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 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. |
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| ROSALIND WRIGHT, CB QC - HONORARY STEERING GROUP MEMBER | | |  Chair, Fraud Advisory Panel (UK)
Rosalind Wright was called to the Bar in 1964 and she has since pursued a career in financial services regulation, fraud prosecution, and prevention. Rosalind is also Chair of the Supervisory Committee of OLAF, (the European anti-fraud Office), a member of the Insolvency Group Steering Board and of the Department of Trade and Industry Legal Services Group Board and Vice-Chair and trustee of the Jewish Association for Business Ethics. She was formerly Director of the Serious Fraud Office (1997 - 2003), a non-executive director of the Office of Fair Trading (2003 - 2007) and General Counsel, Head of Prosecutions and Director of Policy, Securities and Futures Authority (SFA) (1987 - 1997). She was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 2001 New Year Honours List and was awarded honorary silk in October 2006. | | | |
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| | MONTY RAPHAEL - HONORARY STEERING GROUP MEMBER | | |  Joint Head of Fraud & Regulatory, Peters & Peters
Visiting Professor of Law at Kingston University
Monty has been with Peters & Peters throughout his legal career, which spans over 40 years. Senior Partner until April 2005, he now remains with the firm as full-time consultant and joint head of Fraud & Regulatory Dept. He is widely acknowledged as one of the UK’s leading fraud lawyers. When not practising, he publishes widely and travels the world lecturing and training governmental and commercial organisations on numerous aspects of fraud. Monty was the founder of the Business Crime Committee of the IBA and is immediate past Chair of its Anti Corruption Working Group. He is a Director of the Fraud Advisory Panel, Honorary Solicitor to the Howard League for Penal Reform and visiting Professor Law at Kingston University. | | | |
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| | JONATHAN FISHER, QC - HONORARY STEERING GROUP MEMBER | | |  23 Essex Court, London
Visiting Professor of Law at London School of Economics (Law Department)
Jonathan is a practising barrister specialising in white collar crime and regulatory cases. He is listed as one of the UK's leading practising barristers in "Who's Who in the Law" (Legal 500) for 2007. Prior to taking Silk Jonathan was Standing Counsel (Criminal) to the Inland Revenue at the Central Criminal Court and London Crown Courts for 12 years. Jonathan also holds a visiting professor appointment at the London School of Economics (Law Department) where he lectures on corporate and financial crime. Co-author of “The Law of Investor Protection” as well as many articles and papers, Jonathan is a legal panel member of the Accountancy Investigation and Disciplinary Board. Between 2003 and 2006 Jonathan was a member of the Assets Recovery Agency Steering Group. He is presently a member of the International Bar Association’s Groups on the Implementation of the 3rd EC Anti-Money Laundering Directive and Industrial Espionage. Jonathan is a Trustee Director of the Fraud Advisory Panel and recently chaired the Special Project Group on Fraud Investigation and Prosecution. | | | |
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| | Dr STEPHEN HILL - HONORARY STEERING GROUP MEMBER | | |  eCrime and Fraud Manager, Chantrey Vellacott DFK
Stephen is an e-Crime and Fraud Manager, specialising in Fraud Awareness and Prevention looking particularly at Internet Fraud (Cybercrime), Identity Theft and IT Risk Management. Stephen is an Associate of The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) and has spoken at their European fraud conferences which are dedicated at educating the private and public sector in fighting fraud.
Stephen is a Trustee Director of the Fraud Advisory Panel and sits on the Cybercrme working group with colleagues from SOCA, Home Office, Telecommunications Industry and the private sector.
Stephen regularly lectures and presents at conferences aimed at the professional and regulated sectors and is currently working on guides aimed at fraud detection and prevention for the not-for profit sector. Stephen is responsible for developing and delivering a series of ‘cybercrime’ and ‘e-fraud’ courses aimed at training UK police forces, private sector fraud units and major world banks. He is a member of the North East and Eastern Fraud Forums. | | | |
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| | PETER KIERNAN | | |  Partner - Eversheds
Peter Kiernan is an Eversheds Partner and heads the Tax Investigations team and is part of the Fraud & Financial Crime Team. Formerly Deputy Director of the SFO, he held a variety of positions within the SFO and spent over thirteen years dealing with some of the UK’s biggest fraud cases as well as over three years prosecuting tax fraud at what was then HM Inland Revenue. Peter is well known within the fraud area on all sides and has been a participant in most major developments in fraud investigation and prosecution over the last ten years. | | | |
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| | JOHN BAKER | | |  Senior Manager - KPMG
John Baker has been with KPMG since April 2007 on a wide range of fraud related services. Previously John was Head of Commercial Development for the NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service. Prior to this, Senior Fraud Advisor to CIPFA’s (Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy), Better Governance Forum and Investigator/Fraud Manager with the DWP.
John is currently an Executive Member of the Institute of Counter Fraud Specialists and Project Lead for the Attorney General’s Fraud Review Fraud Loss Measurement Unit’s Working Group. | | | |
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| | KATE TARRON | | |  Consumer Risk Specialist UK - Ford Financial
Kate Tarron has worked for Ford Financial for 13 years in a variety of roles and is currently the Consumer Risk Specialist for the UK. As part of her role she has responsibility for implementing and maintaining their Fraud Strategies including areas of compliance. Kate is also a senior member of the FLA Motor Fraud Forum and is a member of the working party relating to the implementation of AVCIS (ACPO Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service) Vehicle Fraud Unit. | | | |
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| | DAI PRICHARD | | |  Director - London Chamber of Commerce
Dai Prichard has a specialist military background and a successful history with much experience where the threat to people and assets is particularly high. He founded Resolution Security and is a director of the Security Institute, London Chamber of Commerce, National Security Inspectorate, Skills for Security and a member of BSI standards writing committees. | | | |
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| | KEN WHATMORE | | |  Head of Investigations & Internal Fraud - Barclays
Ken Whatmore was appointed as Head of Investigations and Internal Fraud at Barclays in March 2006 following senior positions with Fidelity Investments and Travelex.
Before moving into the private sector in 2002, Ken was a detective with the Metropolitan Police at New Scotland Yard where he specialised in the investigation of the financing of organised crime and money laundering.
During his police service he served with the Flying Squad, Fraud Squad and Serious and Organised Crime Directorate, Special Projects Team. | | | |
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| | KEITH FLANAGAN | | |  Head of Investigations & Intelligences - Lloyds TSB
Keith Flanagan is a Senior Manager at Lloyds TSB. He is a career banker and has been with the Group for 28 years holding a variety of positions. During the past five years he has been engaged in roles in the Fraud environment and is currently Head of Investigations & Intelligence within the Group Financial Crime team. He is a member of the APACS Fraud Control Steering Group and the ACPO Economic Crime Portfolio and Cheque and Plastic Card working groups. | | | |
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| | COLIN COWAN | | |  Detective Chief Inspector, Economic Crime Department - City of London Police
Colin Cowan is a Detective Chief Inspector with the City of London Police, Economic Crime Department where he has been the "Head of Fraud Investigations" for the past three years. The City of London Police is the South East lead force for fraud investigations and therefore Colin has been involved in investigating some of the UK’s largest frauds in recent years. He has also been involved in moving fraud investigations into new areas, such as premium rate telephone fraud, TV Quiz scams and boilder room fraud. | | | |
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| | RACHAEL TIFFIN | | | | Chief Internal Audit and Anti-fraud Manager, London Borough of Waltham Forest | | | |
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