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Energy and Extractives Investigations Forum

The ACi Energy, Extractives and Industrial Sector Investigations Forum 2026 Hosted by Deloitte | Tuesday 22 September 2026

Investigation Resilience

Hosted by Deloitte, this half-day forum brings together senior investigations, compliance and legal professionals from across the energy, extractives and industrial sectors.

Against a backdrop of evolving regulation, geopolitical complexity and increasing corporate accountability, this year’s theme is Investigation Resilience, exploring how organisations can strengthen their capacity to conduct investigations and to detect, respond to and learn from fraud, corruption and misconduct.

The afternoon programme includes  a keynote address and three expert-led panels covering the most pressing challenges facing investigators:

  • Failure to Prevent -Fraud or Bribery: How should boards, legal and investigations teams sharpen oversight, readiness and evidential decision-making s as the UK’s Failure to Prevent Fraud offence broadens corporate exposure alongside existing bribery and FCPA risk?
  • Third-Party and Procurement Risk: As organisations become decentralised, how can investigations functions move beyond reactive fact-finding to play a more active role in remediation and prevention?
  • Supply Chain and Commodity Trading Investigations: How can compliance and investigations teams detect, investigate and respond to fraud, corruption, sanctions evasion and trade-based financial crime across complex, opaque and high-risk supply chains?

The forum concludes with networking drinks – an opportunity to connect with peers and specialists across the sector.

Registration from 1:30pm | Forum begins 2:00pm | Networking drinks from 5:30pm

 

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UK Regulatory Financial Investigations – Investigators, are you prepared?

April 2026 has brought significant changes to how the FCA initiates, conducts, and communicates investigations. Consumer Duty is now an active enforcement trigger. The revised Enforcement Guide has reset expectations around transparency and individual accountability. For investigators, compliance leads, and legal advisers operating in UK financial services, the margin for unpreparedness has narrowed considerably.

This free webinar session cuts through the complexity. You will leave with a better picture of what has changed, how it affects your organisation’s investigatory posture, and a practical checklist to benchmark your readiness against current FCA expectations.

  • Understand exactly how FCA investigations are being triggered in 2026 including the Consumer Duty dimension many organisations are underestimating
  • Get up to speed on the April 2026 Enforcement Guide changes and what greater transparency means for your organisation in practice
  • Assess your own readiness live, via two poll questions benchmarked against peers
  • Walk away with a practical readiness checklist

 

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Challenges to Corporate Investigations Survey Report

ACi and FRA have published a new report into the challenges investigators face.

 

Corporate investigations are under increasing pressure. Rising regulatory expectations, growing volumes of data, rapid technological change, and heightened stakeholder scrutiny are reshaping how investigations are conducted — often faster than organisations can adapt.

Based on input from more than 140 investigators across 42 countries and over two dozen industry sectors, this inaugural ACi–FRA benchmarking report provides a candid snapshot of the realities facing modern investigations functions.

 

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ACi Transport and Logistics Investigations Forum

The transport and logistics sector sits at the intersection of some of the most demanding and fast-moving regulatory environments in UK industry. Operators, investigators and compliance professionals face a landscape shaped by the Traffic Commissioner regime, the Health & Safety Executive, law enforcement, employment law, and an evolving patchwork of fraud prevention and anti-money laundering obligations, often all at once, and often following a single incident.

Whether you’re investigating a fatal road traffic collision, navigating an operator licence review, responding to a whistleblowing disclosure, or trying to get ahead of supply chain fraud risk, the pressures are real and the stakes are high. This Forum is designed specifically for the professionals doing that work.

About the Forum

This half-day ACi forum, kindly hosted by Weightmans, brings together investigators, compliance leads, legal professionals and industry figures for an afternoon of candid discussion, practical insight, and genuine peer connection.

There will be plenty of time for questions, and the evening closes with networking drinks so that conversations in can continue a more relaxed setting.

What’s on the Agenda

  • Opening keynote: a fireside conversation on evidence, decision-making and the regulatory landscape
  • Supply chain fragility and the evolving regulatory landscape: regulatory risk, failure to prevent fraud, and money laundering in the supply chain
  • One Incident, Three Regulators: a case study tracing a fatal transport incident through internal investigation, police and HSE intervention, legal professional privilege, and Traffic Commissioner proceedings
  • Who’s Behind the Wheel: a panel asking whether the industry is setting drivers up to fail, covering whistleblowing, driver welfare, technology, and the link between workplace stress and misconduct. Click here for the agenda

Who Should Attend

If your work touches transport compliance, driver conduct, supply chain integrity or regulatory enforcement, you’ll find the afternoon directly relevant. This forum brings together corporate investigators, fleet and compliance managers, legal and regulatory professionals, HR teams working in logistics, and risk and insurance specialists, all grappling with the same complex, high-stakes environment.

Equally importantly, you’ll be in a room full of peers who understand the specific pressures of this industry. That’s often worth as much as the agenda itself.

Practical Details

Wednesday, 18th November 2026 Registration from 1.30pm | Proceedings begin 2.00pm | Networking drinks 5.30pm – 7.30pm Weightmans Delegate fee: £99.00

 

 

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ACi Commodities Trading Investigations Forum

A trading firm is suddenly confronted with a fast‑moving compliance crisis. Regulators are asking questions, key decisions must be made under pressure, and critical facts are buried across emails, chats, company documents, the internet and third‑party records. The clock is running: preserve data, protect privilege, stabilize stakeholders, and rapidly understand what happened – being AI-assisted – before public misinformation and possible regulatory actions fill the gaps.

In this forum, we will walk through a realistic, end‑to‑end investigation journey – from “first hour” triage and governance, to AI‑assisted OSINT and rapid document review, to a live internal Subject witness interview and the boardroom decisions that follow. Expect interactive, scenario‑driven sessions showcasing practical resources, decision frameworks, and options you can apply immediately in commodities trading investigations.

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ACi Netherlands Investigators Forum 2026

Join your investigations colleagues for an afternoon of expert insight, high-level debate, and professional exchange at our Netherlands Forum in Amsterdam.

The programme will open with a keynote address from Tessa van Roomen, Netherlands Public Prosecutor, setting the stage with a practitioner’s perspective on the evolving landscape of corporate crime and regulatory enforcement.

The afternoon will then move into three dynamic panel discussions bringing together leading voices from law, compliance, and industry:

Panel One: Crisis Investigations – Corporate Risk in a Fragmented World will examine how organisations navigate complex investigations in an increasingly volatile and multi-jurisdictional environment. Panellists will include Professor Sharon Oded of Norton Rose Fulbright and Helen Ligeon-Klann, VP Legal Counsel for Legal Governance and Crisis Management at International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., a global leader in taste, texture, scent, nutrition and biotechnology with revenues exceeding $11 billion.

Panel Two:  The Enemy Within – Insider Risk and Corporate Espionage will explore the growing threat posed by insider actors, from data theft and sabotage to state-sponsored espionage, and the investigative and preventative strategies companies must deploy in response.

Panel Three: Speak Up or Stand Down – Robust Investigation and Anti-Retaliation Frameworks will tackle one of the most sensitive challenges in corporate investigations – building speak-up cultures that are credible, protective and legally sound.

The programme will conclude with a fireside chat with Yasmine Motarjemi, a former Nestle employee, turned whistleblower.

To view the full agenda, click here

The forum will close with networking drinks, providing delegates with the opportunity to connect with peers and speakers in a relaxed setting.

 

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This forum is designed for senior professionals operating at the intersection of law, compliance, and corporate risk, including:

  • Corporate investigators and forensic professionals responsible for leading or managing internal investigations, fraud detection, and due diligence
  • In-house legal and compliance teams including General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officers, and their teams navigating crisis management, whistleblowing frameworks, and regulatory exposure
  • External lawyers and advisers from law firms and consultancies advising clients on investigations, anti-corruption, insider risk, and corporate governance
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Challenges In Corporate Investigations: Survey Launch

Challenges in Corporate Investigations: Inaugural Survey Results Webinar | 29 April 2026

About this webinar

Corporate investigations are operating in an environment of accelerating complexity. AI is reshaping how evidence is gathered and analysed. Data privacy regulation is tightening. Investigative teams are stretched thin. And questions around independence are more pressing than ever.

To understand how the profession is navigating these pressures, the Association of Corporate Investigators (ACi), in together with Forensic Risk Alliance (FRA), is launching a dedicated benchmarking survey of the corporate investigations community, having gathered responses from over 140 investigators across 42 countries and 24 industry sectors.

Join us on 29 April as we present the full findings for the first time.

 

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What we’ll cover

  • The state of AI adoption in corporate investigations – the opportunities, the risks, and what investigators say they need to use it responsibly
  • Why capacity constraints are undermining investigation quality across organisations of all sizes
  • The stakeholder cooperation gap – and what governance structures are (and aren’t) helping
  • Emerging risks on the horizon: regulatory shifts, digital evidence challenges, and workforce change

Who should attend

This webinar is relevant to anyone involved in or responsible for corporate investigations, including professionals working in compliance, legal, HR, internal audit, and risk functions.

 

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The Anatomy of Investigative Failures – and How to Prevent Them

A Practical Two-Module Online Training Programme
2 × 90 Minutes
For In-House Investigators · Auditors · Lawyers ·
· HR Professionals ·

Even the most accomplished investigators sometimes get it wrong …

…. And this is what you can do about it to help protect you, and your organisation !

It’s a well-known fact – every year many organisations

  • reach inconclusive findings as a result of poor investigative process (not a lack of evidence)
  • lose employment tribunals when they are poorly prepared
  • suffer unnecessary regulatory enforcement actions and civil litigation because the investigation that followed was flawed.

Whether poorly scoped, using compromised or incorrect evidence, applying bias during interviews and/or producing Investigation Reports which don’t hold up to scrutiny, the failures are not a result of being able to uncover the truth, it was in “the process”.

The Association of Corporate Investigators has spent years reviewing investigations in every possible sector that went wrong: cases where reporters and whistleblowers weren’t taken seriously, where regulatory interventions exposed procedural gaps, and where the investigative process itself became the liability.

This unique and unrivalled programme distils that hard-won experience into two intensive, practical sessions designed to make your investigations defensible, proportionate, and fit for purpose.

 

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Who This Programme Is For

This training is built for the professionals who are called upon to investigate, or support / advise / audit / challenge related cases into workplace and corporate misconduct:

  • In-house investigators and compliance professionals who need clearly defined, structured, repeatable frameworks they can deploy under pressure
  • HR professionals who often manage grievances alongside investigations together with disciplinary processes and sensitive workplace matters where procedural fairness is non-negotiable
  • Lawyers and legal advisers supporting investigations or anticipating litigation, regulatory scrutiny, or tribunal challenge
  • Auditors and risk professionals assessing the quality, assurance and integrity of investigative processes within their organisations
  • Senior Leaders and Decision-Makers who are required to understand and navigate through investigation reports, recommendations and actions (and challenging where required to do so)

What the Programme Covers

Across two 90-minute online modules, you’ll work through the full lifecycle of a corporate investigation, from the moment a complaint lands on your desk to the final report, with a consistent focus on where things go wrong and how to stop them.

Module 1: The Foundations: Triage, Scoping and Evidence
Monday, 11th May 2026
10:00 – 11:30 UK time

The earliest decisions in an investigation are often the most consequential. This module examines the critical phase between receiving an allegation and triaging / assessing concerns before committing to a course of action. It also examines why mistakes made here tend to increase significant risks throughout the entire investigation process.

You’ll explore how to conduct effective triage, scope an investigation proportionately, and establish an audit trail that will withstand challenge. We examine the most common evidence-handling failures, including poor preservation, chain of custody gaps, and digital evidence pitfalls. We look at planning tools and risk assessment frameworks that keep investigations on track from day one.

Module 2: Interviews, Reports and Regulatory Scrutiny
Monday, 18th May
10:00 – 11:30 UK time

An investigation is only as strong as its conclusions, and conclusions are only as strong as the evidence and reasoning that support them. This module focuses on the stages where investigations most frequently unravel: the interviews conducted at every stage of an investigation through to the final investigation report, recommendations and actions.

Participants work through structured interviewing techniques, explore common failures in questioning and note-taking, and examine what fair, legally sound interview practice actually looks like. The module closes with a forensic look at investigative reports, including what regulators, tribunals, and legal teams look for, and how to produce findings that are clear, supported, and defensible.

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How the Programme is Delivered

This is a working programme, not a series of lectures. Insightful and inspirational thought leadership across both modules means that you’ll engage with:

  • Case studies drawn from real investigative failures across sectors
  • Scenario based learning which replicate the pressure of live investigations
  • Practical and helpful tools including investigation planning templates, scoping frameworks, interview checklists, and report structures aligned with regulatory and tribunal expectations
  • Workshop exercises many of which are built around the ACi GIR Corporate Investigators Handbook, key principles and applicable ISO frameworks.

The format is deliberately interactive. You’ll leave with tools and techniques you can put to work immediately.

What You’ll Take Away

By the end of both modules, participants will have a better understanding of  how to:

  • Triage and scope investigations proportionately, reducing the risk of scope creep and missed issues
  • Gather, preserve, and document evidence to a standard that withstands legal and regulatory challenge
  • Conduct structured, fair, and legally defensible interviews
  • Produce clear investigative reports that support robust decision-making and survive internal and external scrutiny
  • Identify the warning signs of an investigation that is going off the rails and intervene before the damage is done

Why the ACi

The Association of Corporate Investigators occupies a distinctive position: reviewing not just how investigations should be conducted, but studying in detail the cases where they weren’t. That insight into regulatory failure, whistleblower mismanagement, and procedural collapse  is what makes this programme different from standard investigative training. It is built on what actually goes wrong.

Places are limited. This programme is suited to in-house delivery for teams as well as open enrolment for individual practitioners.

Tickets:  £349

ACi Members: 314.10

 

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ACi Banking Investigators Forum

Join us for the ACi 2026 Banking Forum, a premier gathering of investigation professionals, legal experts, and senior leaders from across the financial services sector.

Taking place at Barclays Bank in Canary Wharf, this full-day forum brings together practitioners from some of the world’s leading financial institutions to examine the most pressing challenges facing banking investigations today. Through keynote conversations, expert presentations, and candid panel debates, delegates will explore how investigation functions are adapting to an environment of growing complexity, technological disruption, and evolving regulatory expectations.

This year’s agenda tackles the issues that matter most to the profession: designing investigation structures that can scale, integrating AI tools without sacrificing human judgment, navigating legal privilege, managing high-profile and sensitive cases in the public eye, and maintaining rigorous standards as the global enforcement landscape shifts. With speakers drawn from institutions including Lloyds Banking Group, NatWest, Citi, Morgan Stanley, and Wells Fargo, alongside leading KCs and independent experts, the forum offers a rare opportunity to benchmark practice, share hard-won experience, and engage in the kind of frank, peer-to-peer dialogue that drives real professional development.

Whether you lead an investigations team, advise on financial crime, or shape policy and governance, the ACi 2026 Banking Forum is the essential event for anyone serious about the future of banking investigations.

Date: 16 June 2026 Venue: Barclays, 1 Churchill Place E14 5HP

Location: Barclays, Canary Wharf

Format: Full-day in-person conference with networking opportunities

View the agenda and speaker line-up here.

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ACi Ireland Investigators Forum

Join us for the 2026 ACi Ireland Investigations Forum, a leading event for investigations professionals navigating the intersection between regulation, investigative practice and the use of technology.

As investigative and technological developments continue to reshape regulatory expectations and methodologies, this Forum will bring together practitioners, regulators and industry specialists to explore best practice, emerging trends and examine the practical implications for organisations.

The programme will feature a fireside chat with Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, Jim O’Callaghan TD, together with a series of expert-led panel discussions including:

  • Ian Drennan, Chief Executive Officer, Corporate Enforcement Authority
  • Peter Gallagher, Head of Enforcement, Central Bank of Ireland
  • Diarmuid Coen, General Counsel, Coimisiún na Meán

The agenda will address topics including regulatory horizon scanning, consumer and competition investigations, cross border enforcement considerations, and the use of contemporary investigative tools and technologies. Click here to view the agenda.

Whether you’re an investigator, legal practitioner, compliance professional,  or in-house counsel, this Forum offers essential insights into:

  • Regulatory priorities and enforcement trends for 2026–2027
  • Cross-border investigation considerations in Ireland and the EU
  • Role of competition law enforcement in investigations
  • Practical case studies of AI use in investigations
  • Governance and deployment of investigative technologies
  • What’s next for AI adoption in the investigations sector

Delegates will also benefit from networking opportunities to exchange perspectives and build connections across the investigation’s community.

Event Details
Date: Thursday, 14th May 2026
Time: 8:30am Registration | 9:00am Start | 1:00pm Lunch & Networking
Venue: Ten Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, D02 T380, Ireland
Host: Arthur Cox LLP
CPD: To be confirmed

This event will be held under the Chatham House Rule.

Registration is 99 Euros for internal investigators, 199 Euros for external (ie consultants, legal firms, service providers.)

 

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