LFF Info

LFF Information

London Fraud Forum (LFF)

Patron:

Lord John Stevens, KStJ, QPM, DL, LLD, Hon DCL, Mphil, CIMgt, FRSA

Lord Stevens served for 42 years in the Police Service which culminated in his appointment as Commissioner of The Metropolitan Police from February 2000 until February 2005. During his career, he has been commended on 27 occasions for outstanding detective ability or courage. He was awarded the Queen’s Police Medal for distinguished service in 1991 and awarded the Freedom of the City of London in 1992. He was knighted in Her Majesty’s New Year Honours 2000. He was made Deputy Lieutenant of London in 2001 and a Knight of St John in 2002.

On 24th May 2005 he was ennobled to the House of Lords as Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington. In November 2006 he was made Deputy Lieutenant of Northumbria. He is Chairman of The Border Security Advisory Committee, and sits on The Olympic Oversight Committee. He is Chairman of Interpol Strategic Planning Committee. In July 2007 he was appointed the Prime Minister’s Senior Advisor on International Security.

LFF Board Members

LFF Steering Group Members

ALAN DAY

Senior Audit & Investigations Manager - Fraud & Security Transport for London and Chair, London Fraud Forum Alan is the Senior Audit & Investigations Manager - Fraud & Security at Transport for London. He is responsible for the awareness, prevention, detection and investigation of serious fraud throughout the TfL organisation. Prior to joining TfL, Alan was a career soldier for 29 years. He has a BA (Hons) in Economics & Politics, and a MA in Security Management. Alan is currently on the Steering Group of the London Public Sector Counter Fraud Partnership and is the Chair of the London Fraud Forum

CHRIS LAMSDELL

Vice-Chair, London Fraud Forum Chris is the Fraud Manager for Modern Housing Solutions a joint venture company between Carillon, Atkins and Enterprise. Previously Chris has served in the police service for 30 years, the majority of this being with the Metropolitan Police. He finished his service as a Detective Inspector at the Economic and Serious Crime Directorate (SCD6) where he headed the Sterling Prevention Unit, the Intelligence Unit and the SARS (Suspicious Activity Reports) Unit. He has investigated fraud for 20 years during which he investigated a number of significant enquires. He sat on a number of multi-agency partnerships such as the Identity Fraud Victims Support Centre steering group and Identity Fraud Consumer Awareness Group. He is currently the vice-chair of the London Fraud Forum and a member of the Fraud Advisory Panel.

BILL CLEGHORN

Member - Kinetic Partners Bill is a highly experienced forensic accountant, investigator and licensed insolvency practitioner. Bill’s experience includes Big 4 and Tier A firms. Bill has worked with UK and overseas police forces and regulators, investigating money laundering, terrorist finance, corruption and fraud. This includes the use of insolvency procedures in the investigation of financial crime.

PAUL SALT

Detective Sergeant - Metropolitan Police Service Paul is a police officer from the Metropolitan Police Service with 18 years service. His career has been predominately based in criminal investigation. His experience covers murder investigations, anti-corruption and fraud prevention strategy. With extensive knowledge in both reactive and covert investigative processes, Paul has successfully contributed to a number of high profile operations. Over recent years he has made significant inroads in the fields of strategic intelligence analysis. He is a passionate advocate of the introduction of proactive fraud prevention strategies whereby law enforcement can assist in the designing of practical processes for both the public and private sector.

SANDRA RUBIDGE-KILLION

Fraud Liaison Manager, Dun & Bradstreet Ltd (D&B) Sandra is the Fraud Liaison Manager for D&B, who are a leading source of providing business information and insight for 166 years. Sandra has worked for D&B for 38 years and during that time she has worked in a variety of roles including Data Operations, Customer Services, Global Sales and Finance. For the past 28 years Sandra has been the liaison contact for law enforcement agencies and has held the position of Fraud Liaison Manager for over 10 years. Sandra also serves on the steering group of the Eastern Fraud Forum.

JACK WRAITH - MBE

Chief Executive Officer and Director of The Telecommunications United Kingdom Fraud Forum (TUFF) Jack is the Chief Executive Officer and Director of The Telecommunications United Kingdom Fraud Forum (TUFF) and also Chair and Executive Secretary of The Mobile Industry Crime Action Forum (MICAF). Prior to joining the industry Jack operated as an independent consultant providing support to a four nations telecommunications grouping as well as providing input to a number of international communications committees based in Brussels. Jack also acts as Chair to a number of Fraud and Crime related committees, within the UK, including Joint Chairmanship of the ACPO Telecommunications Data Communications Group. He is a regular presenter at telecommunication conferences as well as industry spokesman both on UK television and radio. Jack was appointed as a Member of The British Empire in 1974.

ROBERT BROOKER

Regional Investigations Manager - Bentley Jennison Robert has worked for Bentley Jennison as a Regional Investigations Manager since 2004. Robert is responsible for a team of investigators and support staff working on various criminal, civil and disciplinary investigations, undertaking confidential financial and non-financial investigations into fraud and corruption by internal and/or eternal parties. He provides assistance and advice in setting up fraud policies, response plans, Whistle-blowing and surveillance procedures, as well as providing fraud/corporate security training and awareness to a wide variety of clients in the public and private sectors, as well as Non-Departmental Public Bodies and Government Agencies.

NEIL TRANTUM

Director - Avertis Group Ltd Neil is a Chartered Accountant and a Certified Fraud Examiner with over 20 years experience particularly in the Financial Services Industry. He trained in London with Deloitte Haskins & Sells, now PricewaterhouseCoopers. Whilst there he was seconded to the SFO to work on the BCCI investigation before spending four years with the Banking Regulator in the newly formed Special Investigations Unit. During this time he played a key role in the formal enquiry into Nick Leeson’s unauthorised trading which led to the collapse of Barings. From 1998 he was employed by NatWest/The Royal Bank of Scotland in various roles in the financial crime and intelligence arena. Responsibilities included heading up the Group’s fraud, investigations and anti-money laundering functions. In addition he has had an active role within the banking and payments industry and built a reputation as a key influencer and driver of change. He has represented The Royal Bank of Scotland Group and the Payments Industry on numerous committees and was chairman of the APACS Fraud Intelligence Sharing Strategy Group until he left the Royal Bank of Scotland at the end of June 2007. He is now a Director of Avertis Group Ltd, a group of companies that offer investigation and risk consulting services.

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