ACi Training: Investigations Fundamentals

Our popular short course: Conducting Workplace Investigations is for those new to investigations. We are  running the course again in June/July 2025.

 

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Workshop 1: Investigation Fundamentals

🕤 Tuesday 24th June; 14:00 – 17:00 UK time, online Teams

This workshop introduces participants to:

✍🏻 Responding to whistleblower reports
✍🏻 Triaging, Assessment, Planning & Scoping
✍🏻 Investigation Principles
✍🏻 Relevant best practice and ISO frameworks
✍🏻 Introduction to gathering and assessing evidence
✍🏻 Cognitive Interviewing Models
✍🏻 Case Study

Workshop 2: Interviewing & Documentation

🕤 Tuesday 1st July 2025, 14:00 – 17:00 UK time

Covering key topics including:

✍🏻 Case Study review and planning
✍🏻 Communicating with (and managing) stakeholder expectations
✍🏻 Fundamentals of investigative interviewing
✍🏻 Memory, Recall and Non-Verbal Communication
✍🏻 Report writing essentials
✍🏻 Understanding thematic learning, process improvements and case closure

Workshop Learning Goals: These sessions aim to help participants:

✅ Understand the core components of workplace investigations
✅ Recognise typical challenges in the investigation process
✅ Learn about a structured six-step investigation approach
✅ Explore methods for gathering and assessing information
✅Develop foundational investigation planning skills
✅Gain an introduction to investigative interviewing principles

 

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

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Your trainer

Simon Scales, Chief Education & Training Officer, ACi

Mastering Internal Investigations: Leveraging eDiscovery Software for Effective Results

In today’s digital age, conducting thorough and effective internal investigations requires not only traditional investigative techniques but also the strategic use of eDiscovery software. This webinar will provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of the key principles and best practices for conducting internal investigations, with a special focus on leveraging eDiscovery tools.

 

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Topics covered will include:

  • The importance of internal investigations and their role in risk management
  • Steps to plan and initiate an investigation
  • Techniques for data mapping in identifying and harvesting relevant data
  • Best practices for using eDiscovery tools to manage and analyze large volumes of data
  • The evolving nature of what can be accessed from mobile devices
  • Ensuring confidentiality and legal compliance
  • Reporting results and implementing corrective actions

 

Join us to enhance your skills and knowledge, and ensure your organization is prepared to handle internal investigations with confidence and professionalism, utilizing the latest eDiscovery technology.

 

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Simon Kinzel, Director, Forensic Services EMEA, KLDiscovery

Simon Kinzel is the Director Forensic Services EMEA, at KLDiscovery and leads the team of 14 forensic consultants located in 3 countries within the EMEA region. Aside from the  dynamic and complex nature of coordinating data collection and onsite data filtering requirements throughout EMEA on a day-to-day basis, Simon’s role is to conduct and provide expert guidance in investigations ranging from high profile criminal prosecutions, to the complete range of disciplinary and civil litigation cases. Simon has extensive experience with a broad spectrum of criminal and data breach investigations, computer security compliance and auditing. With a military counter-intelligence background
specialising in information systems, document security, he is trained and certified in digital forensic examination techniques by various government, local and international law enforcement agencies.

Peter Tutton, Associate Managing Director, Nardello & Co LLC

Peter is a financial investigator and forensic accountant with expertise in fraud, financial crime, and regulatory review projects. Prior to joining Nardello & Co., Peter led complex international, high-profile, and politically sensitive banking fraud and money-laundering investigations. Having trained as an accountant with a Big Four accountancy firm, Peter has over 20 years’ experience within the consulting industry. His casework includes engagements working on global investigations, forensic audits and regulatory look-back reviews in UK & Ireland, EU, USA, Switzerland, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Africa and the Caribbean. His work is often used in litigation and arbitration proceedings, as well as regulatory enforcement actions and internal disciplinary procedures. His experience extends to providing anti-fraud and financial crime control and framework testing, remediation and compliance services for clients.

Anthony Merlino, Senior Consultant, Global Advisory Services & Strategic Client Solutions, KLDiscovery

Anthony Merlino has more than 29 years of accumulated legal, eDiscovery and computer forensics experience. As KLDiscovery’s Senior Consultant of Global Advisory Services & Strategic Client Solutions, Mr. Merlino is a member of KLD’s Advisory Services team and works consultatively with clients to develop and implement cost effective, efficient, defensible discovery, data governance and data privacy compliance strategies. Leveraging his experience in legal operations,
computer forensics and electronic discovery with his knowledge of current legal trends and technology associated with data management, Mr. Merlino designs defensible strategies and technology solutions to optimize client efficiencies in alignment with industry accepted practices

Vanessa McGoldrick, Counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK )LLP

Vanessa McGoldrick is a counsel in the White Collar Defense and Investigations team at Skadden London. Vanessa advises clients on a broad range of cross-border regulatory, criminal and civil investigations and financial crime matters, including bribery and corruption, money laundering, financial sanctions, fraud and tax evasion. Vanessa has represented clients before a range of U.K. prosecutors and regulators, including the Financial Conduct Authority, Serious Fraud Office, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Competition and Markets Authority, as well as advised clients facing parallel investigations and proceedings by other international regulators. She has conducted numerous internal investigations involving allegations of corporate misconduct and has completed a secondment to a major international bank’s financial crime (legal) team.

 

Ben Fielding, Director, Business Development, KLDiscovery

Ben specialises in driving growth and forging strategic partnerships within the legal technology sector. With 18 years of experience in business development and a deep understanding of eDiscovery, Ben combines industry expertise with a proven track record of delivering innovative solutions to meet client needs. Ben advises clients on the management of data and the use of technology in cyber incident response, litigation, arbitration, internal or regulatory investigations, data subject access requests and contract lifecycle management fostering long-term relationships with law firms, corporate legal teams, insurers and government agencies.

 

 

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The Right Questions, The Right Results: Mastering the Art of AI Prompting for Investigations

Great investigations start with great questions. When working with AI, how you phrase your prompts can mean the difference between a breakthrough insight and a missed opportunity. But how do you craft an effective prompt? How can you be sure AI understands exactly what you need?

With Relativity aiR for Review, the process is seamless. This generative AI solution helps refine your prompt criteria, making it easier than ever to get precise, relevant results.

In this webinar, we’ll demonstrate how prompting in aiR for Review works and give you tips and tricks for engineering the perfect prompt for your next investigation.

You’ll learn:

  • How to structure clear and precise investigation-specific queries
  • Techniques for breaking down complex investigative tasks
  • Common prompt pitfalls and how to avoid them

 

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ACi Netherlands Investigators Forum

Our first event for investigators based in The Netherlands and the surrounding region. The afternoons features an exciting agenda with plenty of networking time.

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

 

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ACi Pharma Investigations Forum

Hosted by Baker McKenzie the ACi Pharma Investigations Forum will explore key trends and learning points for at investigations in the pharma and life sciences industries. We will discuss insider threats & protecting IP and data, the risk landscape, sanctions investigations and trends in pharma investigations.

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Global Investigations in Life Sciences: Strategies for Mitigating Risk and Ensuring Compliance

The life sciences and pharmaceutical industry faces unique challenges in managing compliance and navigating risks across borders. In this insightful webinar, sponsored by Control Risks,  we will delve into some of the most pressing issues impacting the sector today.

Our experts will explore:

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

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

 

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Ashu Sharma, ACi Executive Committee

Ashu Sharma

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

 

 

Tristan Grimmer, Partner, Baker McKenzie

Tristan Grimmer

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

 

Martina Rozumberkova, Principal, Control Risks

Martina Rozumberkova

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

 

 

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

Whitney Potts

Whitney Potts is an accomplished and agile global risk, compliance and legal professional currently serving as the Deputy Head of Global Security and Head of Global Security Investigations at Novartis International. As the Global Security Head of Investigations for Novartis, Whitney oversees a team of expert investigators around the world who investigate allegations of high-risk misconduct and recommend remediation actions. Previously, she held senior roles including as Head of Ethics, Risk & Compliance as well as Head of Legal, Oncology for the region covering Asia, Middle East, Africa and China at Novartis Pharmaceuticals, where she was responsible for the legal and compliance aspects of region-wide strategies, programs and initiatives and developing and delivering the Ethics, Risk & Compliance program, supervising regional enterprise risk assessments (anti-bribery, third party), compliance audits, monitoring, and remediation of issues including those from internal investigations. Whitney is a Certified Fraud Examiner, licensed attorney and a graduate of Columbia Law School in New York.

 

 

 

 

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ACi India 2025: Compliance Counsels and Investigators

The evolving landscape of corporate crime and misconduct in India has led to significant regulatory and legal changes and collaborative efforts among stakeholders. In our event we look at the key considerations for investigators, so that we can mitigate current challenges and proactively address future risk trends, ensuring the stability and integrity of Indian businesses in the years to come.

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Please note this is an invitation only event. Places prioritised for senior investigators and compliance professionals.

 

Registration for the event is now closed.

If you would like to request a last minute place, please contact:

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Using Research Tools & OSINT to Enhance Your Investigations

This webinar explores how modern research tools and Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) can revolutionise investigative processes. Learn how to efficiently gather, analyse, and apply critical information to uncover insights and make informed decisions. Featuring innovative strategies and cutting-edge tools, the session is tailored for investigators, analysts, and professionals seeking to enhance their methodologies with powerful, accessible resources. Join us to discover how these solutions can optimise your investigations and deliver actionable results.

 

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Kevin Weekes, CEO, Zenrs

Kevin brings over 30 years of experience in intelligence and investigations, serving national and international agencies in roles spanning criminal investigation, surveillance, and covert operations. He has led the design and delivery of national training standards for multiple intelligence agencies and now heads a business providing intelligence and security solutions to public and private sectors. Specialising in threat and risk intelligence with a focus on OSINT, SOCMINT, and cyber capabilities, Kevin is known for innovative problem-solving, resilience, and delivering actionable insights to empower decision-makers.

 

 

Tom Galpin, Senior Enterprise Account Executive

Tom Galpin is a Senior Enterprise Account Executive at vLex, Tom manages the UK and Ireland Investigations accounts and delivering cutting-edge legal research solutions.. With extensive experience in sales and client management, Tom helps legal professionals and organisations streamline workflows using vLex’s advanced research platform and Generative AI tools. Known for his consultative approach and deep understanding of the intersection between legal tech and investigative processes, Tom is dedicated to fostering innovation and achieving measurable results for his clients.

 

 

Brad McGrath, ExCo Committee Member, ACi

Brad is Global Head of Compliance Conduct & Ethics for Shell Trading and Supply now based in London having worked in the U.S and Singapore. He 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.

 

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OSINT: A Game Changer for the Corporate Investigator’s Toolkit

Join our free webinar to discuss all things OSINT! Sponsored by Tadaweb, we will be looking at the evolving landscape of OSINT in corporate investigations, how OSINT platforms can distil large data sets into actionable intelligence, and the role of automation and AI in OSINT. We will also discuss the legal boundaries in OSINT and the importance of using compliant platforms.

 

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Steve Young, ACi

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

 

Jill Sanborn, Tadaweb

Jill Sanborn is a geopolitical risk, investigations and intelligence leader who brings decades of experience in both the public & private sector, helping businesses navigate today’s global risk environment.

Jill served nearly 24 years in the FBI rising to become the Executive Assistant Director of the National Security Branch representing the FBI on all national security matters. In previous roles Jill served as the Assistant Director of the Counterterrorism Division where she oversaw thousands of terrorism investigations and also held a senior leadership role as a deputy director with the CIA.

As a career-long advocate of the importance of partnerships, Jill routinely collaborates with peers across the law enforcement and intelligence communities, academia, and the private sector to create a network of community engagement.

 

Euan Crawford, Tadaweb

Euan Crawford is the Director of Intelligence Innovation at Tadaweb, where he is recognised as a leading authority in extracting actionable insights from publicly available information (PAI). Euan has spearheaded initiatives that advance multi-source data fusion while upholding the highest legal and ethical standards.

Prior to joining Tadaweb, Euan led open-source intelligence efforts across both public and private sectors, with a particular emphasis on integrating disruptive technologies.

Beyond his role at Tadaweb, Euan is a British Army Reserve officer, with service experience in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is also the co-founder of TechVets, a non-profit organisation committed to bridging the gap between military veterans and the tech industry, fostering a new generation of technologically adept leaders.

 

Rory Horgan

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

 

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Online Immersive Workshop: Introduction to Conducting Workplace Investigations

Our popular short course for those new to investigations is running again in March 2025

Workshop 1: Assess and Conduct an Investigation

18th March 2025
9.30 am – 12.30 pm

Working through a case study we will look at:

Managing and responding to a Whistleblower
Preparing an Investigation Plan
Collecting and evaluating evidence

Workshop 2: Investigative Interviewing & Report Writing

25th March 2025
9.30 am – 12.30 pm

Engaging and reporting to stakeholders
Investigative Interviewing
Report writing
Controls & Process gaps, remediation, and case closure.

At the end of the workshops attendees will be able to:

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

 

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

Click this link to view a short video with real delegate feedback.

Your trainer

Simon Scales, Chief Education & Training Officer, ACi