Prohibited Conduct can harm reputation, finances and resource allocation, and ultimately undermine development goals. We work globally with organisations like yours to mitigate these risks and reassure stakeholders. 

We recognise that your wide range of stakeholders expect you to demonstrate leadership and proactive integrity despite limited and finite resources to support your goals.  

Our team of experienced forensic investigators work with development banks, charities and NGOs, philanthropic bodies and bilateral donors, to establish facts and mitigate the risks of financial and non-financial prohibited conduct. 

Whether issues emerge from whistleblower reports, Internal Audit findings, Fraud Risk Assessments or other sources, we help you to investigate and take effective action. You can then return to business as normal, improve culture and controls to reduce the likelihood of a repeat problem and recover assets to continue to support those most in need. 

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James Helme

James Helme

Partner
London
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Rob Hampson

Rob Hampson

Associate Director
London
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    Why Grant Thornton

    Quality and expertise: our experienced forensics specialists are supported by our market leading digital forensic, corporate intelligence and data analytics offerings to provide you with advice you can trust. We are recognised by our peer group for excellence being regularly recognised by Who’s Who Legal and the Global Investigations Review. 

    Technology enabled solutions: we make sense of high volumes of structured, unstructured and open-source data, to accelerate inquiries and monitor activities for red flag identification and effective decision making.  We use leading tools – combining Artificial Intelligence enabled technologies with SME support. 

    Flexible Delivery: we provide on call services, matched to your needs and preferences for outsourcing or co-sourcing.  We can make expertise and technology available as your caseload ebbs and flows – meaning you don’t need to maintain a large standing team and we make available technology which you would otherwise need to invest in. 

    The investigation… has been executed very well… what a pleasure it has been working with you and your team on this investigation. They have provided insightful and high quality observations and findings working to a very tight timescale. Looking forward to future work on this and other matters.
    Partner Head of Investigations, Middle East
    I just want to say well done. It may have taken the authorities several years to piece this all together and to understand all that has gone on. But you were able to work it out in a weekend. It has been a brilliant experience working with you.
    Global Co-Head Regulatory and Investigation team - London, International Law Firm
    Proactive identification of financial irregularity

    Proactive identification of financial irregularity

    Challenge:
    We supported a multi-national development bank that invests in growing businesses around the world to develop the ways it proactively monitors the risk of financial irregularity and corruption.
    Solution:
    We worked with our client to fine tune its existing risk identification tools and then tested the effectiveness of these tools against a sample of investments.
    Results:
    As a result of our work, our client is better prepared to identify potentially problematic activity within its investment portfolio, enabling it to demonstrate its deep commitment to probity.
    Global development body emergency procurement review

    Global development body emergency procurement review

    Challenge:
    We supported a United Nations body with global operations to better understand the risks posed by the use of emergency procurement procedures.
    Solution:
    Our data analytics work provided the client with visibility over its global spend via accelerated procurement processes for the first time. We recommended countries and a combination of historic and current procurement for analysis.
    Results:
    We identified issues of previously unknown and unmitigated risks. This included unnecessary accelerated procedures, local staff misrepresentation and third party conflicts.
    Designed and embedded a global “Speak Out” function

    Designed and embedded a global “Speak Out” function

    Challenge:
    We designed and embedded a bespoke speak up function for an entity based in the Middle East. Our client has a global, multi-national work force of employees and sub-contractors.
    Solution:
    Our team of whistleblowing specialists to designed and managed the speak up framework, and conducted investigations arising from whistleblowing reports
    Results:
    We assisted with strategic elements of the whistleblowing function, integrated case management technology, and developed bespoke dashboards to identify common concerns and root causes.