I am a Director, Investigations, Integrity & Forensics I Forensic Accounting, at Hall Chadwick Melbourne Chartered Accountants, as a leader and expert of forensics & integrity services, governance / risk / compliance (GRC), in Australia. I have over 35 years of experience in forensics, with services to clients either through law firms or direct with private sector or public sector government (Commonwealth, State and local municipal) clients including investigations of all types of alleged impropriety (fraud, bribery and corruption, workplace issues including bullying, harassment, etc.), forensic accounting, fraud / financial crime / bribery / corruption / workplace misconduct control (foundational elements, prevention, detection including whistleblower / PID programs and welfare advice, response), forensic data procedures (e.g. digital forensics, fraud data analytics, forensic due diligence or open-source intelligence or OSINT searches), compliance advice and reviews (incl. foreign bribery / ABAC, AML/CTF, probity advisory, regulatory court enforceable undertakings, modern slavery laws, underpayment of wages laws), and a range of miscellaneous governance, risk and compliance reviews (e.g. AI integrity review, corporate or personal physical security assessments).
Initially my career starting in policing in the Victoria Police as a uniform police person and then a detective in areas of Criminal Investigation Units, and squads of the fraud squad, drug squad and a counter-terrorist squad. I was a Partner in forensics at RSM Australia for 11 years, similarly with a ‘Big 4’ firm EY for 13 years, and also previously held similar roles in anti-fraud and investigations in the private sector for Ford Motor Company of Australia, and AAMI Insurance. I regularly present at international and local conferences / seminars and have authored related articles and publications.
I am MBA and MA (Criminology) qualified, a licensed investigator where required, Australian Government security clearance, a CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner) and Authorised Trainer and Regent Emeritus (global Board member 2012-2013) of the global Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), affiliate member of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ), founding member of the AIPI (Australian Institute of Professional Investigators), member of AWI (Association of Workplace Investigators), member of ACAMS (Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists), and trained and practiced in advanced interview techniques.