ACI - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Head of Advisory Panel
Ash Sharma has over 20 years' experience in investigations and financial crime risk mitigation. Ash presently manages one of two global investigation hubs for Anglo American Plc, a global mining, minerals and extraction company. His team conduct corporate ethics and compliance (including regulatory and financial crime) investigations. Ash has worked in the UK and Asia in regional and group roles for a global bank. There, he headed up an internal fraud risk, background vetting and investigation function, before leading and coordinating global significant investigations for the group. Ash is a Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Financial Crime Specialist, and Certified Cryptocurrency Investigator.
Job Titles:
- Consultant
- Project Manager
Barry is a retired UK police/ law enforcement officer having previously served with the Metropolitan Police, the National Crime Squad, the Serious Organised Crime Agency and the National Crime Agency. An experienced financial intelligence and international asset recovery specialist, he was the operational head of the UK Asset Recovery Office (ARO). He represented UK law enforcement at both the European Union financial intelligence (FIU) and ARO platforms based in Brussels. As an anti-corruption practitioner and policymaker, he was chair of a multi-agency PEP corruption forum and a key member of a Cabinet Office led initiative aimed at supporting UNCAC objectives with domestic and international stakeholders.
Barry has worked as a consultant in both the corporate and regulatory sectors providing advice to senior management on a wide range of compliance and investigation policies and procedures. He is an experienced project manager delivering change to diverse public and private sector clients, including the creation and implementation of training courses and training material to students globally. Currently, he is the project manager for the ACi In-House Corporate Investigators Handbook.
Job Titles:
- Chief Operating Officer
- Member of the Executive Committee
Basha started her career with the Metropolitan Police and moved to the City of London Police Fraud Unit, covering money laundering, trade finance fraud, bribery and corruption. Basha left the police and moved to Citigroup for four years, moving to Barclays plc in 2006 as Head of Investigations & Whistleblowing for Wealth & Investment Bank. In 2018 Basha moved to the Oil & Gas Industry as Head of Investigations for Tullow Oil Plc leaving in late 2020. In early 2021 Basha moved to Lloyds Banking Group managing Conduct Investigations and in November 2022 commenced a role as Senior Investigations Manager at British American Tobacco. Basha is a seasoned financial crime investigator in the public and corporate sector. She has led and managed global investigations teams, provided investigations training and built case management systems. During her career, Basha has had the opportunity to work in a number of jurisdictions including the USA, APAC and EMEA developing investigation models and collating evidence for civil and criminal prosecutions. Basha was named as one of the "Top 40 in-house" investigation professionals by Global Investigations Review.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Head of APAC
Cheryl O'Shea has over 20 years of experience in investigation and risk management and specializes in fraud and investigations within the IT industry. Her extensive investigation experience extends to conducting investigations involving fraud, corruption, money laundering, financial misconduct, non-compliance, and violation of company policies. She leads a corporate investigation team in a multinational IT company covering Asia Pacific to conduct investigations in challenging situations and work with legal counsel in multi-jurisdictions. Cheryl holds a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from the UK and a Master's degree in Finance from Ireland. She is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Head of EMEA
Jeff has over 26 years' experience leading and performing internal and external corporate investigations in the corporate sector, various United Nation's agencies, and other international organizations. Currently, he is the Senior Investigator and Head of Investigations for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) - the world's largest security-oriented intergovernmental organization.
Job Titles:
- General Manager
- Member of the Management Team
Kate is a philosophy graduate and has a Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism. She has had a long career in marketing and public relations, and since 2003 she has worked with awarding bodies who wish to raise their international profile. As ACi's General Manager, Kate is responsible for the administrative aspects of building our association and she manages our online and social media presence. She is responsible for all aspects of the day to day management of the association. This includes daily interaction with the CEO and COO and weekly liaison with members of the Executive Committee and the Advisory Panel.
Job Titles:
- Administration Executive
- Finance
Kelly is originally from New Zealand and started her Finance career in London working for the Hard Rock Cafe International as Assistant Financial Controller. She has since worked for Air Canada, Yoplait, and Radnor House Schools. Currently, Kelly is responsible for the ACi's financial management and she assists with the day-to-day administration of the Association.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Head of LATAM
Livia started her career within Internal Audit and Risk management. She has more than 15 years' experience performing and leading corporate investigations in the mining and industry sector, especially in large Capital Projects. Her experience covers a variety of conduct and ethics breaches related to financial crime, regulation and compliance, unfair labor practices, sexual harassment and fraud. Livia has a degree in Marketing, post-graduation on International Financial Reporting Standards and Corporate Governance. She is now leading the South America Investigations function for a large Group in the mining, diamonds and minerals sector. Livia is Certified Fraud Examiner and holds an Executive MBA by Fundação Dom Cabral.
Job Titles:
- Chief Compliance Officer
- Member of the Executive Committee
Patrick has over 20 years' professional experience in leading complex and sensitive global fraud, corruption and financial crime investigations across diverse sectors from luxury brands to healthcare to NGOs and is experienced working with law firms, prosecutors and compliance monitors. He also has an impressive track record of establishing risk, compliance, and Internal Audit governance, processes, systems and standards. Patrick is currently working as a Compliance Manager for a healthcare and agriculture company where he is a business partner for all global functions of consumer health division and EMEA Crop Science management functions. Patrick is also a Board Member of Ethics and Compliance Switzerland and member of the editorial board of Society for Corporate Compliance & Ethics.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Chief Education & Development Officer
Simon's extensive international experience in corporate investigations includes significant Employee Misconduct, Fraud, Bribery, Corruption, Antitrust & Competition, AML, Sanctions, Market Abuse and commensurate preventative/remedial measures. His 30 years of expertise in major investigation management, covert and overt intelligence gathering, relationship and stakeholder management, Ethics / Compliance / Integrity related investigations and reviews demonstrate his proven ability to facilitate consensus through negotiation and collaborate with senior management across all geographies.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the Executive Committee
Steve served 20 years in UK law enforcement investigating economic crime specialising in the pro-active investigation of Banking Fraud, Bribery & Corruption, Whistleblowing and Money Laundering. This was followed by 6 years at Citigroup Inc. as EMEA Regional Director of Investigations, and 8 years as Barclays Bank Plc, Global Head of Investigations for Investment Banking & Wealth Management. Currently Head of Fraud & Investigations in Group Compliance at Lombard Odier, based in Geneva. To date, 40 years of international economic crime experience in both a law enforcement and corporate environment.
Job Titles:
- Head of Finance
- Member of the Management Team
Suneel launched his career at easyBus (part of easyGroup), spearheading revenue growth initiatives and spearheading the expansion from central London to secondary city airports. He then transitioned to Diageo PLC, where he tackled productivity projects and portfolio rationalization within the corporate finance function. His final chapter at Diageo saw him managing the P&Ls of two key customers in the travel retail market, spearheading category rationalization, and conducting in-depth competitor analysis.
Following his tenure at Diageo, Suneel transitioned to British Petroleum, honing his marketing acumen as the Castrol brand's Marketing Finance Manager. In this role, he meticulously assessed campaign profitability and implemented robust measurement and evaluation frameworks to gauge campaign success.