Independent fraud consultant, expert in external fraud risk, identity and biometrics.
A Certified Fraud Examiner, and Chartered Administrator, Marchand has extensive expertise in fraud prevention, detection, security and authentication in the banking and telecom industries as well as the technology sector with more than 16 years of experience in the field. He held senior leadership positions at Vancouver-based GeoComply as their VP of Product Management - Risk, then VP of Fraud & Risk Strategy, after a few years as Nuance’s (now Microsoft) Chief Fraud Prevention Officer and Director of Product Management for the Security & Biometrics division. Prior to these strategic roles in the technology industry, he held key fraud management positions at Montreal-based Laurentian Bank, at Bell Canada, and at Québec’s Order of Chartered Administrators, where he managed its professional inspection program.
As senior fraud expert and independent consultant, he helps design fraud prevention technology that disrupt criminal operations and facilitate fraud investigations for a variety of industries. He collaborates with organizations and associations from all over the world to help better understand current and upcoming fraud risks and design prevention strategies in collaboration with anti-fraud teams from various industries. He regularly shares his expertise in various conferences and with associations around the world and also regularly speaks on fraud risks and the ethical use of fraud prevention technology in the media.