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9-10 December 2018 Dubai, UAE

Built around real life case studies to improve your internal investigation skills and mitigate risk to your organization

KPMG Business Academy

Fraud & misconduct investigation training

Forensic

Course overviewThis two-day course is designed to develop a minimum level of competence for those who conduct investigations. The course will be presented by experienced investigation and fraud risk professionals from KPMG’s Forensic team who have significant front line experience in investigating fraud and misconduct issues for law enforcement and multinational companies.

Course methodologyThis is an interactive course, built around real life investigation case study which will help participants gain tips and insights into leading practice by conducting their own investigation, including witness and suspect interviews while receiving continuous feedback and coaching from our experts to hone their investigation skills.

Using real life examples, the course will cover issues faced by investigators and based on experience suggest techniques on how to achieve high quality results.

Who should attend This course could be huge benefit to senior management in internal audit, risk and compliance, investigations and human resources or any other departments who are responsible for conducting internal investigations.

Harriet has over 11 years of experience and has been working with KPMG’s investigations and compliance team since August 2013. Harriet regularly leads the Lower Gulf team in investigations on behalf of international and local companies. Investigations have included compliance issues relating to fraud schemes, financial statement misstatements and corruption.

Harriet specializes in delivering training and has conducted fraud investigation training for KPMG employees on KPMG Global Investigation Methodology and for her clients using her extensive experience in fraud related matters to provide insight into key fraud risks and methodologies for fraud detection Harriet has also spoken at conferences on this topic. Harriet has frequently prepared and contributed to the KPMG Quarterly Global Fraud Bulletin covering emerging issues and insights from our global practice including examples of procurement fraud, bribery and contract compliance highlighting red flags and control questions arising.

Hussein has been with KPMG for over 8 years across three continents where he has focused on Forensic service delivery. Hussein was part of the Financial Advisory practice in Singapore having delivered fraud risk assessment and investigation engagements serving numerous multinational and state-owned companies in a wide variety of sectors.

Currently Hussein is leading Anti-Bribery and Corruption (“ABC”) audit reviews, the Whistleblowing Hotline and Corporate Intelligence service lines in the UAE. Hussein has experience across the Middle East where he has carried out suites of anti-bribery and corruption audit reviews for large multinationals using KPMG ABC methodology.

Harriet Cobb Associate Director I ForensicKPMG in the Lower Gulf

Hussein Kapasi Manager I ForensicKPMG in the Lower Gulf

Meet your course leader

Improve the effectiveness of internal investigations

Key learning benefits:

Analyze consequences of poor investigation outcomes that expose your organization to risk

Increase awareness of red flags which could indicate the ‘tip of an iceberg’

Forensic

Course outlineDay one

Introduction– Outline the structure and objective of the course.

– Delegates will work in teams to conduct their owninvestigation using a case study to help cement theprocesses learned.

– This case study investigation will progress through-out the course and by the end of the course, thedelegates will have completed a full investigationfrom cradle to grave.

Internal investigation framework– We will work through the boundaries of a code

of conduct and internal policies to assess howinvestigators must operate.

Investigation principles – Introduction of the principals which investigators must

follow in order to reduce risk, safeguard reputations,minimize impact on the business and to ultimatelypreserve the likelihood of successful outcomes.

Fraud and misconduct– What are the common types and schemes of fraud and

misconduct and what are the red flags to be aware of?

Criminology– Fraud is committed for specific reasons. What are the

psychological drivers that lead people to commit fraudand what are the tell-tale signs? We will also lookat the results of KPMG’s Global Survey - profile ofa fraudster.

Investigation steps– Every investigation should be conducted using a

consistent framework. During this session we willintroduce these key phases of an investigation.

Day two

Evidence– We shall look into what are the different types of

evidence and the principals that must be followedwhen gathering evidence. We will also discuss theimportance of effective evidence handling usingreal life examples of the consequences when theseprincipals are not followed.

Planning– The key elements of planning an investigation.

Analysis– What information is available and how it can be

used. Using technology to review and analyzeinformation obtained.

Interviewing non-hostile witnesses– Core skills and models for how interviews should be

conducted. This will include video presentations ofgood and bad interviews, before continuing with thecase study with the delegates conducting their owninterviews of witnesses in their investigation.

Note taking– The purpose of effective note taking is a key skill for

investigators. We will provide the best practice theory,practical tips and conduct an interactive exercise thatwill help hone your investigator’s skills.

Reporting– Examples of reporting techniques, how to express

your findings clearly without speculating or includingyour own opinion.

Fraud & misconduct investigation training

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Publication name: Fraud & misconduct investigation training

Publication number: J1709

Publication date: May 2018

All registrations are subject to our terms and conditions which are available at http://kpmgbusinessacademy.kpmguae.com/TermsandConditions.aspx. By submitting your registration you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions in full.

Ways to register:

Early bird (before 11 October 2018) Participant fee*

US$1,695* US$1,895*

Fraud & misconduct investigation training9-10 December 2018 9:00am - 5:00pm Dubai, UAE

Certificate Participants who attend all sessions will be awarded a KPMG certificate of attendance.

Payment To reserve a seat at our courses, please complete a registration form and pay the full fees before the due date. All registrations are subject to acceptance by KPMG and will be confirmed with you in writing.

Cancellation If, having registered and paid for a place, you are unable to attend the course, a substitute delegate is welcome to attend in your place. Fees canceled seven days or less before the course begins are payable in full.

KPMG reserves the right to cancel this course, change its date or alter the venue, speakers or topics.

Customized training solutions

To create a more tailored learning experience, you may want to run this course in-house.

Please contact Saravanan Selvan to discuss further:

Saravanan Selvan E: sselvan@kpmg.com T: +971 4 356 9616

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