KEYNOTE SPEECH ON FRAUD

David Cafferty 

David Cafferty FCMA CGMA MCSI CFE has over 25 years experience in the fields of forensic accounting, corporate governance, financial crime prevention, compliance, and anti-money laundering. He is a police-trained financial investigator and fraud investigator, and is a Chartered Management Accountant and a Certified Fraud Examiner. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), Technical Advisory Group (specialising in financial crime and money laundering); a member of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment; and a member of the UK Fraud Advisory Panel. He is also a member of the European Corporate Governance Institute, and Hawkamah – the Institute of Corporate Governance, and is registered as an “expert” with the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He has also written a number of books on Fraud Risk Management and Anti-Money Laundering, as well as developing a Fraud Risk Management Model, which was recommended for use by the United Nations.

His professional activities includes Big-4 forensic experience and 5 years with the third largest Fraud Squad in the UK , acting as a regulated Compliance Officer & Money laundering reporting officer, and a number of years acting as a trainer, investigator and consultant in the fields of forensic accounting, bribery & corruption, corporate governance, financial crime prevention, compliance, and money laundering. Specialist assignments include criminal investigations of serious or complicated frauds in many business sectors, and the development of whistle-blowing systems and conduct of fraud risk assessments in many parts of the world. Non-criminal assignments include a wide range of civil litigation matters and the provision of advice on corporate governance issues to a wide range of organisations. Industry experience includes local and central government, law enforcement (in the UK and Overseas), professional bodies, oil and gas, real estate, communications, IT, healthcare, energy, hospitality, manufacturing, construction, financial services, leisure, and transport.

David is also an experienced trainer, with accreditation from the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment, the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists and the International Finance Corporation/Global Corporate Governance Forum.