Charles has a broad range of forensic advisory experience, specializing in ethics strategy, financial crime and international dispute. He advises multinational companies on the development of ethics compliance programs ranging from anti-corruption policies to on-going forensic data analysis. He started his career in forensic with one of the Big Four accounting firms. He leads a number of United States Foreign Corrupt Practice Act assignments in the Asia-Pacific Region.

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During his tenure as an in-house consultant, Charles assisted one of the renowned retail brands overseeing ethics programs across the Asia-Pacific and Eastern Europe region. He investigated alleged employee fraud and asset misappropriation. In addition to managing investigation projects mainly located in China, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, he was responsible for the formulation of integrity strategy, internal audit and compliance programs throughout the regions. His effort in the development of integrity program was recognized by a UK company and was published as a business case study for universities. With extensive experience in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Ethics and Compliance, he was appointed by a foreign leading bank to lead an AML Remediation project for different high-risk jurisdictions.

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Charles holds Master of Laws in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner and Member of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

 

EXPERIENCE AND KEY CASES

• Assisted a Taiwanese law enforcement agency in asset tracing

• Investigated a multinational information technology company bribing government officials for overseas entertainment

• Assisted an investment bank conducting investigation regarding stolen metals in mainland China

• Assisted one of the Fortune 50 companies in FCPA investigation in Taiwan and mainland China

• Assisted a listed Hong Kong retail bank in Know Your Customer (KYC) remediation

• Assisted a government authority to detect illegitimate use of public resources

• Advised Board of Directors in crisis management when fraudulent activities significantly affected business reputation, major business operations and business partners

• Launched ethics hotline to worldwide offices with third party service provider

• Successfully created awareness of integrity by delivering more than fifty training sessions to over 3,000 employees, suppliers and service providers located in high-risk jurisdictions