Roger Darvall-Stevens is a Partner and Head of Fraud & Forensic Services at RSM Australia. He has over 30 years of experience in forensic accounting, forensic investigations of a range of matters (i.e. fraud, bribery, corruption, financial crime, and workplace improper conduct such as bullying and harassment), fraud and corruption control (prevention including training, detection, response, and foreign bribery and corruption compliance), forensic technology (forensic IT and forensic data analytics), operation of whistleblower reporting avenues and management advice, and forensic due diligence open-source intelligence (OSINT) searching.
Roger is MBA and MA (Criminology) qualified among other tertiary qualifications, a licensed investigator in multiple locations across Australia and Australian Government security clearance, a former police detective (which included the fraud squad, and counter-terrorism), a CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner) and Authorised Trainer and Regent Emeritus Regent Emeritus (global Board member 2012-2013) of the global Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), and trained and practiced in advanced interview techniques. Prior to RSM, he was a Partner in forensics for a ‘Big 4’ firm (EY) where I was for 13 years, and also previously held similar roles in the private sector for Ford Motor Company of Australia in investigations and loss control, and AAMI Insurance as investigations manager responsible for identifying, investigating and resolving potentially fraudulent insurance claims. He regularly presents at international and local conferences and seminars, and has authored related articles and publications.