Alecia Futerman

Alecia has extensive experience leading large, cross-border compliance matters for corporate clients and her on-the-ground experience includes work undertaken in Europe, Africa, Asia, South and Central America and the Middle East. Alecia specializes in providing sports advisory services, having undertaken a range of compliance reviews and investigations for sports bodies globally. Examples of Alecia’s professional experience include:

Regulatory Investigations

• Provided forensic accounting analysis to a senior board member of a listed company, following its high-profile collapse amid allegations of mismanagement. Reviewed historic accounting data in conjunction with their legal counsel, to prepare for interviews with various UK regulators and a parliamentary select committee.
• Investigated the collapse of a financial institution on behalf of an East African Central Bank, following allegations of fraud, mismanagement, and breaches of fiduciary duties. The investigation findings have been relied upon in numerous civil and criminal proceedings.
• Supported the legal advisors of a listed European fintech amidst allegations of financial fraud, including related party transactions, use of shell corporations, revenue recognition, and financial misstatements at a listed European fintech.
• Worked with the external counsel of a global technology company to investigate and report on allegations of bribery and corruption across their business in Southern Africa. Findings and analysis were used in self-reporting to the U.S. Department of Justice.
• Led the review of accounting systems and financial data in a bribery and corruption investigation for a UK-based construction firm. The analysis was prepared for law enforcement and counsel, with a view to make disclosure to the Crown Prosecution Services.

Corporate Compliance and Internal Fraud Investigations

• Led the global compliance audit program on the members of an organization responsible for supply chain reporting, with the majority of member audits being undertaken in India, China, Turkey, and the UK. Further engaged to provide advisory services to support internal policies review and improvement.
• Managed the compliance review program of vendors, suppliers, and channel partners (up to 50 third parties on an annual basis) across Europe, Middle East, and Africa for a global software company.
• In response to whistle-blower allegations, conducted an on-site investigation and compliance review at the third-party distributor of a global pharmaceuticals company in Moscow.
• Led an email forensics investigation into the Turkish warehouse and distribution center of a multinational confectionary company amidst allegations of conflicts of interest and bribery.

Sports Advisory

• Engaged as an expert by a global sports federation in proceedings before the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The hearing relates to an investigation into alleged corruption by a senior elected official.
• Undertook a compliance review and risk assessment and investigated allegations of nepotism and conflicts of interest at a sports association in the Caribbean, in the wake of adverse press coverage and legal proceedings.
• Provided risk advisory services to newly appointed leadership at a sports association in South America. In addition to conducting a comprehensive risk assessment, undertook a review of historic transactions which identified a fraudulent scheme involving payments made to a series of shell companies. Supported in disciplinary hearings against a former official, resulting in a fine and five-year ban from the sport for financial corruption.
• Investigated allegations of corruption and conflicts of interest of a senior elected official at a sports association in West Africa. Findings presented before the Court of Arbitration for Sport resulted in a fine and ten-year suspension from the sport.
• Over two years, led the project management, delivery, and quality review of compliance reviews for a global sports federation, spanning five continents. The compliance review programme included an in-person review of a regional oversight body.
• Conducted a covert investigation for an international sports body at their office in the Caribbean, following allegations of fraud and conflicts of interest.