In South Africa, he is Professor Extraordinaire at the University of South Africa on Corporate Citizenship, has an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of the Witwatersrand, is Chairman of the King Committee on Corporate Governance in South Africa, President of the Advertising Standards Authority, First Vice President of the Institute of Directors Southern Africa, a member of the Securities Regulation Panel which oversees all mergers and acquisitions in South Africa, and Chairman of the Appeal Committee of the United Cricket Board of South Africa.

He was the first President of the Commonwealth Association of Corporate Governance, a former Governor of the International Corporate Governance Network, the South African representative of the International Chamber of Commerce International Court of Arbitration in Paris and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Wits University Foundation. He is a member of the Private Sector Advisory Group to the World Bank on Corporate Governance, a member of the international advisory boards of Stern Stewart of the USA, Tomorrow’s Company of the United Kingdom and the Central European Corporate Governance Association. He is the Chairman of the Asian Centre of Corporate Governance, Chairman of the United Nations Committee on Governance and Oversight and Chairman of the Global Reporting Initiative in Amsterdam.

He is presently the Chairman of Strate, the settlement arm of trades in equities and other instruments in South Africa, Brait Société Anonyme listed in Luxembourg, London and Johannesburg and a director of JD Group listed in Johannesburg. He has consulted, advised and spoken on legal, business, advertising, sustainability and corporate governance issues in 37 countries and has received many awards.

He specialises in the critical “people” component of fraud, social engineering and economic crime and he has extremely valuable inside perspectives and in depth understanding of the mind, motives, techniques of manipulation and methods of operation of a fraudster.

David has wide, entrepreneurial and corporate business experience in transportation, information technology, software development, internet, financial services, travel and tourism, property development and property insurance services. The combination of his business and personal fraud experience empowers him to design and implement unique, cutting edge, innovative fraud and economic crime prevention and resolution solutions not available from more traditional advisers.

David has particular expertise in corporate structures and their use in fraud, money laundering, asset misappropriation and the dispersal of funds. This knowledge and experience is invaluable in educating his clients in the design of methods and mechanisms to prevent these activities. He also speaks to a wide variety of audiences on decisions and consequences, moral choices, integrity and ethics from the basis of his own personal story, wrong choices and decisions to encourage and empower them to make quality life choices and enjoy positive outcomes.

Prior to that Pikoli was the Deputy Director-General of Human Resources: Justice and Constitutional Development, special advisor to the Minister of Justice, and a legal advisor at Munich Reinsurance Co. Pikoli is a member of the EU Foundation for Human Rights, was awarded a Advocate of the Supreme Court accolade, holds a Master of Laws degree from the University of Zimbabwe as well as a Bachelor of Laws Degree and Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Lesotho.

He is a former specialist prosecutor for the Department of Justice and headed the Cape Town forensics team of a big four auditing firm for six years, before establishing ENS Forensics, the first dedicated forensics team to operate within a legal, as opposed to an auditing, environment. Steven has amassed more than 18 years’ experience in both the prosecution and investigation of white collar crime and corruption.

Powell has developed a high profile as a result of his extensive involvement as a curator for the Asset Forfeiture Unit, where he has successfully frozen the assets of corporate fraudsters, drug-dealers and abalone smugglers. He and his team also have extensive experience in proactively assisting clients in preventing fraud, through offering fraud training and assistance with the development and implementation of fraud policies and strategies.

Yes. Forensic auditors are reeling in business as fraud rises and the economy slumps.

Leon Louw is a well known South African personality who, for over a generation, has been active in diverse aspects of public life. He is credited with having had a significant impact on the course of events in South Africa, especially regarding the extensive economic reforms that have taken place during the past two decades. He has received numerous international awards, and, with his wife, Frances Kendall, has been nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize. Presently he is the Executive Director of the Free Market Foundation (FMF) and of the Law Review Project (LRP).