Symposium 2024 Speakers

Simon Scales, Chief Education & Training Officer, ACi

Simon’s extensive international experience in corporate investigations includes significant Employee Misconduct, Fraud, Bribery, Corruption, Antitrust & Competition, AML, Sanctions, Market Abuse and commensurate preventative/remedial measures. His 30 years of expertise in major investigation management, covert and overt intelligence gathering, relationship and stakeholder management, Ethics / Compliance / Integrity related investigations and reviews demonstrate his proven ability to facilitate consensus through negotiation and collaborate with senior management across all geographies. 

Annabel Kerley, Head of Fraud and Financial Crime, Evelyn Partners

Annabel has over 20 years’ experience as a forensic accountant and investigator.  She acts for both claimants and defendants in civil, criminal and regulatory matters involving allegations of fraud, bribery and corruption. During her career Annabel has helped clients across multiple sectors (including Financial Services, Retail, Healthcare and Technology & Media) navigate high-stakes investigations into complex multi-million cross-border fraud, bribery and corruption cases. These investigations have involved asset misappropriation, employee misconduct, financial misstatement, sanctions breaches, market abuse and misleading statements in civil, regulatory and criminal contexts and in multiple jurisdictions.

Steve Young, Chief Executive Officer

Steve served 20 years in UK law enforcement investigating economic crime specialising in the pro-active investigation of Banking Fraud, Bribery & Corruption, Whistleblowing and Money Laundering. This was followed by 6 years at Citigroup Inc. as EMEA Regional Director of Investigations, and 8 years as Barclays Bank Plc, Global Head of Investigations for Investment Banking & Wealth Management. Currently Head of Fraud & Investigations in Group Compliance at Lombard Odier, based in Geneva. To date, 40 years of international economic crime experience in both a law enforcement and corporate environment.

Andy Parratt, Deputy Head of Division, Serious Fraud Office

Brad McGrath, ACi ExCo Member 

Brad is the Global Head of Compliance Conduct & Ethics for Shell Trading and Supply,  now based in London having worked in the U.S and Singapore. Brad has a background in Conduct Risk, Regulatory Enforcement and Intelligence/Investigations from U.K. law enforcement and the financial regulator (FCA – CoLP) Brad specialises in Whistleblowing and Compliance Incident management. 

Ron Warmington

Ron is a Fellow of the ICAEW, a Certified Fraud Examiner and a Member of the ACI, Ron spent many years in internal audit and in systems design and then eight years as the CFO of Citibank’s Global Asset Management Business. He went on to run the Citibank’s Global Fraud Investigation Department and head up Security in Europe, the Middle East & Africa, later moving to GE to head up Fraud Management in its EMEA Region. In 2010 Ron set up the independent forensic accounting firm: ‘Second Sight’ and is now its Chairman. Second Sight was hired by the Government and the Post Office to look at the Horizon computer system and investigate sub-postmasters’ complaints about mysterious shortfalls. 

Ian R Henderson CFE CISA FCA

Ian specialises in providing support to organisations dealing with the challenges of suspected fraud, digital evidence, IT Security and the disclosure of electronic documents.  Ian qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1984 and then specialised in corporate investigations and computer audit. He subsequently qualified as an Information Systems Audit & Control Association (“ISACA”) Certified Information Systems Auditor. He is also an ACFE Certified Fraud Examiner. 

Rachael Muldoon 

Racheal is a dynamic barrister with an impressively diverse commercial practice.  She is an expert at the intersection of new and emerging technologies and the law both domestically and internationally. Throughout 2023, Racheal advised FTSE 100 and other corporate clients with regards to their AI governance in readiness for the anticipated entering into force of the EU’s ‘AI Act’ and AI Liability Directive. Further, she has advised on and spoken at leading AI conferences on the copyright infringement and data protection issues inherent to GenAI applications, including LLMs, and how producers of such models can mitigate the risks of liability. Racheal is an internationally recognised leading practitioner in the field of cryptoassets for which she is ranked as a Leading Band 1 Junior by Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners 2024

Basha Galvin, Chief Operating Officer, 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. In early 2021 Basha moved to Lloyds Banking Group managing Conduct Investigations and in November 2022 commenced a role as Senior Investigations Manager at British American Tobacco.

Danny Mayhew, Global Head Organisational Justice and Smart Assurance Programme, Sanofi

Danny has over 30 years serious and complex investigative experience at the highest level as a leader, practitioner, expert advisor to the C-Suite and as a people manager within the public and private sectors that includes 20 years in law enforcement (specialist investigations). Since 2022 Danny has been at Sanofi as the Global Head for the Organizational Justice and Smart Assurance program within Ethics and Business Integrity encompassing Investigations, Global Monitoring and Smart Assurance, Speak up and Ombuds Office, Anti-Retaliation and Fair & Consistent Disciplinary Actions.

Paul Gordon, Manager, Sales Engineering, Relativity 

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

Patrick Wellens, Chief Compliance Officer, ACi

Patrick has over 20 years’ professional experience in leading complex and sensitive global fraud, corruption and financial crime investigations across diverse sectors from luxury brands to healthcare to NGOs and is experienced working with law firms, prosecutors and compliance monitors. He also has an impressive track record of establishing risk, compliance, and Internal Audit governance, processes, systems and standards. Patrick is currently working as a Compliance Manager for a healthcare and agriculture company where he is a business partner for all global functions of consumer health division and EMEA Crop Science management functions. Patrick is also a Board Member of Ethics and Compliance Switzerland and member of the editorial board of Society for Corporate Compliance & Ethics.

Joanna Ludlam, Partner, Baker McKenzie

Joanna is a co-chair of Baker McKenzie’s Global Investigations Compliance and Ethics Group and a Partner in the Dispute Resolution team based in London.  Joanna leads the market-leading Regulatory, Public & Media law team in the London office.    Joanna advises clients in the areas of corporate investigations, administrative and public law, procurement law and litigation. She has particular expertise in the healthcare, technology and energy, mining and infrastructure sectors. Jo handles all kinds of high court litigation as well as investigations, including into issues of bribery, corruption and fraud. She advises clients, frequently at board-level, on regulatory compliance and crisis and reputation management.   

Cheryl O’Shea, Head of APAC, ACi

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

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. 

Annabel Kerley, Head of Fraud and Financial Crime, Evelyn Partners

Annabel has over 20 years’ experience as a forensic accountant and investigator.  She acts for both claimants and defendants in civil, criminal and regulatory matters involving allegations of fraud, bribery and corruption. During her career Annabel has helped clients across multiple sectors (including Financial Services, Retail, Healthcare and Technology & Media) navigate high-stakes investigations into complex multi-million cross-border fraud, bribery and corruption cases. These investigations have involved asset misappropriation, employee misconduct, financial misstatement, sanctions breaches, market abuse and misleading statements in civil, regulatory and criminal contexts and in multiple jurisdictions. 

Simon Scales, Chief Education & Development Officer, ACi

Simon’s extensive international experience in corporate investigations includes significant Employee Misconduct, Fraud, Bribery, Corruption, Antitrust & Competition, AML, Sanctions, Market Abuse and commensurate preventative/remedial measures. His 30 years of expertise in major investigation management, covert and overt intelligence gathering, relationship and stakeholder management, Ethics / Compliance / Integrity related investigations and reviews demonstrate his proven ability to facilitate consensus through negotiation and collaborate with senior management across all geographies. 

Laura Ford, Partner, DLA Piper

Laura leads DLA Piper’s Corporate Crime, Investigations & Compliance practice in the UK.  She advises clients in the conduct of UK and multi-jurisdictional investigations into allegations of serious and complex misconduct, including in the areas of bribery, money laundering, fraud, facilitation of tax evasion, sanctions, data breach and human rights, and represents and defends clients in matters concerning the Serious Fraud Office, HMRC, Financial Conduct Authority and other regulatory and enforcement bodies. Laura 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.

Jeff Giddings, Head of EMEA, ACi

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.

Lorraine Medcraft, Vice President of Sales, Epiq

Lorraine has over 20 years’ experience in providing solutions to law firms to enable them to maximise efficiencies and respond to client demands, whilst at the same time, staying true to their core values, principles and commitment to their staff. She and her team have worked on a range of projects from information governance and records management, outsourced staffing solutions to trial technologies and transcription. Medcraft has been an integral part in the development and launch of new legal technologies, including TMX.  

Livia Gurgel, Head of LATAM, ACi

Livia started her career within Internal Audit and Risk management. She has more than 15 years’ experience performing and leading corporate investigations in the mining and industry sector, especially in large Capital Projects. Her experience covers a variety of conduct and ethics breaches related to financial crime, regulation and compliance, unfair labor practices, sexual harassment and fraud. Livia has a degree in Marketing, post-graduation on International Financial Reporting Standards and Corporate Governance. She is now leading the South America Investigations function for a large Group in the mining, diamonds and minerals sector. Livia is Certified Fraud Examiner and holds an Executive MBA by Fundação Dom Cabral.

Benjamin Borsodi, Partner, Schellenberg Wittmer

Benjamin Borsodi is head of the White-Collar Crime and Internal Corporate Investigations group in Geneva. His areas of practice cover all of business crime, international legal assistance, corporate investigations, asset tracing and recovery, as well as compliance. Benjamin is also regularly handling commercial and banking litigation.

Cheryl O’Shea, Head of APAC, ACi

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

Zoë Newman, Regional MD & Head of Financial Investigations, Kroll

Zoë Newman is a regional managing director and global co-head of the Financial Investigations practice, based in London. Zoë leverages over 20 years of experience working across Eastern Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Middle East and has led numerous international cross-border investigations. These investigations required the tracing of complex fund flows, dissection of corporate structures and assessment of the integrity of transactions to support both civil and criminal asset recovery proceedings and disclosures to regulators. 

Ash Sharma, Head of Advisory Panel

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