Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka resumed her career as an aspirant prosecutor in 2004 and left the National Prosecuting Authority in 2016 as a Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions after 10 years of her 12 years of prosecutions and executive management at the High Court level.

She thereafter was employed as the Special Advisor to the Ministers for the Department of Public Service and Administration; Department of Home Affairs and Department of Finance in the republic of South Africa respectively – with a specific focus in the areas of administration, legal, legislation and policy development, strategy, compliance and governance. Adv. Gcaleka, served on the Committee of Enquiry probing the state of affairs of municipalities across Gauteng. She has also served on various boards and is currently a board member of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI), a member of the United Nations Working Group of the International Ombudsman Institute and is the Chairperson of the African Ombudsman Research Centre (AORC). She is also the co-drafter of the Africa Peer Review Mechanism South African, Charter of the National General Council. Advocate Gcaleka, the Public Protector of South Africa now spans just over 19 years of legal experience.

She is the former first black female National Chairperson of the Society of State Advocates. Adv. Gcaleka holds a LLB Degree from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and a LLM with her dissertation titled “Impact of the financial intelligence centre act and the risk-based approach on the closing of bank accounts” in Commercial Law from the University of Johannesburg. She is currently doing her second Masters in Cyber Security. She is now the Public Protector of the Republic of South Africa.

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Jaco has built a distinguished career in the fields of legal advisory, risk management, forensic auditing, and fraud examination, spanning across various esteemed organisations in the financial and insurance sectors. He commenced his professional journey at ABSA Bank, where he identified potential fraud, provided strategic guidance on debt recovery, and managed financial statistics. He then worked as a Claims Assistant, Internal Auditor/Risk Investigator, and Senior Quality Control Officer at the Road Accident Fund, where he refined his expertise in risk assessment, internal auditing, and quality control. Jaco's career culminated in his role as a Senior Forensic Auditor: Risk Management at Hollard Assurance, where he led investigations into financial irregularities and provided expert insights on legal and compliance matters.

His impactful leadership and strategic vision were further demonstrated during his tenure as the inaugural CEO of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners South Africa Chapter (ACFE SA). Under his stewardship, the organisation experienced remarkable growth in membership and service delivery, culminating in the official recognition of ACFE SA as the sole internationally recognised professional body in the forensic industry. He is recognised as a thought leader and frequently speaks on international platforms about forensic auditing, risk management, and fraud examination.

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Stephanie Ora has been fighting financial crime for over 10 years and is the Global Lead for Financial Crimes Analytics at SAS Institute. She works with organisations globally to adopt and implement artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions to fight financial crime, including rule/scenario tuning, segmentation, predictive modeling, network and text analytics. She also works directly with Product Management and R&D teams to identify and prioritise financial crimes analytics use cases and requirements to bring to the market.

Prior to her role at SAS, Stephanie worked as a financial crime investigator for global banks and has first-hand operational experience on transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, customer onboarding & due diligence processes.

She worked as a management consultant and had lead advisory and project management roles for financial crimes risk assessments, financial crime analytics and global AML compliance & fraud management system rollouts and process/policy improvements, where she had experience in working with multiple stakeholders and regulators globally.

Stephanie loves to travel and is a big foodie. She has lived in the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Denmark and is now based in Sweden – and living and working in these countries has made her appreciative and even more curious about different cultures and in thriving in multi-cultural environments.

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Kevin West is a Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mr West is the Forensic & Litigation Consulting segment head as well as the Financial Services/Financial Crime Compliance leader for the segment. Mr West is considered an expert in these domains.

Mr West was previously a partner with KPMG Forensic (South Africa) heading up the AML and ABC service line for Africa. He worked for KPMG for 15 years. After leaving KPMG in 2013, Mr West was the Head of Financial Crime Compliance for Barclays Africa being responsible for approximately 12 countries on the continent. He held this role for 2 years. In 2015, Kevin joined the FirstRand Group to head up their Financial Crime Operations (including the Financial Crime Intelligence Unit). He has been working for FTI Consulting for the past 7 years. During his career, Kevin has worked in various jurisdictions across the world, namely London, Dubai, Russia, US, and all Southern Africa countries.
Mr West has held Board memberships on the ACFE (SA Chapter); and ACAMS (SA Chapter).

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Sonny Luypaert, CFE, RFA, PI, MBA is President of ACFE Belgium, Certified ACFE Trainer and a Partner & Director of Triple-S Consulting. Sonny is an executive leader with +25 years of experience in finance, controlling, process improvements and corporate governance for multinational organisations.

She has worked in banking, insurance, consulting, healthcare, FMCG and production environments and cooperated with captains of industry at, amongst others, Accenture, The Boston Consulting Group and Baxter Healthcare. She has held roles as Director, CFO, Secretary of the board and Regional controller, ensuring continuity of the business and improvement of processes and workflows, coaching and empowering individuals, working towards collaboration while implementing change projects. Throughout her career, Sonny investigated several fraud cases, but her passion is to help prevent fraud.

As an advisor, Sonny assists organisations in sustainably optimising their internal operations, ensuring their strategy and vision are widely supported, fraud risks are reduced, and they evolve into self-governing and successful companies. She developed her own business strategy, the ARROW-model, as the key to optimal results.

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Bharist Harrilall is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist holding an Advanced CAMS in Risk Management. A seasoned financial crime professional, a certified financial crime professional spending a number of years as a financial crime compliance officer with specialty in Sanctions, TF/PF, Investment Banking, and in more recent years blockchain and crypto. Most recently taken up the role as Head of Suspicious Activity Monitoring and Payment Screening.

Previously part of Deloitte Forensics Financial Crime both locally and in the UAE focusing on various aspects of financial crime but mainly sanctions/TF and pre-inspection and gap assessments.

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Lionel has more than 37 years' experience in forensic and legal services. He specialises in all aspects of business crime investigations, including financial crime and compliance, forensic data and analytics, digital forensics and eDiscovery, cyber forensics, and investigations.

Lionel joined Webber Wentzel as a Director in forensic services after a 25-year career at PwC of which 22 years were as a Partner. Prior to 1998, he had a 10-year career in the Department of Justice as a Public Prosecutor, acting Magistrate, State Advocate and Senior State Advocate. Lionel has also served in the Office for Serious Economic Offences as a Senior State Advocate where he investigated economic crime.

He also has extensive experience in managing, investigating and prosecuting economic crime, money laundering, general fraud as well as a range of other fraud/corruption-related matters in the Private and Public Sector space including State Owned Enterprises. Lionel has for example been involved in the well published Arms procurement investigation, the investigation following the administration of the Department of Health in Limpopo and the investigation relating to the corporate scandal, Steinhoff. Lionel has also managed large investigations with various workstreams in different jurisdictions including the wider Africa region and Europe.

Lionel has testified at various forums and has vast litigation experience and prosecuted numerous economic crime matters in the various Courts including the Appellate Division of the High Court of South Africa.

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Stanford Hatlani, is a seasoned Financial Intelligence practitioner and who has spent over a decade in the field of Financial Intelligence, security, governance, and anti-corruption in Southern Africa. He is a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and holds a BCom Hons Degree in Financial Intelligence from Bindura University of Science Education. He specialises in Security, Fraud Risk Management and conducting investigations. His experience in Fraud Risk Management and conducting investigations include:

• Conducting fraud risk strategy assessments in government and other sectors where he identified gaps in fraud prevention, detection, and response initiatives for the different entities.
• Performing fraud risk workshops and compiling fraud risk registers for various Government entities.
• Conducting fraud audits on key processes that have been identified as high fraud risk areas in Government entities.
• Compiling fraud prevention plans and strategies, including fraud response plans for various clients.
• Investigations of various irregularities and misconduct at Financial Services concerns, Government entities and the Training and Skills Development sector.
• Assisting external audit teams with the requirements of ISA 240 “The Auditor’s Responsibilities Relating to Fraud in an Audit of Financial Statements”. This entails identifying fraud risk areas regarding fraudulent financial reporting and misappropriation of assets and conducting consultations with key management regarding company fraud exposures.
• Stanford Hatlani has facilitated anti-money laundering, fraud risk and security workshops and compiled fraud risk registers on processes that include, Finance, Procurement, HR and IT security.

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Steven is the author of several accredited journal articles. His research interests are audit fees, mandatory audit firm rotation and audit reform. Steven has five degrees and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1987 after serving 2 years in the South African Air Force. Steven played 7 test matches for the South African indoor soccer team. He was previously a professor at Rhodes University, University of the Witwatersrand and Monash University. He obtained his doctorate in business administration from the University of KwaZulu Natal in 2003.

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Dr Cunden Rengassamy is a Chartered Certified Accountant from United Kingdom for more than 33 years and graduated as Certified Fraud Examiner in 2011.

He is the Managing Partner of his own accounting practice, RC PARTNERS LP, in Mauritius engaging in accounting, auditing, taxation and forensic investigations. He has carried out assignments internationally in countries such as, France, Georgia, Burundi, Rwanda and Zimbabwe.

He has obtained a doctorate in financial management from the European International University.

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Tanya is an Advocate of the High Court and CEO of Tokiso Dispute Settlement (Pty) Ltd. She has deep experience and a special interest in presiding over matters concerning workplace discrimination, fraud and corruption, particularly at an executive level.

Tanya is a Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) internationally accredited commercial mediator (UK), a member of the Institute of Commercial Forensic Practitioners (ICFP), an associate member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), and certified by the Association of Workplace Investigations (USA).

Tanya previously chaired the Environmental Monitoring Committee during the construction of the Medupi Power Station and is also a mediator and arbitrator on the dispute resolution panel of the Department of Environmental Affairs (National Environmental Management Act, Chapter 4).

Tanya is currently chair of the Board of Futurelect. She previously sat on the Board of the Ombudsman for Banking Services. Tanya was previously Vice President of the South African Society of Labour Law (SASLAW) and the President of the Gauteng Chapter and was awarded honorary membership to SASLAW. She previously sat on the National Dispute Settlement Practitioners Council at the University of Stellenbosch. She has overseen large dispute resolution projects in multiparty environments, including but not limited to the mining, construction, professional services and insurance industries.

Tanya has acted in the Labour Court.

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Mario Fazekas is a Certified Fraud Examiner and training assessor accredited with Fasset.

He has over 25 year’s fraud risk management experience, including 12 years at Exactech, a digital forensic company, and 6 years in the forensic department of E&Y, where he headed up the fraud prevention function for Transnet, their largest global internal audit client.

Mario has provided fraud risk management solutions, such as anti-fraud training, ethics risk assessments, and fraud surveys, for organisations in the USA, Canada, France, Mauritius, and throughout most of southern, central, and east Africa.

He is a sought-after speaker who has delivered hundreds of fraud awareness presentations, while training thousands of client employees in both the public and private sectors. He is also a fraud and ethics CPD course presenter for the ACFE SA, IIA-SA, IoDSA, and SAICA.

Mario is currently the owner of AuditLink Training & Consulting.

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• Marcia Matabane is a strong audit professional who began her auditing career at Auditor general of South Africa (AGSA) in 2011 as a trainee auditor and has progressed all the way to her current role as an Audit manager. She holds a BCom Accounting degree from the University of Free State, Postgraduate Diploma in Internal Auditing from UNISA and is a qualified Registered Government Auditor (RGA) and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).
• Marcia was inspired to pursue her CFE studies after the AGSA amended the Public Audit Act which introduced the Material Irregularity (MI) process. - “I deemed it necessary and pertinent to equip myself with a broader knowledge and understanding of investigative techniques and legal issues.”
• She has demonstrated expertise in preventing financial and procurement fraud by identifying and reporting any fraud indicators discovered during an audit. The potential fraud indicators include unusual transactions, inconsistencies in data, conflict of interest in procurement management and discrepancies between the financial statements and the underlying documentation.
• Marcia has also identified irregularities that resulted in financial losses, which she managed to effectively follow up through the AGSA MI process until full recoverability- A proud moment!
• As a fraud fighter, Marcia envisions an Africa with a low rate of fraud and believes it takes ethics, continuous awareness and the ability to hold each other accountable.
• When she's not working, Marcia can be found conquering mountain after mountain, a hiking fanatic at heart!

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Lee Naik serves as the Chief Executive Officer of TransUnion Africa, where he stands as a prominent figure in the continent's digital and technology transformation landscape. With oversight of a diverse portfolio spanning 8 countries, Lee plays a pivotal role in collaborating with governments and businesses to drive digital and financial inclusion initiatives, catalysing Africa's economic growth trajectory.

Drawing from over two decades of experience, Lee's tenure as the former Managing Director of Accenture Digital underscores his commitment to assisting organisations in navigating the complexities of digital transformation amidst evolving landscapes.

Beyond his executive role, Lee garners global recognition as a distinguished technology commentator and speaker. His insights have earned him accolades, including acknowledgment as an official influencer in the esteemed LinkedIn Top Voice awards. Moreover, Lee champions diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, earning accolades such as being voted among the top Inclusive leaders on the continent by the Gender Mainstreaming Awards.

Lee's academic credentials include a Bachelor of Computer Science, complemented by a PgDip in Futures Studies, earned with distinction (cum laude). His academic pursuits reflect his dedication to staying at the forefront of emerging trends and innovative practices within the digital realm.

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Richard J. Goldstone was a judge in South Africa for 23 years, the last nine as a Justice of the Constitutional Court. Since retiring from the bench he taught as a visiting professor in a number of United States and European Law Schools. He chaired the Independent Expert Review Group established in December 2019 by the Assembly of States Parties to re-view the International Criminal Court and Rome Statue system. He is a deputy chair of Integrity Initiatives International and chairs its International Anti-Corruption Court Treaty Drafting Committee. From August 1994 to September 1996 he was the chief prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. He is an honorary Bencher of the Inner Temple, London and an honorary fellow of St. John’s College, Cambridge. He is an honorary member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and an international honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is an honorary life member of the International Bar Association and Honorary President of its Human Rights Institute.

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Chris Du Toit is the Head of Anti-Financial Crimes at Xapo, the world's first bank to combine traditional banking with crypto by offering US Dollar and Bitcoin accounts in one place. His team is responsible for preventing fraud, money laundering and terror financing.

Prior to Xapo, Chris worked at Luno, a global cryptocurrency exchange where his team was responsible for investigating and preventing cryptocurrency fraud and scams across Africa, Europe, South East Asia and the US.

With over 7 years’ experience investigating fraud, corruption and other financial crimes in the Cryptocurrency industry, Chris is one of the foremost experts on Cryptocurrency financial crimes in South Africa.

Chris serves on the ACFE Regional Shadow Committee and is a Certified Fraud Examiner with the ACFE.

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Ben Theron, a Certified Fraud Examiner, stands as a seasoned Operations Executive with three decades of Operations experience. He has attained a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Pretoria. His professional journey spans over various sectors, including telecommunications, electronic tolling, Civil Service and forensic investigations.

Noteworthy accomplishments of Ben’s career includes; conception and establishment of the Gauteng Freeway Tolling system, he contributed to the strategic redirection of the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA), transforming it into a formidable force dedicated to combating corruption and advocating for change, reengineering and repositioning of the Eskom Forensic Investigations Unit.

He heads up The Whistleblower House which has supported a total 297 whistleblowers since February 2022.

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Pursed a career in Law Enforcement as a Detective Investigating Officer and later joined Ramathe Fivaz Forensic & Investigative Auditing Accounting Services as a Forensic Consultant, after which I joined the FirstRand Group - First National Bank and held several positions: Head of Intelligence and Organized Crime, Head of Crime and Investigations, Head of Fraud Risk Management and Group Physical Security, Head of Business Assurance, Head of Operations and Strategic Enablement.

Due to the nature of my role I had active participation as Chairperson or member in various Committees and Steercos: Group Fraud Risk Management Committee, Group Physical Security Committee, Safety and Security Committee, Oversight Committee, South Africa Banking Risk Information Centre, Financial Crime Steering Committee, Africa International Committee, National Priority Crimes Committee, National Operations Committee, Principal Committee, Intelligence and Information Forum, Application Fraud Forum, DHA - Online Fingerprint Verification Steerco, BankServ, South African Fraud Prevention Services, ACFE Intelligence Committee and South African Cyber Fraud Task Team.

Qualifications and studies include Policing, Forensic Investigation, Criminal Justice and Forensic Investigation, Cyber law, LLB, Disruptive Strategy, Managing the Company of the Future, FinTech and the Transformation in Financial Services, Fintech Risk Management and AI Technology.

Current focus is the use of AI technology in enhancing the criminal justice system, AI driven insights and applications in criminal investigations and prosecution, and that evidence is used in a manner that respects the due process rights of individuals.

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Sani is a senior lecturer at the University of South Africa, specialising in computer assisted audit techniques and, in particular, the identification of fraud using data analysis. She is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a Certified Fraud Examiner with several years of practical experience at Deloitte Forensic Services prior to joining academia. Her PhD research focused on the potential of risk and uncertainty to combat money laundering and its predicate crimes, building on the theoretical domains of complexity science, decision science and criminology.

In her free time Sani escapes from the complexities, uncertainties and ambiguity of life through spending time in nature, horse riding, mountain biking, camping and having regular ‘braais’ with friends and family.

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Manuel Caldeira is a Forensics & Integrity Services Associate Partner at EY, based in Sandton. With over 25 years of experience in audit and consulting, Manuel has dedicated 12 years to forensic services, honing his expertise in financial crime and fraud risk management. He is driven by EY's mission to building a better working world, striving to create an environment free from the devastating effects caused by financial crime not only for EY’s clients but also for all the future generations in Africa.

Manuel's leadership was instrumental in the growth of EY Mozambique's audit practice from 2006 to 2011. His extensive travel across over 20 African countries has enriched his understanding of diverse financial landscapes, fuelling his ambition to explore the entire continent.

Currently, Manuel leads the EY South Africa Forensics Financial Crime team, that is currently contributing to EY's largest Financial Crime Consulting Project for a major global bank's annual KYC Refresh process. His expertise also extends to supporting numerous African banks with KYC and financial crime services.

A Chartered Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner, and Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, Manuel's credentials reflect his commitment to excellence and integrity in his field.

On a personal note, Manuel is a family man, cherishing his role as a husband and father to a 13-year-old daughter. His personal and professional journeys are intertwined, as he envisions a world where his daughter and all children of Africa can thrive, free from the perils of financial crime.

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Pieter is the Acting Executive Manager of the Shared Forensic Capability Division (SFC) at the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC). In this role, he leads the SFC, focusing on complex financial crime cases and producing evidence for court proceedings. The primary goal is to conduct thorough financial transaction analyses to support law enforcement agencies in disrupting and prosecuting criminal networks, including those involved in money laundering and terrorist financing.

Previously, Pieter held various management positions in the Monitoring and Analysis Division of the FIC for over 12 years, including Acting Executive Manager. This division analyses financial information to detect illicit activities, collaborating with law enforcement, intelligence agencies, and the private sector.

With over 20 years of experience in law enforcement, including roles in the South African Police Service's Commercial Crime Unit and as Director for Priority Crime Investigation, Pieter specialises in serious commercial and financial crimes. Before joining the FIC, he worked in Deloitte and Touche's Risk Advisory Forensic Services. He holds a Master's degree in Forensic Accountancy and certifications as a Forensic Practitioner (FP) SA, Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).

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Corradino has 20 + years’ experience in security and fraud management, payment security and protection of critical infrastructures. Corradino has been responsible for the implementation of proactive and reactive security strategies, the coordination of anti-fraud operations as well as the management of large teams of cyber security professionals. Corradino other experience includes Business Continuity Management, Risk Management and Compliance.

Corradino has an Electronic Engineering Degree from "Università degli Studi dell'Aquila" and an MBA from "University of Warwick - Warwick Business School"; he also obtained the following certifications: CFE- Certified Fraud Examiner (ACFE), CBCP - Certified Business Continuity Professional (DRII) and CISM - Certified Information Security Manager (ISACA).

Corradino works in MTN Group as General Manager for Information Security Strategy, Architecture and Technical Excellence; previously he worked as CISO and DPO for large telcos, banks and a couple of digital startups.

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Japie Nel worked with NQF related issues since 1994. He was part of the National Training Board with the Minister of Labour in the development of a National Training Strategy for South Africa. Out of consultation with Unions and Employer Organisations, the NQF was proposed. In 1998, he joined SAQA as the coordinator of one of the National Standards Bodies.

In April 2000, he started his own business where he consulted with Sector Education Authorities (SETAs), Higher Education Providers (Public and Private), skills development providers and other stakeholders in relation to qualifications development, quality assurance processes and other NQF and skills development processes.

Japie also worked in the Kingdom of Bahrain, in the Middle East, where he was involved in the development of qualifications, policies and procedures, recognition of prior learning, and accreditation of providers and qualifications. After his stint in Bahrain, he rejoined SAQA in 2018, serving under the Registration and Recognition Directorate where he is the Senior Manager: Registration and Recognition involved in the registration of qualifications, recognition of professional bodies and development of policies and procedures.

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Lynn Schlingemann is Senior Associate Financial Crime and Corruption at the Nature Crime Alliance, hosted by the World Resources Institute. Lynn has focussed on environmental threats throughout her career, including as a wildlife filmmaker, has worked for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) focusing on combating environmental crimes. Since 2018, Lynn has worked for the UNODC Global Programme against Money Laundering (GPML) in the Law Enforcement Assistance Programme (LEAP) together with INTERPOL. At GPML she was responsible for training law enforcement officers, financial intelligence units, police and other relevant authorities on identifying and disrupting financial crimes linked to environmental crimes. Since 2021, Lynn has been spearheading the organisation of the Private Sector Dialogue which is an initiative organised by UNODC, supported by the Nature Crime Alliance, INTERPOL, and United for Wildlife, bringing together AML/CFT Government authorities, global banks and selected NGOs to better detect and disrupt financial crimes linked to environmental crimes.

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Professor Oyedokun is a renowned scholar with over 23 years of experience in accounting, finance, taxation, and forensics. He holds multiple professorships and visiting positions at universities in Nigeria and abroad. He is a professor of Accounting and Financial Development at Lead City University, Ibadan, specialising in accounting, finance, taxation, and forensic accounting/auditing.
Professor Oyedokun is a prolific author having published numerous books, articles, research papers and extensive experience supervising postgraduate studies. He actively contributes to the academic community and serves on the governing councils of prestigious professional bodies.

He is a sought-after speaker, examiner for professional bodies, and founder of OGE Group and Oyedokun Godwin Emmanuel & Co. Professor Oyedokun actively contributes to the professional landscape, holding leadership positions in various associations like the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, Association of Certified Fraud Examiner (Lagos), the Association of Forensic Accounting Researchers and Association of National Accountants of Nigeria.

Professor Oyedokun is a passionate educator who has taught at all levels. He is a lifelong learner himself, holding an extensive list of qualifications, including Masters and Ph.Ds in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Forensic Accounting, and Law.

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Mario Labuschagne holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in accounting as well as a Master of Commerce (M Com) degree in accounting (from the Nelson Mandela University (NMU) in South Africa). Mario is an Associate Professor at NMU and the Internal Auditing Education Partnership (IAEP) Coordinator for NMU. Mario holds professional certifications from the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), the certifications include Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Control Self-assessor (CCSA) and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).

Mario regularly reviews academic articles for academic journals and represents the NMU on the IIA (SA)’s Examinations Committee.

Prior to taking up a position with NMU in 2007, Mario held several internal auditing positions within multi-national organisations such as Coca-Cola Sabco, Nampak Management Services and Nestle SA.

Mario’s research interests include fraud, internal auditing, risk management and corporate governance.

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Chris was the 2010 Microsoft Innovation in Education Award Winner (SA, Pan African Runner Up & World Finalist). He is a seasoned global cybersecurity and forensics speaker for ITWeb, ISACA, SANS UK, FinTech, CISO Africa etc. and possesses multi-tier skills across cybersecurity, IT GRC, forensics and education. He is a founding director and Board Secretary for the Consulting Audit and Accounting Professionals Union (C2APU), a Board member for Children Advocating for Transparency and Empowerment (Non-profit organisation) and a Regional Committee member for The Institute for Internal Auditors (IIA - South Africa). With over a decade of experience, he has worked for PwC, Mazars, Sasria SOC, Telesure Investment Holdings (TIH) Group and is currently the Divisional IT Audit Manager for Bidvest Services South Africa. He mentors aspiring cybersecurity professionals across Africa and is an ISC2 Exam Development Subject Matter Expert. He holds the Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) designation, CISA, CISSP, CC, TOGAF, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), a Diploma in Criminal Justice and Forensic Investigations (UJ), a Programme in Forensic and Investigative Auditing (UNISA), A Bachelor of Accounting Sciences and currently completing a MPhil IT Governance with Mandela University.

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Gur has led iiDENTIFii from inception to become a world leading biometric authentication and platform. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant, as well as a dynamic and resolute entrepreneur. His passion for business, technology and people has enabled him to build an incredible team, together with leading technology partners.

Gur accepted the Sunday Times TOP 100 Companies Award for iiDENTIFii winning the “Digital Innovation Award 2019”. In addition to this, Gur won the “AI Leader of the Year Award” at the AfricaTech 2020 awards.

iiDENTIFii has won the MTN App of the Year award, the Microsoft Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Partner of the Year award, and more recently the KPMG Tech Innovator in Africa award. In 2023, Gur led the company’s efforts to raise the largest Series A growth capital investment in identity verification in Africa, to the tune of $15 million.

Gur is a respected speaker in both mainstream media as well as Fintech, Identity, Biometric and Technology Summits.

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Mandy Wiener is one of the country's best-known and most credible journalists and authors. She currently hosts the Midday Report on 702 and Cape Talk and writes a weekly column for EWN.

With a BA degree from Rand Afrikaans University (now UJ), Mandy launched her career at RAU Radio before interning at the 702 traffic desk and screening listeners' calls in the middle of the night. She then became a news reporter at Eyewitness News and after being held at gunpoint on her first story, she did not look back.

Mandy worked as a multi-award-winning reporter with EWN from 2004 until 2014 before spending time at News24. She specialised in investigative reporting and legal matters, having extensively covered both the corruption trial of former national police commissioner Jackie Selebi and the Brett Kebble murder trial. She has also earned a reputation for her work exposing South Africa's 'Underworld' reporting on Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir, Teazers boss Lolly Jackson and other mysterious murders.

She has won a number of National and Regional Vodacom 'Journalist of the Year' awards, has been 'The CNN African Radio Journalist of the Year' and has received several commendations in the Webber Wentzel 'Legal Journalist of the Year' awards. In addition, she has received the National Press Club award in the Radio Category and the Social Media category and was awarded the 'Rising Star - Women in the Media' award. The Midday Report won Best News and Actuality Show at the SA Radio Awards in 2023.

With over 300 000 followers on Twitter, Mandy has also broken new ground for live tweeting court cases and stories on the social media platform. She is considered to be amongst the country's premier Twitterati. Her updates during the COVID lockdown cemented her reputation.

On the writing front, Mandy was short-listed in the prestigious 'Alan Paton Sunday Times Literary Awards' for her book, 'Killing Kebble' which was a local publishing phenomenon, selling in excess of 100 000 copies. Mandy's second book, 'My Second Initiation', written with former head of the NPA Vusi Pikoli, was also short-listed for the Alan Paton award. In addition, Wiener is the series editor of 'The Youngsters' which features several young South African voices. In 2014, she published 'Behind The Door: The Oscar Pistorius and Reeva Steenkamp Story' with her colleague Barry Bateman. The book was released internationally and contained new, exclusive information about the trial.
Mandy’s book ‘Ministry of Crime’, about organised crime and the relationship with the police, was released in 2018. Her latest book The Whistleblowers was released in October 2020 and advocates for a societal revolution in how we treat and protect those who speak truth to power in South Africa. An updated edition was released in 2023.

Over the past decade, Mandy has trained hundreds of corporate executives, including leading CEOs, on how to be interviewed and how to make the most out of media opportunities. She is also a well sought after conference keynote speaker and has spoken on numerous stages, captivating audiences.

She is mother to Sam and Ruby, has an untreatable obsession with padel, loves to walk in the Wilds with her dogs Wanda and Cherry and colour codes her home library.

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Steven Powell is Head of ENS’ Forensics practice. He is a renowned specialist white-collar crime prosecutor and forensics lawyer. Steven’s experience also includes anti-fraud and corruption matters and assisting clients to meet the anti-corruption compliance requirements in the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the UK Bribery Act, as well as the South African Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act. Steven also assists clients with anti-fraud and anti-bribery risk assessments, training, due diligence and compliance programmes. Steven has been commended for his contribution to the work of the judicial enquiry into State Capture led by Judge Raymond Zondo in South Africa. Steven was recognised as the Financial Crime Investigator of the year for 2022 by the International Association of Financial Crime Investigators (IAFCI) at their annual award ceremony in Washington DC.

Steven is recognised as a leading/recommended lawyer by:
• Chambers Global Guide from 2016 to date – Corporate Investigations (South Africa)
• ACFE SA Awards 2016 – Contribution to the Anti-Fraud Profession in South Africa (Advocacy) of the Year Award
• SACA – Southern Africa Compliance Awards – Regulatory Lawyer of the year, 2014

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Papadi Makhetha Leads the Forensic, SCM and the Legal Consultancy Team at SkX Protiviti. Papadi has been in Forensic Audit services industry for more than 20 years, specialising in forensic investigation, fraud detection, data analytics, digital forensic, ethics, governance, ERM and Fraud risk management. Papadi brings a combination of skills gained from Government, reputable accounting firms and clients from diverse industries. Her deep understanding of forensic audit, legal and risk has been invaluable to Government and various entities that she has engaged with.

Prior to joining SkX Protiviti, Papadi was Head of Forensic Audit at Gauteng Provincial Government, wherein she spearheaded the introduction of Digital Forensic Audit and established digital forensic lab, integrated case management system, and data analytics, within the fraud investigation and detection environment for the Gauteng provincial government. Papadi was also responsible for spearheading governance, legal, risk and compliance. Key to her focus goals in government, is eradicating fraud and corruption and instilling a culture good ethics and Governance.

She is an Alumni of the University of KZN having graduated in BIuris and LLB. Furthermore, she is a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE).

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Lillian is a Certified Fraud Examiner with the ACFE and has a BA Law degree from the University of the Witwatersrand. She also belongs to the Institute of Internal Auditors and has done various courses on risk management and executive leadership. She has over 20 years of experience in auditing, banking, and insurance. As the Head of Audit for Relationship Banking at Absa Bank, she reports to the Absa Group Internal Audit Executive and oversees the Private, Wealth and Business Banking portfolios. Her role involves identifying and auditing the risks and fraud threats that the business may face and independently evaluating the operational effectiveness of controls that the bank has in place to prevent and detect fraud.

She has experience in leading fraud audits in the Retail, Business Banking as well as Corporate Investment Banking.

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Collaborative, analytical, curious, and proactive individual. Passionate about identifying risk areas and fraud red flags proactively, adding value by providing independent assurance and sustainable solutions to control gaps identified.

Obtained B.Com Forensic Accountancy degree at the North- West University in Potchefstroom. Certified as a Forensic Practitioner (SA) and Certified Fraud Examiner whilst being a member in good standing of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners for the past seven years. With the aspiration to make a direct positive impact in the ACFE community, became part of the ACFE SA Cape Town Regional Shadow Committee with inception of the committee.

Commenced career as a graduate trainee in the Enterprise Risk & Assurance department of the multinational petroleum company, Engen. Started as part of a newly created data analytics team looking into utilizing technology to transform the audit department to follow a more data- driven approach. Continued as an Internal Auditor and later a Senior Internal Auditor, subsequently a Senior Data Analyst in the IT & Continuous Audit team.

With nine years of dedicated experience in the internal audit and assurance department, grown a wealth of expertise particularly in risk identification, fraud red flag identification, data analytics and developing and implementing continuous auditing methodologies, tools, and practices.

Contributed greatly to refining, implementing, and embedding the Continuous Auditing concept and methodology, shifting audit from traditional process-driven assurance to a more data-driven approach.

Oliver Masuku joined the General Conference Auditing Service in 2005, an independent audit of the Seventh-day Adventist Church responsible for the auditing of hospitals, colleges and universities, schools, relief agencies (NGO), publishing houses, food factories across the world.

Oliver currently serves as an Audit Specialist (Fraud) having joined the department in 2018. He has worked in fraud investigations in India (construction fraud at a college), Liberia and Sierra Leone (NGO sector), Malawi (procurement in a hospital) and more recently Tanzania involving payment solution and false medical claims. Oliver is dedicated to continuous professional development and has obtained further trainings in interviewing techniques, report writing, fraud examination techniques amongst other.

Oliver took a break from GCAS from January 2022 – June 2023 to join SAPRO Consultancy, and was seconded to some audit firms in Dallas and Boston), where he obtained some fair experience in the energy sector, manufacturing, retail and not for profit sectors.

Prior to his current role, Oliver served as audit manager and his responsibilities included timely, high-quality deliverables covering complex sections while overseeing fieldwork, coordinating deliverables from multiple team members.

Oliver is a Certified Fraud Examiner (2018) and holds a Master of Business Leadership from the University of South Africa (2014). He is also a Fellow for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (2008) and Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (2010). He graduated with a BBA in Accounting at Solusi University, Zimbabwe in 1999.

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Chris is a seasoned veteran with 37 years of experience in law enforcement and investigations in South Africa. Throughout his career with the South African Police Services, he has received two Police Medals for Combating Terrorism, highlighting his dedication and bravery.

Specialising in high-profile criminal cases, organised crime, and money-laundering investigations, Chris is committed to justice, ethics, and the protection of whistleblowers. In 2023, Nexia SAB&T appointed him to help develop the forensic accounting investigation methodology for the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation. Chris authored several chapters of this methodology and, along with his colleagues, provided training to the DPCI’s Forensic Accounting Investigation Component in January 2024.

Passionate about workplace ethics and the protection of whistleblowers, Chris offers training in both the private and public sectors. He focuses on the practical application of the Protected Disclosures Amendment Act, aiming to educate and safeguard whistleblowers and those who support them.

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During the past 15 years as a Specialist Medical Ethicist, Medico-legal and Forensic Medicine practitioner as the Director of the RevaMed Group; I assist physicians and healthcare by providing guidance and advising on their day to day complexities in their medical practices or institutions.

Further, I also assist with the more abstruse medical issues where I have shown a predilection for Palliative care patients, Persistent Vegetative State Patients (PVS) and Patients with brain death as I authored the research paper on Physician Assisted Suicide. I assist Physicians in the Management of such patients to ensure that their end of life journey is within the Medico-Legal parameters and to ensure patient dignity to the end. I have also graced various prominent public platforms and medical institutions by delivering academic briefings via webinars to hospitals on medico-legal and medical ethics content, expert interviews in relation to covid 19 on radio to the general public, various magazine cover recognitions and interview publications. I was interviewed as an Expert for medico-legal and medical ethics commentary for a documentary on current matters in South Africa on a global news network. Further, I was appointed to the Disciplinary Bodies of the KZN Provincial Council-Legal Practice Council.

At present, my extensive involvement in the Covid-19 pandemic had been acknowledged with the Women of Wonder Award 2022 (‘WOW’ Award); Top 50 Influential Leaders in Business of South Africa 2022, Top 100 Indian Businesses in South Africa and the current Women of Wonder Top 50 Global Inspiring Icons 2023. These milestones have motivated me to pursue a Doctorate degree focusing on Public Health and Forensic Medicine.

I am also the CEO of a technological entity known as Master Visual Technologies (Pty) Ltd as one of my subsidiaries which is a television, audio and appliance repair and service centre to the corporate giants bearing variegated international technological brands. Our company with its large infrastructure and elite services reigns presently as one of the leading service providers of many of the technological brands in this industry as their service company of preference by providing a state of the art service to all of our South African and International associates by virtue of professional minds together with an entire digital and media attracting image ensuring efficient and professional service output which ultimately results in the massive growth of an already established household brand into limitless possibilities therefore as our aphorism states that ‘we are the future of services of visual and appliance technology’.

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Since graduating as a medical practitioner in 1992, I obtained my qualification as a specialist physician and received my Fellowship in the College of Physicians in 1998. I subsequently obtained an added qualification in my subspeciality as a gastroenterologist in 2000. I have been practicing as a specialist physician and gastroenterologist since 2000 to date, as an independent practitioner at Life Mount Edgecombe Hospital and Netcare Umhlanga Hospital. During my time as a consultant physician at the Nelson R School of Medicine at University of KwaZulu Natal Durban, I was extensively engaged in the teaching of medical students, post graduate medical doctors and was also the coordinator of the College of Medicine FCP exams. I have attended numerous international and local conferences. Besides my subspeciality and general medicine, I have a specific interest in critical care, infectious disease, renal medicine and endocrinology. I am a member of numerous societies namely: Critical Care Society of South Africa, SAGES, College of Medicine of South Africa, SAMA and Spesnet and KZN Specialist Network.

I have actively participated in antibiotic stewardship and have been a member of numerous committees. I have served as a member of the physician advisory board at Umhlanga Hospital, and I am currently a member of the medical advisory committee at Life Mount Edgecombe Hospital. I also served as a part time medical advisor for medical aid. I was at the forefront in the management of COVID patients during the pandemic and was extensively involved in critical care management of patients. I was a member of the COVID task team committees at both Life Mount Edgecombe Hospital and Netcare Umhlanga Hospital. I was interviewed as an expert in relation to covid-19 on a radio station to educate the general public on the omicron variant. I have also co presented with medico legal practitioner Miss Revana Babulal on “Pandemic Reflections: The Paradox of Human rights and your right to health” for Regent Business School. I was also acknowledged for my contribution to healthcare by as one of the Top 50 influential leaders in business in South Africa.

Ms Nontokozo Faith Radebe has more than 20 years’ experience in forensic investigations, external audit, tax and information technology. Her forensic investigation experience includes amongst others, fraud, corruption, money laundering and theft related investigations. She also has experience in conducting Anti-Bribery and Corruption Compliance assessments. She is currently employed as a Forensic Audit Manager at the Industrial Development Corporation, and she is a Certified Ethics Officer.

Nontokozo started her career at Anglo American as a Systems Developer. She subsequently completed her articles with PwC specializing in Metals and Mining. Nontokozo has conducted and led various forensic investigations in public and private sector, in South Africa and other African countries. She also led and managed various in-house forensic investigation teams. She worked for amongst others, PwC, EY, Massmart/Walmart, Financial Intelligence Centre and eThekwini Municipality. She previously rendered forensic and accounting services to public and private sector clients as an independent consultant. She is passionate about empowering young people and she gets involved in various initiatives in this regard.

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Brian was born in Cape Town and was schooled at Rondebosch Preparatory and High schools.

He has a B.Econ degree from the University of Stellenbosch and is a graduate of the South African Army Command & Staff College. He has post graduate qualifications from the University of Stellenbosch and the University of Pretoria.

He is a certified ethics officer, a Pioneer Member of the Ethics Practitioners Association and one of the first group of ten ethics practitioners to qualify for the professional designation EP(SA).

Brian was one of the pioneers of outsourced anonymous reporting services in South Africa in 2000 and is the author of a book “Managing Outsourced Reporting Services Effectively”.

He is known as The Ethics Architect™ and is passionate about assisting clients to build ethical businesses and defeat the concerted attack of workplace crime. He achieves this through his innovative reporting service called Be Heard® and through his unique ethics surveys, consulting and training.

He speaks regularly at conferences, workshops and webinars and lectures at academic institutions and is a Professional Member of the Professional Speakers’ Association of Southern Africa.

Brian has been running his own businesses since mid-1996 and he has written a very popular book – Of Course You Can!® - which aims to share the lessons that he has learnt on his own – sometimes bumpy – journey! He also conducts a range of workshops to assist entrepreneurs under this brand.

Brian is married to Jacqui, has two adult daughters and three grandchildren and calls Durban home.

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