currently the Global Internal Audit, Investigations and ERM Director for Dufry. The majority of her work has been devoted to Internal Audit, with over 25 years’ experience in banking, consulting and retail. She has an accountant bachelor along with a Finance MBA among other certifications leveraged by significant international experience in developed and undeveloped countries. She is always interested in new risks on the horizon and how culture can impact the control environment. Vanessa is determined to continuously develop new investigations solutions and assurance approaches. She is already working with AI/Machine learning in investigations and looks for future trends to enhance results while reducing workload.

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Whistleblowing Course
2021-09-29 12:30 - 13:30 (Europe/London)
Whistleblowing investigation programmes
How to make sure you are identifying and responding effectively to employee concerns.

Never has it been more important to listen to employees. A whistleblowing or speak up programme can be a vital tool in understanding what is happening in your company, identifying misconduct and improving risk management. Get it right by investigating allegations quickly and effectively, and you provide confidence to employees, the board and other key stakeholders. Get it wrong and it can create an atmosphere of mistrust and lack of transparency.

Join our whistleblowing training sessions to understand recent and upcoming changes in legislation, how to practically improve your whistleblowing investigation programme and how to make the most of data to measure the effectiveness of your whistleblowing programme and identify key risk areas.
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Session summaries:
Session 1: 29 September, 12.30pm – 1.30 pm GMT + 1
Current legislation and key components of an effective whistleblowing programme
A short high level overview of the key UK and European legislation and guidance available, upcoming legislation and the key components of an effective whistleblowing programme.
Session 2: 6 October, 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm GMT + 1
Practical matters to consider when establishing and running a whistleblowing investigation function and programme
Legislation, policy and procedures are important in building a whistleblowing programme but often the practical aspects of integrating the programme into your organisation can cause the most issues. By using a case study, we explore the common areas of a whistleblowing programme that often need improvement or refinement, as well as the areas of particular sensitivity and complexity during the investigation stage when dealing with certain types of whistleblowing complaint.
Session 3: 13 October, 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm GMT + 1
Using the data from whistleblowers to improve conduct and compliance
Reported concerns can provide your organisaton with a wealth of information and insight into the company, which should be of interest to senior management and the Board. This session looks at how to measure and report whistleblowing KPIs and combining this information with other compliance and performance data to provide a powerful tool for identifying risk areas whilst observing data protection obligations.
Who is this training for?
The programme is designed for those who have responsibility or run whistleblowing programmes, conduct whistleblowing investigations or review the outcomes of whistleblowing investigations.
Price:
Book before September 6th for Early Bird price:
ACi Member Early Bird: £170
Non-member Early Bird £200
Regular price – booking after September 10th
ACi Member: £199
Non-member: £225
The Association of Corporate Investigators, as a non-profit association, seeks to deliver training at a cost price for the benefit of the corporate investigations community. This training is kindly delivered by StoneTurn and Allen & Overy pro bono with the fees contributing to the operating costs of the ACi.
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Investigations Quality Assurance
2021-10-20 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London)
Conducting proportionate and robust investigations takes skill and experience. In this webinar sponsored by Grant Thornton we will look at several elements – generally and throughout the investigation life-cycle – that may help investigators identify and improve the quality and consistency of their investigations, and help stakeholders gain assurance over the same.

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Panel
Steve Donaghy, Director, Grant Thornton UK
Steve is a director in Grant Thornton UK’s Forensic and Investigations team, specialising in financial services. He has over 20 years’ experience in investigations and disputes across all segments of the financial services industry, having led on multi-jurisdictional regulatory investigations, as well as investigations into culture, conduct, controls, compliance programmes and systems, and accountability. Throughout this Steve has had extensive engagement with whistle-blowers. Prior to joining Grant Thornton in 2019, Steve’s experience includes seven years at the Royal Bank of Scotland plc, 12 years in a big four forensics practice, and a period of time in Enforcement at the FSA.

Lorne Wiggin, Managing Investigator, NatWest
Lorne is a Managing Investigator for the Litigation & Investigations team within NatWest Bank. This means as well as running investigations, he also manages a team of investigators and oversees the investigations they undertake. Having worked for NatWest for over 36 years, Lorne has undertaken multiple roles in that time from starting in-branch banking, through selling mortgages and the associated regulated products, Area Sales Management, Regulated Trainer, Compliance Manager and then Specialist Regulated Compliance Manager, prior to joining investigations in 2006.

Simon Stephen, Legal Director, Gowling WLG
Simon is a Legal Director in the Employment, Labour and Equalities team in Gowling WLG, where he has over 12 years’ experience. Prior to re-joining Gowling Simon also spent nearly 5 years in the employee relations department of a global investment bank. There he carried out and supported the whole range of internal investigations, as well as supporting the compliance, legal, risk, audit and whistleblowing teams with HR matters. As an employment lawyer Simon uses his unique blend of in-house and legal experience and specialises in undertaking and advising on investigations (whether himself or as part of a wider working group), cultural reviews, whistleblowing matters and complex employee relations matters. Simon works across all sectors but has a specific interest in financial services and the SM&CR.

Basha Galvin, COO, ACi
Basha started her career with the Metropolitan Police and moved to the City of London Police Fraud Unit, covering money laundering, trade finance fraud, bribery and corruption. Basha left the police and moved to Citigroup for four years, moving to Barclays plc in 2006 as Head of Investigations & Whistleblowing for Wealth & Investment Bank. In 2018 Basha moved to the Oil & Gas Industry as Head of Investigations for Tullow Oil Plc leaving in late 2020. Basha is a seasoned financial crime investigator in the public and corporate sector. She has led and managed global investigations teams. During her career, Basha has had the opportunity to work in a number of jurisdictions including the USA, APAC and EMEA developing investigation models and collating evidence for civil and criminal prosecutions. Basha was named as one of the “Top 40 in-house” investigation professionals by Global Investigations Review.

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Navigating Senior Management Investigations
2021-11-17 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London)
For all investigators, navigating senior management allegations involves handling a number of unique challenges. In particular, sensitivities arise regarding initial escalation, stakeholder engagement, data retrieval and review, and conducting interviews. Issues may also arise regarding whether the individual remains in their role during the investigation, notifications to relevant regulatory bodies, and consequence management. At the same time, investigation teams can face significant pressure to conduct the investigation quickly in order to minimise disruption. This webinar, kindly sponsored by K2 Integrity, explores these challenges, and more, based on the panellists’ practical experience of handling these types of allegations.

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Jane Shvets, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton
Jane Shvets is a partner and member of Debevoise & Plimpton’s White Collar & Regulatory Defense Group focused on white collar defense and internal investigations, in particular regarding compliance with corrupt practices legislation. Ms. Shvets boasts a genuine international pedigree, having worked with clients on enquiries from authorities in the U.S., UK, Germany, Russia, and elsewhere, and on matters spanning jurisdictions in North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Russia and the Middle East. In addition to her core investigations practice, Ms. Shvets also leads the firm’s sanctions practice in Europe, guiding clients through a sanctions landscape that has shifted significantly and swiftly in recent years. She is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions for her work, including having been named White-Collar Crime Lawyer of the Year (Benchmark Litigation Europe Awards 2020), Best in White Collar Crime (LMG Europe Women in Business Law Awards 2019), and listed to Global Investigations Review’s 2020 “40 Under 40” list and Benchmark Litigation USA’s 2021 “40 and Under Hot List.” Ms. Shvets holds a J.D. with honors from Harvard Law School. She is a native Russian speaker and is proficient in Ukrainian.

Olivia Allison, Senior Managing Director, K2 Integrity
Olivia Allison is a senior managing director in the Investigations and Risk Advisory practice for K2 Integrity, resident in London. She has extensive expertise helping large private, state-owned and publicly listed companies carry out investigations into fraud, bribery, corruption and other misconduct. Olivia has also worked closely with a range of entities to improve their governance and controls, including in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and other emerging markets. Her practice has been particularly focused in oil and gas, mining and extractive industries, as healthcare, retail and financial services.

Joanne Taylor, Senior Managing Director, K2 Integrity
Joanne Taylor, a senior managing director at K2 Integrity, has 20 years of legal, investigations and financial crime compliance experience, which includes fraud risk management, anti-bribery and corruption, regulatory enforcement and investigations experience working within the financial and legal services industries. She has extensive experience of leading investigations relating to conduct issues, fraud, bribery & corruption and AML and her previous roles have included Global Head of Whistleblowing and Global Deputy Head of Anti-Fraud Bribery & Corruption at a major European bank.

Moderator
Mary Eastwood, Executive Director
Mary is an Investigations, Whistleblowing and Ethics specialist with 21 years’ experience in the fields of evaluation, assurance and investigations. She has worked across the public, private, charitable and humanitarian sectors. Mary started her career as a criminology researcher focusing on crime reduction, social inclusion and ethical compliance for the UK Home Office, Ministry of Justice, Youth Justice Board and UK police forces. She then worked in an international NGO as Oxfam’s Fraud and Corruption Team lead and most recently as Head of Investigations at the world’s largest university publisher, Oxford University Press. She is a certified fraud examiner and investigator with significant experience in fraud, bribery and corruption risk management and prevention of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse. She has successfully set up and managed internal global ‘whistleblowing’ channels, investigations functions and ethics programmes, and has conducted hundreds of complex global investigations across cultures and languages in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas, often in hardship settings. Mary enjoys communications and outreach: she is a regular contributor to thought leadership discussions, and delivers training in corporate investigations and ethical behaviour programmes to stakeholders at all levels.

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Remote Investigations - looking ahead
2021-12-08 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London)
Remote Investigations have become the norm during the Covid-19 Pandemic but are they here to stay? In this webinar kindly sponsored by Control Risks, seasoned investigators from the Middle East and the UK will explore the challenges and opportunities remote investigations and interviews presented during the pandemic. The panel will look at the role technology played and discuss the forward-looking outlook for conducting investigations beyond the pandemic to assess what is here to stay. Additionally, the panel will discuss the opportunities that have opened up for investigators as they have embraced the new ways of working.

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Panel
Charanjeet Singh, Regional Committee Member, ACi
Charanjeet Singh is a career banker with experience of over 24 years in retail and commercial banking. He has worked in India, Africa and for the last 11 years in the UAE.
He has worked with banks like ICICI, Barclays, Mashreq and is currently employed with First Abudhabi Bank. He has worked in various domains in being sector including Sales, Collections, Audit and Fraud Risk. Charanjeet has been the Chairperson of the UAE Bank Federation’s Fraud Prevention Committee since 2020 and in the past has also served as vice-chairperson of the same committee.
He is a Postgraduate in finance and holds certifications in Anti Money Laundering, Information Security and Fraud risk. He is passionate about fraud prevention and investigations and likes to share knowledge in this area. He has participated in multiple conferences as a speaker on matters related to fraud risk.
His expertise lies in setting up fraud risk frameworks including fraud prevention, monitoring & investigations. He has worked on implementing fraud prevention & monitoring systems to address fraud risk across the organisation including customer acquisition, staff and vendor onboarding, digital banking and operations.

Kanupriya Jain, Director, Control Risks
Kanupriya is a Director and co-leads our compliance and investigations practice in the Middle East and North Africa from our Dubai office. She is a forensic accountant, investigator and a trained first responder.
Kanupriya brings extensive experience of working with large companies and global law firms on both proactive and reactive problem-solving assignments. She has investigated numerous financial and non-financial cases related to corruption, financial statement fraud, revenue-sharing and quantification of costs in the Middle East and South Asia regions. She has led proactive fraud risk assessments and trained C-suite client representatives on fraud and corruption.
Examples of Kanupriya’s recent experience include:
Leading large cross-border investigations between the UAE, the UK, India and the US over allegations of earnings mismanagement, misappropriation of assets, theft of cash, bribery and corruption, and fraud.
Leading proactive and reactive corruption and internal controls reviews, including advising clients on robust policies, procedures and compliance frameworks.
Designing fraud and corruption training programmes for clients and launching an online training course for a client that was rolled out to more than 15,000 employees worldwide.
Kanupriya is named as an “Asset Recovery Expert” for India by Who’s Who Legal Magazine in 2014 and 2015. She has co-authored the white paper titled “Grey Practices – Fuelling Fraud and Corruption in the Indian business environment”, spoken at the ACFE Middle East conference and contributed to published articles on fraud and corruption in Asia.
Kanupriya is a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the Institute of Internal Auditors (UAE) and the Indian Business Professional Council. She is a chartered accountant and has both a bachelor’s degree in law and in commerce.

Ching Liu, Principal in Control Risks’ EMEA Forensic Technology and Digital Forensics & Incident Response practice
Ching is a dedicated digital forensic specialist and expert witness with industry experience since 1995. He has extensive experience in leveraging technology solutions for multi-jurisdiction and regulatory mandates. He frequently assists clients on assignments ranging from forensic collections to interrogation of enterprise and cloud systems on subject matters such as money laundering, corporate fraud, terrorism, drug trafficking and murder. He has investigated significant cybercrimes and system breaches involving ransomware, email compromises and electronic espionage.​
He has been engaged in many civil and criminal cases concerning cyberattacks, and computer fraud and misuse. These assignments have involved technical computer forensic investigations to management of electronic discovery tasks. He has worked extensively across the world for corporate clients, law firms and law enforcement agencies, and provided expert testimony in international courts of law.
Ching has significant technical expertise, ranging from personal devices to business networks and cloud architecture. He has extensive knowledge of forensic tools and techniques providing solutions to complex problems. He is qualified as an EnCase Certified Examiner (EnCE) and is listed in the UK Register of Expert Witnesses and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
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Your right, your role - say no to corruption
2021-12-09 08:00 - 09:00 (Europe/London)
ACi is delighted to support the United Nations International Anti Corruption Day this year.
Your right, your role: say no to corruption
Votre droit, votre défi : dites non à la corruption
Tu derecho, tu desafío: dile no a la corrupción
احفظ حقك، العب دورك: قل لا للفساد
你的权利，你的作用：对腐败说不
твое право, твоя роль: скажи коррупции нет
On 31 October 2003, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) based in Vienna, Austria, as the secretariat to the Conference of the States Parties to the Convention. The Convention was opened for signature at a High-Level Signing Conference held in Mexico from 9 to 11 December 2003. As such, the General Assembly designated 9 December as International Anti-Corruption Day (IACD), to raise awareness of corruption and of the role of the Convention in combating and preventing it.
The UNCAC places a premium on the prevention of corruption as a fundamental aspect of criminal justice. It provides for a comprehensive range of preventive anti-corruption measures in a dedicated Chapter (Chapter II) which precedes the Chapter on criminalization and law enforcement. Several provisions of the Convention address the private sector. Among them, Article 12, under Chapter II, calls upon States parties to ensure “…that private enterprises, taking into account their structure and size, have sufficient internal auditing controls to assist in preventing and detecting acts of corruption…”. As such, the prevention of corruption is an obligation for the corporate world too.
The theme of International Anti-Corruption Day 2021 is: “Your right, your role: say no to corruption”. The key message is that a corruption-free word is everybody’s right, and that anti-corruption efforts are everybody’s responsibility – governments, companies, professions, society and individuals alike. The second key message is that policies, laws and mechanisms must be in place, in public and private sectors, for individuals to be able to speak up and say no to this crime without fear of unjustified treatment. An environment where individuals feel free to report wrongdoings, in good faith and on reasonable grounds, contributes to a culture of lawfulness and integrity. It provides a strong deterrent to corrupt practices by those who count on low detection risks if not impunity.
Giovanni Gallo will explain the ongoing role of the UNODC as the “managers” of the UNCAC, their efforts to raise awareness and promote the speak-up culture around reporting corruption and how the Convention addresses the role of the private sector. There will also be a description of a significant integrity initiative developed by the World Bank to establish longer term funding for anti-corruption initiatives. Duncan Smith from the European Investment Bank will then describe anti-corruption efforts from a multi-lateral bank perspective – investigating and sanctioning governments and corporations who engage in corrupt acts in MDB funded projects, and how they can assist in building integrity cultures in the private sector. Finally, Basha Galvin from the Association of Corporate Investigators will explain how the ACi can assist the global fight against corruption through training, education and raising of investigative standards in the corporate world.
The significant impact of corruption on society calls for each of us to play a role in its prevention. Join our high calibre and experienced speakers on International Anti Corruption Day 2021 for this ‘must watch’ webinar.
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Panel
Mr. Giovanni Gallo, Chief of the Implementation Support Section Corruption and Economic Crime Branch
Division for Treaty Affairs, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Mr. Giovanni Gallo is the Chief of the Implementation Support Section of the Corruption and Economic Crime Branch at UNODC. He oversees the global delivery of technical assistance for governments to better implement the UN Convention against Corruption. This work includes the engagement of other key actors such as the business community, the academic world and civil society. Over the past 20 years, he held several positions at UNODC, both at headquarters and in the field.
From 2011 to 2019, Mr. Gallo served in the Office of the Director-General of the United Nations Office of Vienna (UNOV) and Executive Director of UNODC. He was Deputy Chief of the of the Office from 2011 to 2015, when he received the additional role of Senior Legal Adviser to the Director-General and Executive Director.
From 2006 to 2010, Mr Gallo supported Member Sates’ efforts to tackle transnational organized crime and corruption by providing normative and operational assistance in line with the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocols and the UN Convention against Corruption. From 2001 to 2003, he worked for the UNODC Office in Myanmar.
Mr. Gallo is a lawyer by training and holds an advanced law degree from the University of Bologna, Italy.
Duncan Smith, Deputy Head of Fraud Investigations, European Investment Bank
Duncan Smith is Deputy Head of Fraud Investigations at the European Investment Bank. As a barrister, he prosecuted fraud & corruption in the UK. After working for the World Bank’s Investigation Unit (as Team Leader and then policy adviser), he moved to the European Investment Bank to address outreach, training, prevention and deterrence issues. He is a co-author of the International Financial Institution’s Anti-Corruption Uniform Framework Agreement (2006) & other harmonized Multi-lateral Development Bank documents.
Duncan has written articles for the Basel Institute of Governance and the FCPA Blog, for example: The European Investment Bank’s 2020 Fraud Investigation Activity Report is an important compliance resource;
What Happens to Allegations of Prohibited Conduct at the European Investment Bank
A fast way to identify fraud risks and vulnerabilities: Proactive Integrity Reviews
and authored the recently published book: Promoting Integrity in the Work of International Organisations: Minimising Fraud and Corruption in Projects.
Basha Galvin, ACi Chief Operating Officer
Basha Galvin
Basha started her career with the Metropolitan Police and moved to the City of London Police Fraud Unit, covering money laundering, trade finance fraud, bribery and corruption. Basha left the police and moved to Citigroup for four years, moving to Barclays plc in 2006 as Head of Investigations & Whistleblowing for Wealth & Investment Bank. In 2018 Basha moved to the Oil & Gas Industry as Head of Investigations for Tullow Oil Plc leaving in late 2020. Basha is a seasoned financial crime investigator in the public and corporate sector. She has led and managed global investigations teams. During her career, Basha has had the opportunity to work in a number of jurisdictions including the USA, APAC and EMEA developing investigation models and collating evidence for civil and criminal prosecutions. Basha was named as one of the “Top 40 in-house” investigation professionals by Global Investigations Review.

Mark Gough, ACi Regional Advisor
Mark Gough
Mark has over 35 years of professional investigation experience at both national and international levels within the public sector and private sector. Mark started his career as a counter-terrorism investigator with the Australian Federal Attorney General’s Department. From 1996 to 2008, Mark worked in the Investigations Division of the Office of Internal Oversight Services at the United Nations in New York. Mark joined Siemens in 2008 as the Global Deputy Head of Compliance Investigations and managed the Europe/Middle East/Africa investigation team from the Munich headquarters. In October 2014, Mark was appointed as the Regional Head, Case Handling Asia Australia (within the newly created Legal and Compliance – Regulatory Governance structure in Siemens AG), based in Singapore and with a regional office in Beijing. In August 2019, Mark joined Schneider Electric in Singapore as the East Asia, Japan and Pacific Compliance Officer also responsible for all investigations across the region. Mark returned to Australia in early 2021 and started his own consulting company, Gough Risk Consultancy, based in Queensland. Mark will provide the ACi with advice on corporate investigations management, investigation training (investigations and interviewing), strategic investigation policy identification and drafting, and whistleblower risk management issues.
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ACi Africa - Virtual Networking Event
2022-02-16 13:00 (Africa/Nairobi)
ACi invites our members, sponsors and supporters to join us for a virtual networking event on 16th February 2022. Led by ACi Africa members, we will facilitate discussion of topics of importance to investigators in Africa, and how we can shape the future of our Association together.
This event will be run on Microsoft Teams at 11.00 WAT – 12.00 SAST – 13.00 EAT (10.00 am UK, 11.00 am CET).

To register please click the button below to complete the registration form. After registration, you will be sent a diary invitation.
If you have queries, please email admin@my-aci.com

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Breaking the Bias - Women in Corporate Investigations
2022-03-08 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Online
The corporate investigations profession calls for higher-order metacognitive and interpersonal skillsets to recognise and avoid biases that can prejudice fact-finding, including one’s own cognitive bias blind-spots.
But are we alive to gender bias in the profession? How do we challenge it where we see it? What are the experiences of women working in corporate investigations?
The Association of Corporate Investigators and the International Anti-Corruption Academy invite all our network to a candid virtual panel discussion with a distinguished panel of women in corporate investigations. We will share realities, aspirations, and bias-breaking tips. Please be part of this conversation
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Panel:
Ebru Tiberi, Head of AFC Investigations APAC, Deutsche Bank ACi Advisor for APAC
Ebru is currently the Regional Head of Anti-Financial Crime Investigations APAC in Deutsche Bank. She has over 20 years’ experience in investigations, anti-financial crime advisory and audit and has a strong background in risks & controls. Having worked in major multinationals and consultancy firms in Europe, Middle East and Asia, Ebru has a wide experience of setting up functions and overseeing multi-disciplinary teams with diverse backgrounds.

Joyce Nkini-Iwisi, Principal, Control Risks, ACi Africa and EMEA Investigations Advisor
Joyce is a Director in charge of the investigation and forensic accounting practice in Johannesburg with a remit for the Sub Saharan African region. She has more than a decade of combined experience in forensic investigations, auditing, and strategy management. Prior to joining Control Risks, Joyce worked for two of the Big 4 audit firms in East and South Africa and headed the Forensics division of one of South Africa’s oldest law firms. Joyce specialises in forensic investigations and strategy advisory. She has experience servicing clients across Africa, Europe and Asia. Joyce was recognised as one of the Top 50 Women in Management in 2019. Joyce specialises in assisting clients with proactive and reactive solutions in the form of forensic investigations and fraud risk management advisory. Joyce works with clients in various industries including, inter alia, Financial institutions, Government regulators and state-owned entities, Non-Government Organisations (NGOs), mining and technology companies.

Katie Hodson, Head of Investigations, The Global Fund; ACi CAO
Katie is the Head of Investigations, at the Global Fund’s Office of the Inspector General. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is an international financing organisation that aims to “attract and disburse additional resources to prevent and treat HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Katie is from England and has more than 20 years of experience in conducting and supervising investigations. Prior to working at The Global Fund, she served at Novartis International AG, Basel as the Global Head of Investigations, where she managed a team of 30 investigators working on international matters. She has extensive experience leading fraud investigations globally, including product theft, diversion and counterfeiting as well as numerous investigations involving employee misconduct.

Kate Marston, Mast People Support Director, ACi HR Investigations Advisor
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).

Monde Magolo, Ethics Officer FAO; ACi Mentoring Advisor
Monde Magolo is a seasoned risk and investigations professional having worked for over 17 years at national, regional and international levels in both the private and public sectors in the areas of law enforcement, internal corporate investigations, compliance management and fraud risk management. Monde started her investigations career in 2002 and was among the first team of financial crime investigators to join the newly established Anti-Money Laundering Investigations Unit under the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) of Zambia. In 2008 she moved to the private sector joining the then Barclays Bank Zambia (now Absa Bank Zambia), as Fraud Manager. In 2010 she took up the role of Head of Fraud Risk Management and Investigations for Barclays Bank Zambia and in 2012 moved on to take up a new role as a Regional Manager Investigations at the Absa Bank Group, leading and providing oversight over investigations teams in five countries on the African Continent. In 2016 her portfolio was expanded to Head of Investigations for 10 countries. In 2020 Monde moved from corporate investigations into a more advisory role joining the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) as Ethics Officer.

Moderator
Mary Eastwood Jones, Executive Director, ACi
Mary is an Investigations, Whistleblowing and Ethics specialist with 21 years’ experience in the fields of evaluation, assurance and investigations. She has worked across the public, private, charitable and humanitarian sectors. Mary started her career as a criminology researcher focusing on crime reduction, social inclusion and ethical compliance for the UK Home Office, Ministry of Justice, Youth Justice Board and UK police forces. She then worked in an international NGO as Oxfam’s Fraud and Corruption Team lead and most recently as Head of Investigations at the world’s largest university publisher, Oxford University Press. She is a certified fraud examiner and investigator with significant experience in fraud, bribery and corruption risk management and prevention of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse. She has successfully set up and managed internal global ‘whistleblowing’ channels, investigations functions and ethics programmes, and has conducted hundreds of complex global investigations across cultures and languages in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas, often in hardship settings. Mary enjoys communications and outreach: she is a regular contributor to thought leadership discussions and delivers training in corporate investigations and ethical behaviour programmes to stakeholders at all levels.

Co-organiser: Marie Sonnenstuhl, Member of the Academic Programmes Team, International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA)
Marie started her career at the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) in September 2019 and rejoined IACA in June 2020 as a member of the Academic Programmes Department. Marie manages the students’ affairs and the admission of IACA’s academic programmes. She is also a member of IACA’s Alumni body. As a member of this, she is involved in organizing Virtual Panel Discussions, bringing together professionals, mainly amongst IACA alumni, in various anti-corruption related areas. Marie has initiated a series of panel discussions where she aims at bringing female anti-corruption professionals together to promote the role of women in anti-corruption and compliance.

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Investigating Insider Threats with a Remote/Hybrid Workforce
2022-03-16 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London)
Navigating Governance, Risk and Compliance with employees working from anywhere and using their own devices.
The concept of an insider threat has different meanings to different people. There is a wide range of threats that businesses have to consider when it comes to risk management. Having a remote or hybrid workforce presents new and additional challenges when it comes to insider threat. This webinar, hosted by Nuix, aims to explore the different threats that exist and the role investigators play in uncovering problems.

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Neil Thomas, Director Advisory & Service Providers, Nuix
Neil has over 25 years of experience in consultancy and sales. At Nuix, his focus is assisting leading organisations to utilise Nuix technology solving complex customer problems and gaining value from their data. Prior to joining Nuix, he has held several leadership positions in the Financial Services sector within Western Union, Thomas Cook and Prudential; starting his career working in IT Security transitioning to consulting roles delivering market leading global payment solutions within regulated markets helping businesses compete internationally.

Paul Slater, Head of Investigation Solutions – Nuix
With over 25 years of experience within the DFIR and investigations industry, Paul is seen as a subject matter expert and thought leader. He identifies innovative ways to solve customer problems within the digital forensics and investigations space and has been instrumental in many of Nuix investigation customer success stories. Paul has worked with multinational organisations both in the UK and globally, advising on forensic technology solutions (including electronic disclosure, litigation readiness, data compromise and forensic data analysis) and can engage on all levels from the server room to the boardroom; with experience covering the technological, legal and commercial aspects of digital and forensic investigations and discovery.

Richard Williams, Partner, Forensics, Deloitte UK
Richard is a Partner in Deloitte UK Forensics, with more than 30 years’ experience in investigation, compliance and litigation work throughout Europe and Asia. He started his career in Australian law enforcement and transitioned to the private sector whilst working as a digital forensic investigator. Richard’s work in Asia provided the opportunity to live in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai where he grew significant forensic businesses focusing on leveraging the latest technology to assist his clients with complex data matters, specifically relating to compliance and regulatory issues. Following his years in Asia, he has now relocated to London, applying his analytic mindset to solving other business issues his clients face in the complex world of security and privacy. He remains passionate about digital forensics and continues to invest time in developing methodical solutions to analyse forensic data more efficiently.

Chris Taylor, Assistant Director, Forensics, Deloitte UK
Chris is an Assistant Director in the Forensic Technology practice of Deloitte where he leads a team of investigators in Digital Forensic Insider Threat engagements. Chris is a subject matter expert in this area and has successfully helped clients in both the financial services and government sectors deploy and operate effective solutions to internal threats. He has considerable experience in overseas investigations and has recently returned from The United Arab Emirates where he led the “Insider Threat” programme and security operations centre of the Electronic Government Authority of Ras-Al-Khaimah. His career in cyber investigations spans a 15 year period and includes engagements with large international industrial organisations and multi-department government agencies in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Nick Conway, Partner, Deloitte
Nick is a Forensic Partner in Deloitte’s Fraud, Data and Disputes practice. Having qualified as a barrister in London and worked within the legal and technology industries for more than 20 years, Nick is well versed in cutting through complex matters with a logical, common sense approach to eDiscovery, contract review and monitoring/surveillance investigations. Nick is also an Advisory Board Member at the University of Law Business School and is listed as one of the top 10 legal technologists, globally, in the Financial Times Intelligent Business Report 2019.

Moderator
Manu Hanspal, Head of EMEA, ACi
Manu Hanspal
Manu’s investigative experience stems from having served within UK Law enforcement for 15 years leading teams investigating serious and organised crime using specialist, proactive and covert methods. Transitioning into Corporate investigations, Manu has worked across numerous jurisdictions within the mining and extractive sector conducting and overseeing investigations into Business integrity concerns in addition to having accountability for the management and development of Rio Tinto’s global investigations programme. Manu is currently Investigations and Conduct Monitoring Director in Ethics & Integrity at Compass Group, leading and designing both a Group Investigations programme and conduct monitoring framework. Manu additionally designs and delivers in-house investigations training for compliance, HR, Legal and business specialists in order to enhance this capability whilst also contributing to the development of the ACi education and training programme. Having worked across sectors and transitioned to corporate investigations, Manu brings a keen understanding of the operational challenges and elements required for those conducting and managing investigations.

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Good Guidelines: the rudder of an effective investigation
2022-03-30 09:00 - 10:00 (Europe/London) | Online
Investigations are almost never plain sailing. Good guidelines can steer your cases in the right direction. In this webinar with EY and Women In White Collar Defense Association (India Chapter), we hear from different perspectives- external, internal and counsel – or, to keep with the nautical analogy, different boats in the same investigations storm!
Join Saguna Sodhi, Partner EY Forensic and Integrity Services, Rupinder Malik, Partner, JSA – M&A/PE, General Corporate and White-Collar Crime Investigations and ACi as we discuss good practice tips for investigators in the APAC region.

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Saguna Sodhi, Partner, EY Forensic & Integrity Services in India.
Saguna Sodhi is a Partner with EY Forensic & Integrity Services in India. She is also part of the leadership team of the India Chapter of Women’s White Collar Defense Association.
Saguna is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has over 20 years of professional experience with cross functional expertise across industries and specializes in Ethics and Compliance Programs, Corporate Governance, fraud investigations and Integrity risk management. She has led several investigations including fraudulent diversion of funds, misrepresentation by management and business units and allegations of bribery and corruption. She specializes in the area of risk and compliance including FCPA across different sectors as it relates to investigation, due diligence and trainings. She has also advised clients on policy and process level controls to manage fraud and corruption risks and recommended controls to be implemented for mitigating the possible monetary and reputation impact on companies.
Rupinder Malik, senior partner, JSA
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.
Ash Sharma, Group Investigations Manager, Anglo American Plc
Ashu Sharma
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.

Moderator
Basha Galvin, Senior Investigations Manager, BAT & COO, ACi
Basha Galvin
Basha started her career with the Metropolitan Police and moved to the City of London Police Fraud Unit, covering money laundering, trade finance fraud, bribery and corruption. Basha left the police and moved to Citigroup for four years, moving to Barclays plc in 2006 as Head of Investigations & Whistleblowing for Wealth & Investment Bank. In 2018 Basha moved to the Oil & Gas Industry as Head of Investigations for Tullow Oil Plc leaving in late 2020. Basha is a seasoned financial crime investigator in the public and corporate sector. She has led and managed global investigations teams. During her career, Basha has had the opportunity to work in a number of jurisdictions including the USA, APAC and EMEA developing investigation models and collating evidence for civil and criminal prosecutions. Basha was named as one of the “Top 40 in-house” investigation professionals by Global Investigations Review.

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Investigaciones Corporativas en Latinoamérica
2022-03-31 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
La Asociación de Investigadores Corporativos (ACI) se complace en anunciar su primer evento para Latinoamérica para el día jueves 31 de marzo de 2022, el cual será auspiciado por Control Risks y desarrollará un marco general sobre las tendencias, casos más comunes y desafíos de las Investigaciones en el ámbito corporativo presentados en los diversos países de la región.

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Panel
Enrique Gómez Pinzón – Holland & Knight / Partner
Enrique Gómez-Pinzón is the executive partner of Holland & Knight’s office in Colombia. He practices in the areas of compliance and internal investigations, cross-border investment and financings, mergers and acquisitions, international arbitration and project finance. Mr Gómez-Pinzón has assisted clients in coordinating internal investigations and crisis mangement response for several multinational companies with operations in Colombia. He has participated in some of the most important financings and privatizations in Colombia in the last 30 years, including licensing of cellular telephones, banking entities, power generating and distribution companies, and transportation of petroleum. He has served as an arbitrator in a variety of cases administered by ICSID, ICC, PCA, CIETAC, cases administered under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules and the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce. Mr Gómez-Pinzón is the sole founder and former head of one of the leading law firms in Colombia. He received his JD from Universidad de Los Andes and an LLM from Harvard University Law School in Massachusetts. He is admitted to practice law in Colombia, the State of New York and Washington, DC.
Lucas Martins – Clarios / Deputy Legal Counsel LATAM
Lucas joined JCI in 2014 as Senior Corporate Counsel, Litigation LATAM and in 2018, was appointed Senior Corporate Counsel for Brazil Power Solutions. He has extensive experience working in Brazil and LATAM countries and has focused his practice on litigation, risk management, law department management, recoveries and business strategy. Lucas started his legal career in Sao Paulo with TozziniFreire Advogados in 1999 with a broad spectrum of litigation and arbitration cases. After working in private practice, he joined Duke Energy Brazil, as Litigation Manager in 2009. At Duke Energy, he progressively assumed more challenging roles, including real estate and environmental, compliance and investigations. In 2014 Lucas become Senior Corporate Counsel, Litigation LATAM in Johnson Controls’ Sao Paulo office, providing commercial litigation for all of JCI`s businesses in LATAM. He progressively assumed more senior roles in law department management, recoveries, material Labor & Employment matters and business partner of Power Solutions in Brazil. Lucas has a very hands-on profile, balanced with ethical and legal compliance standards and a sense of constant cooperation and partnership with business colleagues and team members. His greatest professional satisfaction is to deliver timely customer-centric work that drives business growth and he is passionate about supporting the development of his team members and colleagues. Since joining JCI, Lucas has received client recognition through several performance assessments and more recently, a Merit Award for material recoveries. He graduated Johnson Controls Leadership Edge Program (JCLE) in 2018. Lucas graduated from Pontificia Universidade Católica de São Paulo in 2001 and concluded the Master of Laws on Civil Law in 2008 He has been Professor of Civil Law and Civil Procedural Law in Brazilian and Post-Graduation Courses from 2009 to 2014 and is registered with Sao Paulo Bar Association.In his free-time, Lucas enjoys off-roading, spending time with his family, participating in triathlons and travelling. His native language is Portuguese and is fluent in English and Spanish.

Nelly Arocha – Control Risks / Director – Compliance, Forensics and Investigations
Nelly Arocha is a Director in Control Risks’ Compliance, Forensics and Intelligence practice, based in Mexico City. Nelly is a lawyer with experience across a variety of industries both during her time with the Mexican federal government and as a consultant for Control Risks, where she has had experience conducting complex internal investigations into national and multinational companies. Nelly has more than 15 years of experience in several government postings that include the President’s Office, the Federal Institute for Transparency and Access to Public Information and the Ministries of Education and of Communications and Transport, among others. At the Federal Electoral Institute, she participated in conducting investigations in two of the largest campaign finance cases in Mexico. Additionally, as head of the Internal Control Office at a government agency, she was responsible for auditing federal expenditures and monitoring the implementation of internal controls to ensure the efficiency of the institution and prevent corruption. Her areas of expertise includes transparency and government reform, data protection, government accountability, investigations and audit.
In addition to graduating as a lawyer from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Nelly holds a MA in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a MSC in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is fluent in English and Spanish.

Juliana Pontes – MercadoLibre / Internal Investigations Manager
Juliana Marcucci Pontes Amaral es abogada especializada en derecho civil, gestión empresarial e investigaciones internas. Al largo de su carrera de 20 años, ha trabajado en estudios de abogados y desde 2009 se encuentra en Mercado Livre, donde estuvo a frente del área estratégica de Dispute Resolutions en Legales hasta 2021, cuando fue a Compliance implementar el área de investigaciones internas.

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Nestor Garrido, Head of LATAM, ACi
Nestor is a Senior Corporate Security Executive with over 23 years of professional experience in Crisis Management, Product Security, External and Internal Fraud and Compliance Investigations. From 1996 to 2005, Nestor worked in the Investigations Unit of Peruvian Navy. He started his career in the private sector in 2006 as Security Manager Peru at Novartis, conducting Compliance and Illicit Pharmaceutical investigations. After 7 years in Novartis, Nestor joined Mondelez Peru as Security Manager. Since December 2018, Nestor is currently Head of Security Peru at the multinational energy company Enel managing and overseeing Critical Event Management, Fraud Investigations and Critical Infrastructure Security. Nestor also develop training in Crisis Management, Risk Management and Corporate Investigations in association with Business Alliance for Secure Commerce (BASC). He is a Certified ISO 31000 Lead Risk Manager by Professional Evaluation and Certification Board (PECB), Member of ASIS International and ACFE.

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Tools and Takeaways to Upskill your Investigations Practice
2022-04-06 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
April 6 2022
16:00 – 17:00 BST
11.00 – 12.00 EDT
08.00 – 09.00 PDT
The nature of corporate communication is shifting, and that rate of change is accelerating—new channels and data types are continuously springing and it’s becoming increasingly easy for it all to be recorded and archived… somewhere. But how do you target and capture only the relevant information and quickly make sense of it when you do? The complexity and volume are now simply beyond human ability to keep up with.
In this session, experts will talk through the cutting-edge techniques and tools that are being applied to sift through rising data volumes from a host of different communication platforms and show you how in-house teams are easily applying powerful AI to zero in on and simply review the data most relevant to your matter.
Corporate investigation experts from Capital One and Lam Research will join to discuss the rising challenges they are seeing and how they are adapting their investigations practices.
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Panel:
Amelia Chen, Sr. Manager, Product Marketing – Corporate Solutions at Relativity
Amelia is the Senior Manager, Product Marketing – Corporate Solutions at Relativity where she oversees the product marketing function for the corporate segment. With a background in finance, sales, strategic partnerships and marketing, Amelia is passionate about understanding the market and finding the most effective and resonant ways to meet customer needs. Always seeking to learn more, Amelia holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and earned her Bachelor’s Degree from Northwestern University.

Ben DeWitt, Senior Manager, Cyber Insider Threat & Technical Investigations eDiscovery at Capital One
Ben DeWitt is the eDiscovery Lead for Capital One’s Cyber Insider Threat and Investigations Program. With 15 years of eDiscovery experience, Ben and his team have a primary focus on the collection, processing, and analysis of evidence and the administration of technology solutions. He collaborates with investigative and legal partners to develop strategy for technology and workflows in support of internal investigations, government investigations, and corporate litigation matters. Ben is a certified Relativity Expert and Brainspace Analyst.

Nolan Robinson, Program Manager, Legal Operations at Lam Research

Kristin Sunderman, Litigation Support Director, Freddie Mac
Kristin Sunderman is the Litigation Support Director at Freddie Mac. Prior to joining Freddie Mac, Ms. Sunderman spent the last 20+ years in the industry working not only for law firms and corporations but also as an eDiscovery vendor. It is in the vendor world that Ms. Sunderman spent the bulk of her career. She started off in project management but quickly worked up to managing all of Operations. It is there that she focused on creating efficiencies, implementing automation and providing a development path for new eDiscovery specialists. Ms. Sunderman continues to focus on process improvements and development in her new role and prides herself on being heavily involved in mentorship and inclusion programs.

Moderator
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. Simon is a visiting lecturer to a number of UK Universities and has articles published in leading UK, EU and US journals, newspapers and other international media, including Global Investigations Review, The Times (UK), The Guardian (UK), Le Monde (France), Washington Post (US) and the Law Society (UK). Having appeared on the BBC and CNN, he has provided editorial content and testimonies for those writing about the world of Fraud, Bribery and Corruption, and is in demand for his knowledge, experience and unique approach. Simon chairs significant industry recognised conferences on the subjects of Fraud, Bribery, Corruption, Ethics, Risk Management, Internal Control, IPR, Identity Theft, eCrime and Corporate Security.

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Evidence Gathering in Middle East and Africa
2022-05-18 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Online
On the ground in the MEA region: Evidence Gathering Challenges.
11.00 am – 12.00 pm London
1.00 pm – 2.00 pm Nairobi
2.00 pm – 3.00 pm Dubai
In this webinar sponsored by Ground Truth Intelligence, we explore the challenges faced by investigators running investigations based in the Middle East and Africa.
Investigators running investigations in the region on the ground or remotely face significant challenges. We will explore what information investigators can obtain at their fingertips, what resources are available and how they can access them, what are the key challenges and how do investigations work in reality. The ACi and GTI have brought together MEA based Heads of Investigations managing their teams and investigation in this complex area, using case specific examples.

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Matthew Hunt, COO, Ground Truth Intelligence
Matthew is co-founder and COO of Ground Truth Intelligence and worked as a director, senior consultant, and analyst at four risk and investigations companies: The Risk Advisory Group, Livingstone, Veracity and FTI. He has led projects in various global regions and co-developed a security risk analysis platform. Ground Truth Intelligence is the first comprehensive platform for global due diligence and investigations. Launched in 2020, the platform was designed to bring innovation, standardisation and scaleability to the world of investigations.

Vinay Sugunanandan
Vinay Sugunanandan is an innovative thought leader with over two decades of experience working for and assisting financial institutions develop robust financial crime prevention strategies. He has over two decades on experience in banking and consulting working for top tier banks and Big 4 consulting firm in North America, Asia, Middle East and Africa where he has lead key strategic initiatives to transform financial crime prevention programs for banks, set up fraud prevention Centre of Excellence, implement fraud detection and AML monitoring tools, design and implement fraud prevention strategies for payments, cards, customer on boarding, digital banking and online channels. Over the years he has undertaken financial crime, conduct risk and whistle-blower investigations in many jurisdictions. Currently he is the Head of Fraud Risk Management at Commercial Bank of Dubai in UAE. Vinay holds an MBA from Cornell University and is a Certified Fraud Examiner. He is passionate about the use of technology to combat financial crime and for investigations.

Charanjeet Singh
Charanjeet Singh is a career banker with experience of over 24 years in retail and commercial banking. He has worked in India, Africa and for the last 11 years in the UAE. He has worked with banks like ICICI, Barclays, Mashreq and is currently employed with First Abudhabi Bank. He has worked in various domains in being sector including Sales, Collections, Audit and Fraud Risk. Charanjeet has been the Chairperson of the UAE Bank Federation’s Fraud Prevention Committee since 2020 and in the past has also served as vice-chairperson of the same committee. He is a Postgraduate in finance and holds certifications in Anti Money Laundering, Information Security and Fraud risk. He is passionate about fraud prevention and investigations and likes to share knowledge in this area. He has participated in multiple conferences as a speaker on matters related to fraud risk. His expertise lies in setting up fraud risk frameworks including fraud prevention, monitoring & investigations. He has worked on implementing fraud prevention & monitoring systems to address fraud risk across the organisation including customer acquisition, staff and vendor onboarding, digital banking and operations.

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Banking Investigators Forum
2022-05-26 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | IET London, 2 Savoy Place, London, WC2R )BL, United Kingdom
The ACi was delighted to host this invitation-only event kindly sponsored by FRA.It took place on Thursday, 26th May 2022 at IET London, 2 Savoy Place, London WC2R 0BL.
The agenda items included;

Whistleblowing – how Banks investigate Whistleblowing allegations.
Conduct Investigations – what are they? and how are Banks organising and investigating these cases
Recording Investigative Interviews – best practice in the when and how
Investigations and Data Sharing – best practice when sharing with other Banks during investigations
Crypto Investigations – how are Banks investigating these cases?
Measuring investigations – measuring the effectiveness of investigations
Centralising investigation teams –a panel discussion

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Citibank
JP Morgan
Standard Chartered
Lloyds
Nat West
HSBC
Barclays
Deutsche Bank
UBS

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Assessing the appropriate response to increasing cyber risks
2022-06-01 13:30 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | Online
In an environment where modern cyber risk ranges from state-sponsored acts to amateurs licensing cyber tools, how do recent events such as the pandemic and the Ukraine conflict affect the risks, and what is the appropriate response for a business or individual?

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Panel

Louie J. Freeh, Vice Chairman, AlixPartners
Louie advises senior leaders of global companies and governments on complex investigative, governance, compliance, and regulatory matters. Since leaving government service, Louie has been appointed by courts, corporate boards and governments to help the world’s largest companies navigate legal and compliance issues related to the FCPA and similar anti-corruption regulations. Louie’s firsthand experience with U.S. judicial, law enforcement and regulatory agencies, national governments, and leaders of global businesses allows him to assist organizations in navigating crisis situations and complex, multi-jurisdictional matters quickly and strategically. His expertise and leadership qualities advise and support Boards, governments and CEO’s on a range of sensitive undertakings including investigations and enhanced due diligence, litigation strategy, compliance monitoring and assessments, and liaison with regulatory authorities. Louie was founder and chairman of Freeh Sporkin and Sullivan, and Freeh Group International Solutions from 2007 -2020. Prior to that, he was FBI director and a former federal judge.

Paul Brabant, Managing Director, Alix Partners
Paul has more than 20 years of experience working in a variety of roles in the global legal sector. He has acted as a lawyer, an electronic discovery expert, and a software development executive in the United States, France, and the United Kingdom. Paul advises lawyers in cross-border disputes and investigations, and he leads internal and regulatory investigations for high-profile clients. As a former legal technology executive, Paul incorporates automation, machine learning, and predictive modeling into his practice yet understands how to work within the limits of such technologies. Paul has a Juris Doctor from Washington College of Law at American University and speaks English, French, and Spanish.

Michael Welch, Director, AlixPartners
Michael has more than 30 years’ experience in the areas of multijurisdictional investigations, cybersecurity, incident response, breach detection, threat hunting, anti-money laundering, digital forensics, asset recovery, organised crime, bribery and corruption, fraud and international training. He held several senior executive positions during his 25-year career with the Federal Bureau of Investigation including assistant director of the International Operations Division and Deputy Assistant Director of the Cyber Division. In the private sector, he was global head of investigations at Standard Chartered Bank and later, director of retail and regulatory investigations at the Financial Conduct Authority, both positions were based in London, England. Previously, he was the managing director of cybersecurity investigations at Freeh Group International Solutions.

Martin Simpson, Director, AlixPartners
Martin is a versatile technology leader with a successful record of solving complex problems. In the current hostile cyber environment, he is at the forefront of helping organizations withstand, absorb, and recover from disruption triggered by technology failure or cyberattack. He is recognized for his ability to quickly shape a proportionate response to multifaceted threats in a business context. Previously, he was chief of staff to a Fortune 50 chief information security officer, responding to unprecedented global crises, defining and leading the procurement of a series of cybersecurity services for deployment across the enterprise. He led the post-incident review of a significant breach of personal data and was subsequently seconded into the client organization as the interim director of technology, operational, and risk management, he resolved no-regret cyber and technology-related issues. Martin holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in communication systems engineering from the University of Portsmouth, is an advisor to boards on cyber risk and operational resilience.

Ben Hughes, Senior Security Consultant
Ben brings a diverse background in cyber security, IT, law, and law enforcement. After earning his JD and providing IT and e-discovery support to law firms, Ben joined Booz Allen Hamilton as a cyber security consultant in 2012. While a member of APT hunt teams assigned to commercial and federal clients for three years, Ben sharpened his network security monitoring, forensics, incident response, cyber threat intelligence and security architecture skills. Ben has earned the CISSP, GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester (GWAPT), CIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA) and Splunk Certified Power User certifications.

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Compensating Whistleblowers - the ethical dilemma
2022-06-23 08:00 - 09:00 (Europe/London)
8.00 am – 9.00 am UK
3.00 pm – 4.00 pm Hong Kong and Singapore
5.00 pm – 6.00 pm Australia
Many of us have a view on the ethical issues around compensating whistleblowers (cash, incentives, promotions etc). All these issues will be addressed in the webinar moderated by Bruce Forbes (ACi representative in Hong Kong) with panellists Charles Boulo (Whispli), Jason Landers (ACi representative in Australia) and Jason Liew (StoneTurn Partner, Singapore). The panel will also discuss how building trust amongst staff can lead to the generation of a “ Speak Up” culture that organisations seek.
Please join us on Thursday 23 June 2022 (8am UK; 3pm HK and Singapore; and 5pm Australia) to hear from subject matter experts who regularly deal with these issues in the workplace. The session will greatly assist anyone responsible for handling misconduct allegations and especially those who will be required to work directly with whistleblowers.

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Panel

Charles Boulo
Charles Boulo has over 10 years of experience in the technology and SaaS sector. Witnessing the rapid change in technologies around us, he has advised many clients on how to best leverage & implement SaaS technology to improve existing processes and challenge the status quo. He has been working closely with clients across various industries and geographies to successfully leverage Whispli to foster a speak-up culture and effectively identify risks related to misconduct.

Jason Landers, ACi Australia Country Head
With 19 years of practical investigations experience, Jason commenced his investigations career within law enforcement before transitioning into the corporate sector. His experience includes criminal, business integrity and governance related matters along with anti-bribery and corruption investigations.. To date, his experience has exposed him to investigations in Papua New Guinea, China, Mongolia, India, Singapore and Australia.

Moderator
Mark Gough, ACi Regional Advisor

Mark has over 35 years of professional investigation experience at both national and international levels within the public sector and private sector. Mark started his career as a counter-terrorism investigator with the Australian Federal Attorney General’s Department. From 1996 to 2008, Mark worked in the Investigations Division of the Office of Internal Oversight Services at the United Nations in New York. Mark joined Siemens in 2008 as the Global Deputy Head of Compliance Investigations and managed the Europe/Middle East/Africa investigation team from the Munich headquarters. In October 2014, Mark was appointed as the Regional Head, Case Handling Asia Australia (within the newly created Legal and Compliance – Regulatory Governance structure in Siemens AG), based in Singapore and with a regional office in Beijing. In August 2019, Mark joined Schneider Electric in Singapore as the East Asia, Japan and Pacific Compliance Officer also responsible for all investigations across the region. Mark returned to Australia in early 2021 and started his own consulting company, Gough Risk Consultancy, based in Queensland. Mark will provide the ACi with advice on corporate investigations management, investigation training (investigations and interviewing), strategic investigation policy identification and drafting, and whistleblower risk management issues.

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Sanctions Investigations - Current Landscape and Challenges
2022-06-23 16:30 - 18:30 (Asia/Singapore) | Online
June 23 2022
16:30 – 18:30 followed by Networking drinks – SGT
FTI Consulting
One Raffles Quay,
#27-10 South Tower,
Singapore 048583
This event will discuss sanctions within the context of investigations, specifically focusing on the steps Financial Institutions and Corporates should take to manage the process.
During this session, FTI teams will provide overview of sanctions, including recent developments regarding Russian sanctions, as well as covering the below points.

Challenges sanctions pose for Financial Institutions and Corporates
Impact of non-compliance – Case study of an end-to-end sanctions investigation
Data Collection – what to do, what not to do, and downstream implications
Data Analytics
Forensic Investigation and Analysis Recommendations

The discussion will be followed by networking drinks.
Note we advise early registration as places are limited.

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Investigating Greenwashing
2022-06-29 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Online
Investigating Greenwashing
12.00 pm – 1.00 pm London time
Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) investigations are taking center stage at the moment with climate change and sustainability foremost on all our minds. What is Greenwashing? How do you avoid it and what are the potential outcomes for organisations subject to Greenwashing investigations? This webinar will answer these questions and more.

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Hannah Gilkes, Risk Advisory
Hannah leads Risk Advisory’s global ESG intelligence practice. Hannah helps clients across a range of industries access hard-to-find information that helps them to understand and mitigate ESG issues across their operations. Based in London, Hannah forms part of Risk Advisory’s wider business intelligence and investigations practice which helps businesses survive and thrive by equipping corporate decision makers and their advisors with the meticulously sourced, local intelligence they need to make the right commercial decisions. Hannah has worked in intelligence for eleven years. Prior to this role, she headed Risk Advisory’s Africa practice, managing its investigations on the continent across the company’s integrity, strategic intelligence and ESG service lines. She has also worked at FTI Consulting, Livingstone & Company, Africa Confidential and The Africa Report.
Hannah is an Ethiopian national. She has lived and worked in Addis Ababa and travelled extensively across sub-Saharan Africa, spending extended periods of time in Ethiopia, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa.

Joanna Ludlam, Partner, Baker & Mckenzie
Joanna Ludlam is co-chair of Baker McKenzie’s Global Compliance & Investigations group. She is a partner in the Firm’s London office, where she also leads the market-leading Regulatory, Public & Media law team. Joanna’s principal areas of practice are corporate internal investigations, corporate compliance and complex business disputes. She regularly leads investigations of compliance issues, including in particular under the UK Bribery Act, for multinational corporations in multiple international jurisdictions. She also advises clients and their boards of directors on issues of corporate compliance and risk management, particularly with respect to anti-corruption matters, as well as on crisis and reputation management. Joanna focuses on bringing practical solutions to client issues, and designed the Firm’s innovative Investigations Academy, a comprehensive and state-of-the-art training programme for investigations practitioners. She is co-author of Baker McKenzie’s Connected Compliance thought leadership series. In 2016, Joanna was named as one of The Lawyer’s “Hot 100” for her practice, and is recognised by Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners.

Linzie Forrester, President of Sustainability, Wood Group

Linzie is a passionate advocate for sustainable development, safety and environmental protection with a career spanning more than 30 years. She has worked across a number of industries and latterly in the corporate setting. Her role brings sustainability into the forefront of thinking at the strategic level; ensuring ESG risks are clearly and effectively identified and mitigated through the governance systems of the organisation. Linzie provides both strategic thinking and challenge to Wood’s executive leadership team, integrating sustainability into the mainstream management of their company. Previously she has developed and integrated AMEC’s sustainability program, achieving sector leader status multiple times in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index.

Moderator
Steve Young, CEO, ACi
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.

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Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Investigations
2022-07-06 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Online
Changing technology, changing tactics: how the investigator can respond to the ever-evolving landscape of employee communications

Investigations routinely require the recovery and analysis of relevant electronic devices for evidence of activity and communications. Those communications have long since migrated from corporate email, to a variety of encrypted messaging apps and beyond with data that can be held in multiple locations, both physical and cloud based. This is further complicated when an organisation allows employees to carry confidential, proprietary, client or sensitive information.
Battling these complexities to give the investigator the greatest chance of obtaining the best evidence without inadvertently falling foul of data governance legislation requires a mix of tactics. In this webinar sponsored by Ankura we will discuss:

The evolving web of communication methods
Requesting an employee’s device for examination
What is the legal stance – consent versus refusal
Forensic capture and analysis – in person and remote
How to forensically secure social media messages
Aggregating multiple data sources for review
The unique challenges of Bring Your Own Device (and how to overcome them)
Data governance when moving data/reviewing across borders

Join our expert panel of Kaz Poultney, Director of Investigations for EMEA & AsiaPac at Amgen, Laura Ford, White Collar Crime Partner at DLA and Jonathan Brown, Senior Managing Director – Forensics at Ankura for this lively discussion.

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Panel
Kaz Poultney
Kaz is the Director of Investigations for EMEA and Asia Pac at Amgen. Kaz joined Amgen 4 years ago as the Lead Investigator for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Prior to joining Amgen, Kaz worked in the Forensic Practice at Ernst & Young and in the Global Risk and Investigations Practice at FTI Consulting.

Laura Ford
Laura advises and represents clients in the conduct of UK and multi-jurisdictional investigations into allegations of serious and complex misconduct, including in the areas of bribery, fraud, money laundering, sanctions, data breach, human rights and market abuse. She also advises clients in the design and implementation of their global compliance programmes – from risk assessment to policy drafting and training – and conducts due diligence and investigations in the context of corporate transactional activity.

Jonathan Brown
Jonathan is a Senior Managing Director at Ankura based in London and has supported clients exposed to acute reputational and regulatory risk for over 20 years. He has worked for enforcement agencies including the Serious Fraud Office and the UK’s insolvency regulator and also spent a decade in the forensic practice of a Big 4 accounting firm focusing on fraud and corruption investigations. Jonathan specialises in multi-jurisdictional matters and has undertaken proactive and reactive investigations, disputes, and compliance projects in over 50 countries.

Moderator
Basha Galvin
Basha is Senior Investigations Manager, BAT & COO, ACi. She is a seasoned financial crime investigator in the public and corporate sectors. She has led and managed global investigations teams, provided investigations training and built case management systems. During her career, Basha has had the opportunity to work in a number of jurisdictions including the USA, APAC and EMEA developing investigation models and collating evidence for civil and criminal prosecutions. Basha was named as one of the “Top 40 in-house” investigation professionals by Global Investigations Review.

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Investigating Corruption: different jurisdictions - different ways
2022-09-13 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | Online
In this webinar kindly sponsored by Vinge, we will take a look at the legal areas that will require consideration during a corporate investigation into allegations of corruption: The alleged provision of undue benefits to foreign public officials.
We will cover these subjects and more:
1. Employment law
2. Duty to cooperate with a corporate investigation
3. Reporting to authorities
4. Extraterritorial reach of national anti-corruption law
5. Evidence handling
6. Compliance measures

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Panel
Mia Falk, Head of Corporate Crime & Compliance/ Counsel, Vinge
Mia Falk has been responsible for Corporate Crime & Compliance services since January 2019. With her background as a police officer and 25 years’ experience in preventing and investigating financial misconduct, Mia has managed most types of misconduct within the private and public sectors. She also has broad experience of managing the risks which may be associated with such misconduct both within organizations as well as for individuals. Mia has worked as a police officer and investigator at, among others, the Swedish Economic Crime Authority, the Financial Police and the National Corruption Group and has also had global responsibility for internal investigations within the Scania Group. In addition, she has worked as internal investigator within the UN and as a risk consultant at KPMG, where she advised companies and public authorities in relation to the prevention and investigation of various types of corruption and other misconduct.

Tom Clark, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, United Kingdom

Tom advises on a wide range of litigation and contentious regulatory and internal investigations in the banking and financial services sector. His experience includes advising on cross-border investigations relating to alleged benchmark manipulation; defending enforcement actions in relation to market abuse/manipulation, sales of investment products, and financial crime-related matters; and advising listed companies on regulatory enquiries/enforcement relating to market disclosures.

Anne Gaustad, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, France

Anne Hukkelaas Gaustad is a partner in Hughes Hubbard’s Anti-Corruption & Internal Investigations and Arbitration practice groups. She has assisted on a range of anti-corruption matters as well as international commercial and investment disputes. Anne advises clients on anti-corruption matters involving the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the UK Bribery Act, French and Norwegian anti-corruption laws, economic sanctions and export controls, corporate governance and compliance, as well as on white-collar criminal defense, securities law, and business & human rights matters.

Greg D. Andres, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, USA

Greg is co-head of our White Collar Defense & Investigations practice and one of Benchmark Litigation’s “Top 100 Trial Lawyers.” He focuses on white collar defense, congressional investigations, complex civil litigation and crisis management. As a member of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team in 2017-2019, Greg was the lead trial lawyer in the successful prosecution of Paul Manafort. Earlier, he served as a federal prosecutor, and held the positions of Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice and the Chief of the Criminal Division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York.

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Economic Crime Prevention & Compliance: London 2022
2022-09-28 08:30 - 2022-09-29 17:30 (Europe/London)
These are trying times for compliance, risk, and legal professionals. Money laundering, sanctions, cyber, ransomware, and bribery are developing in ways and forms that have not previously been imagined.
Stay at the top of your game by joining us at Economic Crime Prevention & Compliance in London, 28-29 September, to learn how to design and implement actionable, “catch-all” compliance programs; manage government and internal investigations, and stay ahead of enforcement.
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ACi Immersive Investigations Workshop - London
2022-09-29 08:30 - 17:30 (Europe/London) | RPC, Tower Bridge House, London, E1W 1AA, Tower Bridge House, London, E1W 1AA, United Kingdom
The ACi and RPC are pleased to host the ACi’s Immersive Investigations Workshop to be held at RPC’s offices in London.
8.30 am – 5.30 pm followed by Networking drinks
RPC
Tower Bridge House
St Katharine’s Way
London
E1W 1AA
The one-day event will cover the following topics:
• Managing & planning an investigation
• Identifying and interpreting evidence
• Managing Whistleblowers and recent legislation
• E-discovery, forensic IT and legality of material obtained
• Establishing investigative conclusions
• Investigation findings – Compliance remediation, consideration of corrective and preventative actions to support your organisation
The event will be followed by networking drinks.
The full-day event will have subject matter experts available for direct discussion and support in the management of the case study used in the training. The workshop is suitable for all levels of corporate investigators and provides an opportunity to enhance your existing skills and learn from subject matter experts in the field. The training is of particular benefit to those who are not full-time investigators such as in-house Human Resources, Compliance, and Legal professionals, but who support and handle corporate investigations and disputes. The training is also of benefit to consultants supporting corporate clients with such investigations.

Early bird price available until 29th August 2022: £349
Full price ticket £449

Click the button below to pay by card. To book a place by invoice please contact: admin@my-aci.com

Panel
Stephen Storey, Group Head of Ethics & Compliance, Compass Group Plc & Member of the Board, ACi

Stephen is an accomplished tech savvy ethics & compliance and investigations leader with expertise in programme management, ABC, anti-fraud, AML, CTF, training and 3rd party/human risk. Stephen is also a strategic adviser to the ACi. He is currently Group Head of Ethics & Compliance for Compass Group Plc responsible for continuing to strengthen the Group’s risk based compliance programme/control framework.

Kelly Thomson, Partner, RPC
Kelly Thomson is an experienced employment lawyer who works with clients on complex international and national employment matters, with particular focus on outsourcing, restructuring and the people aspects of organisational change. Kelly is regularly called on by organisations grappling with their inclusion and diversity strategies and has real depth of knowledge on gender equality. With particular expertise in TUPE, Kelly has a wealth of experience in advising on the employment aspects of outsourcing, M&A activity and complex restructuring arrangements. Kelly also advises regularly on significant organisational change programmes including large-scale redundancies and changes to employment arrangements. Her many years of hands on project experience enable her to work as an effective extension of her clients’ HR, Legal and Executive teams in delivering business critical projects. Kelly works alongside clients’ HR and Legal teams in developing and implementing strategies for the recruitment, retention and motivation of employees. She has a focus on ’employee engagement’ and is passionate about issues of diversity and inclusion. Kelly develops and provides training and seminars for clients’ HR, legal and business teams and co-delivers our regular seminars and roundtables on a variety of topics. She is a regular contributor to practitioner and academic publications. Most recently she has written the Xpert HR Line Manager’s Guide on TUPE and edits the Tolley’s chapter on Whistleblowing.

Sam Tate, Partner, RPC

An expert in white-collar crime, Sam Tate is a partner with extensive practical experience of complicated cross-border investigations and crime prevention programs. Sam works closely with a number of FTSE 100, international and privately owned entities and individuals in relation to financial crime proceedings, investigations, and practical crime prevention programs. He recently led the settlement on the ground-breaking 11th and 12th UK DPA’s and conducted the independent investigation for the Financial Times of allegations made by Wirecard against its reporters. He is a regular speaker and moderator at industry and government events and was previously Head of Anti-corruption in EMEA for a global financial crime consultancy. Sam’s experience also includes private prosecutions and senior roles within the Court/FCA appointed sanctions/AML related monitorships of two global banks. Sam is a co-author of the leading UK anti-corruption compliance text book “Bribery: a Compliance Handbook” published by Bloomsbury and he has extensive practical experience as the Subject Matter Expert for anti-bribery and money-laundering at a global full service oil and gas company and a seconded Executive Director to the litigation and regulatory team of a US investment bank.

Jon Bartley, Partner, RPC
Jon Bartley specialises in digital technology and e-commerce, data protection, cybersecurity and consumer law. Jon has 20 years’ experience as a commercial contracts lawyer. He helps clients manage their legal risk whilst still achieving key business objectives. Advising domestic and international clients, including well-known consumer brands, Jon acts on a wide range of commercial contracts, including supply of goods and services, reseller and distribution, and licence agreements. He specialises in technology and digital business contracts, including SaaS, IaaS and other cloud solutions, software development and licence agreements, and data analytics projects. Jon also assists clients on regulatory matters including data protection and cybersecurity issues (data security breaches, data analytics and marketing, data transfers and GDPR readiness), cybersecurity, e-commerce regulation and consumer law. Jon is described by The Legal 500 as “extremely strong in the field” of data protection, privacy and cybersecurity. Jon is a thought leader in the area of data protection. He is Chair of the Data Law Committee of the City of London Law Society and in 2021 was a contributing author to a key report on legal mechanisms for data stewardship.
Ching Liu, Principal, Technology Consulting, Control Risks
Ching Liu is a Principal for Technology Consulting for Control Risks’ Compliance, Forensics, and Intelligence team based in London. He is responsible for the Digital Forensics and Incident Response practice across EMEA and has over 25 years’ experience in the digital forensics industry, providing subject matter expertise across the globe. He frequently assists clients in leveraging technology solutions for forensic investigations and matters ranging from insider threats, data theft and corporate fraud, to complex DFIR cyber breaches such as ransomware, system attacks, spear-phishing and email compromises. Ching has given independent expert testimony in international courts of law from arbitration to criminal crown court. Ching also advises on the full spectrum of technology consulting such as cyber security and response, electronic discovery, data analytics and information security, including regulatory mandates and data privacy.

Lorna Van Oss, Associate Director, Control Risks
Lorna is an Associate Director in Control Risks’ dispute support practice. Lorna leads complex, intelligence-led investigations across Europe, the Middle East and Africa in support of clients in contentious situations. She has seven years of experience in corporate intelligence, during which time she has developed an expertise in multi-jurisdictional asset recovery work and cross-border disputes. Lorna is ranked as a notable practitioner in Chambers and Partners 2022 Guide to Litigation Support (Business Intelligence & Investigations).

Adam Garside, Director, Control Risks
Adam Garside, ACi Advisor
Adam is a Director in Control Risks’ Compliance, Forensics, and Intelligence team based in London. He is a chartered accountant and has over 15 years of experience conducting investigations into suspected fraud, bribery and corruption.​Along with his consulting experience, Adam has worked in-house for a FTSE100 oil and gas company and Magic Circle law firm. Having conducted investigations on the ground in over 15 countries, he has gained extensive experience in investigation planning and management under privilege; securing evidence, investigative analysis; leading witness and subject interviews; and reporting to law enforcement, regulators, legal counsel and other stakeholders.​ Adam has given evidence in criminal proceedings, is ranked by Who’s Who Legal 2021 as a Future Leader in Investigations and is an Advisory Panel member to the Association of Corporate Investigators.

Moderator
Manu Hanspal, Head of EMEA, ACi

Manu’s investigative experience stems from having served within UK Law enforcement for 15 years leading teams investigating serious and organised crime using specialist, proactive and covert methods. Transitioning into Corporate investigations, Manu has worked across numerous jurisdictions within the mining and extractive sector conducting and overseeing investigations into Business integrity concerns in addition to having accountability for the management and development of Rio Tinto’s global investigations programme. Manu is currently Investigations and Conduct Monitoring Director in Ethics & Integrity at Compass Group, leading and designing both a Group Investigations programme and conduct monitoring framework. Manu additionally designs and delivers in-house investigations training for compliance, HR, Legal and business specialists in order to enhance this capability whilst also contributing to the development of the ACi education and training programme. Having worked across sectors and transitioned to corporate investigations, Manu brings a keen understanding of the operational challenges and elements required for those conducting and managing investigations.

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Investigating Sexual Misconduct
2022-10-14 08:30 - 13:00 (Europe/London)
The ACi in partnership with Ropes & Gray are pleased to host a special event on
Don’t Be That Investigator: Trauma-Informed and Culturally Sensitive Approaches to Investigating Sexual Misconduct
8.30 am to 1.00 pm
Friday, 14th October 2022
60 Ludgate Hill, London EC4M 7AW
In our unique event, we will examine how corporate investigators can manage complainants, witnesses and employees accused of wrongdoing in a culturally sensitive way, including duty of care to all parties concerned. The course will discuss how to respond to complex sexual misconduct allegations using trauma-informed approaches as part of a robust response, the role bias can play in an investigation, employment law implications and how sexual misconduct investigations link to wider organisation culture discussions.

Managing workplace sexual misconduct investigations
Interviewing reporters and the alleged in a culturally sensitive and unbiased way
Employment law implication

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Early bird £199 / General Ticket £250

Panel Members
Amanda Raad, Partner, Ropes & Gray
Amanda Raad, a US lawyer who is also admitted as a Solicitor in England and Wales, serves as co-chair of Ropes & Gray’s award-winning global anti-corruption and international risk practice. Amanda has substantial experience negotiating with US regulators on behalf of companies and individuals concerning cross-border matters involving corruption, money laundering, and other forms of financial fraud. These matters are often subject to scrutiny by foreign regulators given their multi-jurisdictional nature. In addition, Amanda proactively works with clients across industries and geographies to identify and mitigate risk. This work includes advising private equity and other investor clients on risk-based diligence as well as effective and efficient portfolio company monitoring while preserving company independence. Finally, Amanda advises clients on corporate social responsibility, supply chain compliance and responsible sourcing.Amanda frequently publishes and speaks on cross-border challenges in the corporate crime and investigations space, including on sexual misconduct. She is a contributor to GIR’s “The Practitioner’s Guide to Global Investigations” and serves as a Director for Lawyers Without Borders, and a committee member for the Fraud Lawyers Association. Amanda is listed in GIR’s Women in Investigations 2018, Chambers UK, UK Legal 500, and New York Super Lawyers.

Ruby Moshenska, Safeguarding Investigations & Training Specialist
Ruby Moshenska is a Safeguarding Consultant and Investigations professional with over nine years experience conducting investigations into sexual violence, sexual harassment, child abuse and abuse of power in the public and third sector. She was Global SHEA and Safeguarding Lead at ActionAid International for four years, and prior to that held the position of Acting Head of Safeguarding at Oxfam GB. In her earlier career, Ruby carried out and managed investigations in prisons for the Ministry of Justice in the UK, and across four continents for international INGOs.

Sharon Tan, Partner, Mishcon de Reya
Sharon is a Partner in the Employment department with significant experience advising on all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law. She brings a commercial and strategic approach to the increasing array of employment issues that clients face, and is adept at handling matters ranging from investigations, executive contract negotiations/exit arrangements, business restructurings and redundancies to Remuneration Code issues and the operation of forfeiture provisions (malus and claw-back).Sharon has particular expertise in complex, high-value Employment Tribunal disputes, and High Court litigation, including team moves and the enforcement of restrictive covenants, as well as bonus, discrimination and whistleblowing claims. She has advised LLPs on partnership matters and is well-versed in the issues that affect their members. She also has a breadth of experience advising on the employment aspects of domestic and multijurisdictional corporate transactions, and in managing international projects involving complex legal issues and sensitive business considerations. Her client base spans multiple business sectors and includes financial and private equity institutions, manufacturers, insurers, sporting organisations, charitable foundations, and online businesses. Clients range from well-known global brands and internationally listed organisations to entrepreneurial businesses.

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Annual Symposium
2022-11-10 | AO Shearman, Allen & Overy, London, E1 6AD, United Kingdom
The Association of Corporate Investigators is delighted to announce its 2022 one-day symposium on Thursday, 10th November 2022 in London. Our last Symposium event was held in 2019 so we are looking forward to bringing our investigations community back together for a day of learning, networking and sharing experiences.
This year, we are kindly hosted by Allen & Overy at their London offices. This year’s theme is ‘Every Detail Matters’. As investigators ourselves, we know how paying attention to the detail is vital in an investigation. So whether that be an understanding of the rules around legal privilege, or giving a whistleblower due care and attention, it’s the investigator’s job to conduct their enquiries legally, ethically and professionally.
We have designed our event with the same attention to detail to bring you an agenda that will inspire and inform – featuring topics such as Greenwashing and Conduct Investigations, E-Discovery, Crypto Investigations, Investigations Trends and Interviewing Techniques.
The day has been built with plenty of time for networking so that you can meet your investigations peers and discuss best practices.
As always places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment.
Member In Person Ticket – £99 GBP
Non-Member In Person Ticket – £199 GBP
Registration closes 4pm, Monday 7th November.
This event is paperless. View the programme here.
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Investigating EU Sanctions Breaches
2022-12-07 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Online
With the war in Ukraine bringing unprecedented EU sanctions (restricted measures) against Russia this expert panel will discuss what this means for corporate investigators charged with investigating potential sanctions breaches for companies operating within EU member states.

Christoph Haid, partner, Schoenherr

Christoph joined the law firm in January 2004. He is a member of the EU & Competition department and co-heads Schoenherr’s Compliance & Investigations teams. On the competition law side, he has since been involved in numerous high-profile merger control proceedings before the Austrian competition authorities and the European Commission, and coordinated global merger control filings, particularly in CEE, where his focal point of work is. On the compliance side, Christoph is frequently involved in supporting clients to implement comprehensive compliance programmes, investigate perceived misconduct and respond to emergency situations.

Karen Williamson, Director, Deloitte

Karen has spent more than 15 years’ working in Forensics and specialises in investigations, predominantly focused on the Financial Services industry, including spending one year on secondment to the Financial Services regulator in the UK, the FCA.
Karen is a highly experienced Forensic accountant and investigator starting her career in the UK, before moving to Switzerland in 2019. Karen advises clients on matters ranging from fraud and misconduct investigations; allegations of conflicts of interest; bribery and corruption investigations; to Panama papers exposure analysis; tax evasion; and accounting investigations.

Darya Chub, Sanctions Compliance Project Counsel, BAT

Darya is a member of Central Trade Compliance Team focusing on the recent sanctions regulation evolution with primary responsibility for sanctions compliance matters.
Darya joined BAT in 2005 in Uzbekistan and since then has been responsible for supporting and counselling various markets ( Uzbekistan, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Hong Kong, Global Duty Free and UK) and functions on legal and compliance issues. In her previous role, she has been principally responsible for compliance programme in Asia-Pacific Area and Global Travel Retail. She has been instrumental in transformation of Global duty-free compliance framework, setting it as a best practice example, compliant with ABC, AML, AFC and international sanctions regulation.

Jeff Giddings

Jeff has over 26 years’ experience leading and performing internal and external corporate investigations in the corporate sector, various United Nation’s agencies, and other international organizations. Currently, he is the Senior Investigator and Head of Investigations for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) – the world’s largest security-oriented intergovernmental organization.

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Identifying hidden beneficiaries who may carry financial and reputational risks
2023-02-08 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Online
In this webinar we will be looking at how international companies can avoid risks and losses caused by the cooperation with companies under sanctions, and find beneficiaries and their assets.
The webinar is hosted by YouControl which has developed RuAssets based on its unique data about Russia and the CIS region. It specialises in sanction risk management through automated inspections.The international service helps businesses avoid risks and losses caused by the cooperation with companies under sanctions and find beneficiaries and their assets. It protects a business from the risks of cooperation with Russian companies and individuals, and reveals “Russian traces” in a business quickly.

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Oksana Kharchenko, Business Development Specialist. YouControl
From February 2022, Mrs. Kharchenko has been responsible for developing new markets in Europe, finding and building strategic partnerships and new sales channels. And she represents a new direction – an international tool that allows you to identify involvement in sanctioned companies during regular AML inspections. In particular, it contains information on all sanctions imposed on Russia and Belarus, the most relevant in 2022 request from the compliance specialists.

Simon Scales, Chief Strategy 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.

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Managing Workplace Investigations
2023-02-16 09:30 - 12:30 (Europe/London) | Online
The ACi & Transparency International Ireland are pleased to host two half-day online workshops on Managing Investigations in the Workplace.
Workshop 1: Assessment & Management of an Investigation
Thursday 16th February 2023
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
Collection and evaluation of evidence
Workshop 2: Investigative Interviewing & Report Writing
Thursday 23rd February
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

If you attend both sessions there is a discount for the second session. A further discount of 10% will be applied for Integrity at Work and ACi members. Please contact your Association for the code.

SORRY THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT

This workshop will take place on Zoom and delegates will receive a diary invite after registration.
