Perth Professionals ACFE Event
Fine tuning fraud and corruption control performance: How subtle adjustments in a rapidly evolving environment can optimize performance
In an environment of deteriorating economic conditions, with technology fueling an evolving face of emerging threats, fraud and corruption risk continues to intensify. Organisations need to implement systems that are adaptable and relevant in this changing environment, including the adoption of new technologies to drive more innovative solutions, but they also need to consider how they can recalibrate the implementation of key controls so that they account for changes in their operating environment.
During this session, the panel of SMEs, from across Government, the Corporate sector and Consulting, will highlight circumstances where elements of change have contributed to fraud and corruption events disrupting operations, and offer insights that will help organisations embrace change to mature their frameworks in order to continue to effectively combat fraud and corruption risk in a rapidly evolving environment.
This event takes place during International Fraud Awareness Week!
PANEL
Carl Frederiksen, KPMG (Panel Host)
Andrew Phillips, Main Roads WA
Andrew has a diverse background across legal, commercial, integrity and change management. He led the development of Main Roads’ integrity framework, including internal and contractor data analytics.
Steve Pyle, Woodside
Steve is a Chartered Accountant (a fact he tends to try and keep a secret). After spending the early part of his career in the insolvency field, for the last 18 years he has specialised in all aspects of financial crime and misconduct management – across prevention, detection and response aspects. He worked for KPMG Forensic for 9 years in London and Perth, before joining Woodside in 2015 where he is the current Head of Ethics & Compliance Australia. Steve’s remit at Woodside includes fraud, AML, ABC, investigations (all of them globally), whistleblowing and ethical conduct. This has included in recent years a major focus on respectful behaviours (such as sexual harassment) including being one of the lucky folk who appeared for Woodside at the WA Parliamentary Enquiry in 2021.
Steve Carter, WA Police
Steve joined the Western Australia Police Force in 1992 and has worked across a variety of law enforcement disciplines, currently specialising in money laundering and cryptocurrency investigations. He is the Officer in Charge of Taskforce MERCURY, established to target and disrupt money laundering organisations operating in WA. He has worked across a variety of investigative disciplines including financial crime, drug trafficking, counter terrorism, and as a first response investigator in metro and regional Western Australia. He is the Western Australian Police Force representative for a number on national bodies including the Fintel Alliance Operations Working Group and the Australia New Zealand Cryptocurrency Practitioners Working Group.
