The ACFE UK Chapter has a history of running informative, educational and highly enjoyable events throughout the year. These include training sessions, conferences and social networking events, designed to cater for all levels of knowledge and understanding ranging from a basic level through to the highly-experienced.
Opportunities for potential sponsors are always available. Interested parties are invited to get in touch, email tharvey@acfe.com
JUNE 17th Virtual Event 3pm-5pm BST UK and Ireland Chapters host this Event on Zoom.
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Free event earning 2 hours Non NASBA CPD’s
3pm-3.50pm Irish Chapter presents on the new Anti Bribery Directive for Europe
Rachel Woolley – Financial Crime Strategy & Technology Advisor
Rachel Woolley works at the intersection of financial crime regulation and technology. Most recently Head of Financial Crime Regulation at Palantir Technologies, she specialises in turning complex AML and regulatory frameworks into operational, technology-enabled solutions that help institutions detect, investigate and disrupt financial crime more effectively.
Prior to working in regulatory technology, Rachel held senior compliance and onboarding roles within regulated financial institutions, giving her a practitioner’s perspective on the operational realities of financial crime prevention. She regularly contributes to industry discussions on the future of financial crime compliance, exploring how advances in data, analytics and AI are reshaping the fight against financial crime.
4pm-4.50pm UK Chapter presents on Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act, including Failing to Prevent Fraud
Ashu Sharma
Ashu Sharma is a Senior investigations leader in the global mining sector, overseeing legal, ethics, and compliance misconduct investigations across international operations. He has previously led fraud risk and investigations at a global bank and served as a Senior Investigator at the UK Serious Fraud Office, investigating complex fraud cases. Ashu holds multiple professional certifications (fraud, ethics and compliance, and investigations) and sits on the Executive Committee of the Association of Corporate Investigators. He is also a Category-A liaison expert author to ISO 37008 internal investigations of Organisations.
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UK Annual Conference 2026
Thursday 24 September 2026
Cavendish Venues, One America Square, London, EC3N 2LB
Cost: £175 early bird entry (offer ends 20 July 2026); £200 members; £220 non-members
CPE: 8 hours
Secure your spot at the UK’s premier fraud conference to engage with industry-shaping speakers, explore the year’s most critical topics, and connect with a community dedicated to fighting fraud. Our annual conference attracts more than 120 professionals involved in identifying, preventing and detecting corporate fraud. Interested in sponsoring? Contact tharvey@acfe.com
AGENDA
09:00 Opening Remarks Tim Harvey, ACFE UK Chapter
09:05 Lessons Learnt from Recent Regulatory Fines Daren Allen, Shoosmiths
09:40 Document Fraud in the Age of AI Alberto Araujo, Airwallex
10:20 Refreshments and Networking
10:45 Scammers, Spies and Triads: Inside Cybercrime’s $15tn Global Empire Ben Marino, Financial Times
11:35 To Tell You the Truth … Lior Koskas, Digilog
12:15 Whistleblowing: Compliance to Culture Erin Sims, RSM UK
12:55 Lunch and Networking
13:45 When Power, Trust and Risk Collide: Investigating Sexual Misconduct Yamini Patel, Independent Investigations and Integrity Specialist
14:25 Crypto and Fraud: How to Chase Crypto Fraudsters in the Dark Michael Lastovskiy, Neo Forensics
15:05 Refreshments and Networking
15:35 The City of London Police’s Contribution to the Government’s Fraud Strategy: Disrupting Crime, Supporting Economic Resilience and Delivering Justice Commander Ollie Shaw, City of London Police
16:15 Update on Companies House Progress in Implementing ECCTA 2023 Martin Swain, Companies House
17:00 Closing Remarks Tim Harvey, ACFE UK Chapter
17:30 Networking and Drinks Reception
18:30 Close
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