Format
This course will be delivered online on October
11th, 2023, from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm . The Zoom link will be emailed to participants the day before the course is due to take place.
Who should attend?
This course is suitable for fraud and forensic investigation professionals from across the private and public sectors in Ireland/Northern Ireland, as well as other business professionals with an interest in the field.
Course Overview
This conference is currently being curated, and topics and speakers may be subject to some change.
- Opening Address
- Updates from Corporate Enforcement Authority (Fallon
Judge, Director of Civil Enforcement, Corporate Enforcement Authority)
- The Importance of Unified Audit Logging When a Cyber
Incident Occurs (Tony Hughes, ANSEC IA)
- "Greenwashing" - the risks of fraud and ESG (Kevin
Hart, Director Account Manager, Asset Reality)
- How useful is AI in investigations? (Andy Harbison,
Head of Legal Technology, Grant Thornton)
- The Asset Recovery Revolution?: The quest to reclaim
illicit gains in a world where "crime still pays" (Terry Davies, Account
Director, Asset Reality)
- Panel Discussion
- Closing comments and close
Key Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, participants will have an understanding of the key issues impacting fraud and forensic investigation professionals in Ireland/Northern Ireland.
Speaker Bios
Tony Hughes - Tony is a tutor on the ISACA CISA and CRISC qualifications and lectures for Chartered Accountants Ireland on their Certificate in Technology Risk and Data Incident Management. Tony is the Director of Cybersecurity Consulting and Technology Risk at ANSEC IA, one of Northern Ireland's leading Cyber Security companies.
Kevin Hart, Certified Fraud Examiner and ACFE Accredited Trainer - Kevin has been with Asset Reality since January 2022 and has helped develop Asset Reality's business with the co-founders. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner and finance professional and has spent a career in forensic accounting and fraud investigations including founding Kroll's financial investigations and intelligence practice in Ireland after serving as Director of Forensics for Grant Thornton Ireland and South Africa. Kevin has assisted with complex investigation and asset recovery projects and provided training to public and private sector clients with a fraud prevention and anti-corruption focus.
Andy Harbison, Head of Legal Technology, Grant Thornton - Andy is the Head of Legal Technology at Grant Thornton in Dublin. He is one of the most experienced computer forensics investigators in private practice in Ireland. He has completed in excess of 750 separate computer investigations for clients ranging from multinational companies and major financial services companies to small and medium-sized enterprises and private individuals. He has carried out forensic IT evidence investigations in many countries. He has innovated a number of important IT investigative techniques and seen them put into Irish precedent. Andy is also Adjunct Lecturer in Digital Investigation at UCD. He worked with the UCD Cybercrime Institute to develop their highly successful MSc in Digital Investigation. He also lectures on the Law Society of Ireland Higher Diploma course in Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law and he also lectures on the Advanced Diploma in Corporate, White Collar & Regulatory Crime at the Honorable Society of Kings Inns.
Fallon Judge, Director of Civil Enforcement, Corporate Enforcement Authority - Fallon is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, a Member of the Institute of Taxation of Ireland and holds Post Graduate Diplomas in Regulatory, Corporate & White-Collar Crime (King's Inns), Forensic Accounting (Chartered Accountants Ireland), and Insolvency (Chartered Accountants Ireland). Fallon joined the ODCE in 2018 as a forensic accountant. Fallon trained in Audit and Tax before specializing in Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring.
Terry Davies, Account Director, Asset Reality - He was formerly Detective Chief Inspector within Merseyside Police's Economic Crime Team, leading the Fraud Investigation, Proceeds of Crime, and Financial Safeguarding Teams upon his retirement from the force in October 2022. During his career, Terry also proudly volunteered as a nationally accredited Hostage and Crisis Negotiator. He is passionate about promoting change in both physical and crypto asset recovery, helping the public and private sector make the process simpler, more effective, and impactful. Returning more ill-gotten gains back to victims of fraud and communities blighted by criminality.
Contact us
If you have any questions regarding this or any other CPD course or
requirements, please feel free to contact the team here or call us at (+353) 01 523 3930