Upcoming Events
| Date | Location | Speaker | Topic |
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Recent Events
Check the highlights and snapshots of our most recent events below.
Past Events
| Date | Location | Speaker | Topic |
| 03/12/2025 | Avenue @Chifley | N/A | Christmas drinks and networking |
| 03/12/2025 | KordaMentha | N/A | ACFE Sydney AGM FY25 |
| 15/09/2025 | FTI Consulting | Matt Greenblatt | Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme |
| 07/08/2025 | KordaMentha/AIPI | Dr Helen Paterson | The Accuracy and Perceived Credibility of Eyewitnesses |
| 10/04/2025 | KordaMentha | N/A | ACFE Sydney AGM FY24 |
| 10/04/2025 | KordaMentha | Colm Flanagan | AI and Financial Crime |
| 10/12/2024 | Paragon Hotel Sydney | N/A | Christmas drinks and networking |
| 26/09/2024 | Quantexa | Holly Miller | Is this business who they say they are? |
| 27/03/2024 | KordaMentha | Peter Chapman | Digital Forensics |
| 26/10/2023 | Paragon Hotel Sydney | N/A | Networking Drinks |
| 24/08/2023 | KordaMentha | Matt Craft | Cybercrime |
| 23/03/2023 | In person at KordaMentha Sydney & Online Webinar | Ken Gamble | The Rise of Crypto Crime Cartels |
| 17/03/2021 | In person & Online Zoom Webinar | Dr Allan Yates, Phd | Engaging Employees and Stakeholders in your Anti-fraud and Corruption Program |
| 23/07/2020 | Online Zoom Webinar | Amanda “Jo” Erven, CPA, CIA, CFE, CTQA | The Everyday Ethicist |
| 25/06/2020 | Online Zoom Webinar | Nick Maginot | Using Forensic Data Analytics to manage emerging fraud and financial crime risks in the COVID-19 world |
| 30/04/2020 | Online Zoom Webinar | Kelly Paxton | Pink Collar Crime |
| 26/03/2020 | Online Zoom Webinar | Sylvain Mansotte | How technology can assist organisations in preventing misconduct and wrongdoing |
| 21/11/2019 | ANZ Tower, Level 24, 242 Pitt Street Sydney NSW 2000 | Alan Hudson & Malcolm Anderson | Behavioural Science in the Real World – Truth, Lies and how to assess ‘Authenticity’ |
| 29/10/2019 | Fishburners, Level 2/3 11-31 York St, Sydney NSW | Leonard Vona | Fraud Data Analytics – Uncovering Fraud Schemes in Core Business Systems Presentation |
| 18/09/2019 | Abode Bistro 150 Day Street, Darling Harbour, Sydney | ACFE | Meet the new ACFE Sydney Chapter Board & AGM 2019 |
| 19/06/2019 | Fishburners, Level 2/3 11-31 York St, Sydney NSW | Andrew Lawrence Hannah Normoyle | Talking Integrity with the Attorney-General’s Department |
| 28/05/2019 | KPMG, International Tower Three, Barangaroo Sydney | Christopher Day, Director Forensic KPMG Rhys Scott-Davies, Associate Director Forensic KPMG | Fraud masquerading as market abuse |
| 10/04/2019 | Abode Bistro 150 Day Street, Darling Harbour, Sydney | ACFE | ACFE Sydney – Networking drinks |
| 06/12/2018 | ANZ Tower, 242 Pitt Street Sydney NSW 2000 | David McGowan – Group Integrity Lead ANZ | ACFE Sydney Christmas Event “The importance of whistle-blowing” |
| 18/10/2018 | FTI Consulting, Level 15, 50 Pitt St SYDNEY NSW 2000 | Detective Superintendent Brett JAMES Australian Federal Police | Foreign Bribery |
| 24/07/2018 | KPMG, Level 38, International Tower Three, Barangaroo Sydney | Kelly Henney Paul Black | Cyber Security & Privacy |
| 1/5/2018 | Macquarie Bank Conference Room 1 Shelley Street Barangaroo Sydney NSW 2000 | Jennifer Burns | Investigating and prosecuting serious financial crime |
| 13/2/2018 | FTI Consulting, Level 15, 50 Pitt Street SYDNEY NSW 2000 | Detective Sergeant Timothy Underhill AFP | What is Hawala? |
| 10/10/2017 | Macquarie Bank L10 50 Martin Place, Sydney, NSW, 2000 | Edward Farrell | Breaking into the CEOs account using data breaches |
| 10/8/2017 – 11/8/2017 | Hilton Sydney 488 George Street Sydney, Australia NSW 2000 | ACFE | Financial Statement Fraud *Externally Organised |
| 25/7/2017 – 28/7/2017 | RSM Sydney Office. Level 13, 60 Castlereagh Street, Sydney | RSM Australia | CFE Exam Review Course *Externally Organised |
| 27/6/2017 | Deloitte Risk Advisory 225 George Street, Sydney | Oliver May – Director, Forensic, Deloitte Risk Advisory Pty Ltd | Insights from Deloitte’s 2017 bribery and corruption survey |
| 21/3/2017
5:15 pm Registration | OFX Level 19, 60 Margaret Street Sydney | Dr John Selby – Faculty of Business & Economics, Macquarie University | Cybercrime as a Service Read More |
| 8/12/2016
5pm – Registration | Macquarie Bank
1 Shelley Street, Sydney | David Wildman – Director, AUSTRAC International Operations | Australia’s role in global responses to anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) laws and other concerns |
| 25/10/2016 – 28/10/2016 | RSM Sydney Office
Level 13, 60 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 | ACFE | CFE Exam Review Course Read More |
| 29/09/2016 | Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Macquarie University, North Ryde. | Various
| Cracking the Code – Inaugural ACFE Sydney Chapter Conference Conference Page |
| 5/7/2016
5:15pm – Registration | First State Super, seminar room Level 21, 83 Clarence Street Sydney | Suzette Thurman – Chief Risk Officer, First State Super
David Hawkins, Director, AUSTRAC | Financial crime risks in the superannuation sector Read More |
| 9/6/2016
5:15pm – Registration | KPMG
Level 15, 10 Shelley Street | Natalie Faulkner – Director, KPMG Forensic
Ross Hocking – Special Counsel / Director, Tax Controversy & Dispute Resolution, KPMG Law | The ‘Panama Papers’ Read More |
| 19/4/2016 | Herbert Smith Freehills
Level 34, 161 Castlereagh Street | Donald Robertson – Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills, Sydney | Business and Human Rights Read More |
| 15/3/2016 | FTI Consulting
Level 15, 50 Pitt St (off Bridge Street) | Namdi Payne, Legal Officer, Legal Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | Sanctions Compliance: DFAT Presentation |
| 2/2/2016 | OzForex | Dr Angela Irwin – Lecturer, Macquarie University | Digital Currencies: Investigative Challenges |
| 17/12/2015
5pm-8pm | Hotel CBD Club Bar
Level 3, Hotel CBD (Cnr King and York St) Sydney | Sylvain Mansotte | Exclusive Whistleblower Story – Leighton Contractors $20mil internal fraud |
| 24/11/2015
5pm-8pm | FTI Consulting
(Lv15 50 Pitt St Sydney) | Detective Sergeant Hunt | Investigation of Foreign Bribery – AFP’s approach |
| 20/10/2015
5pm-8pm | FTI Consulting
(Lv15 50 Pitt St Sydney) | Dr James Hazleton, Senior Lecturer in business ethics at Macquarie University | Corruption and Bribery – The Ethical Dilemma |
| 15/9/2015
5pm-8pm | FTI Consulting
(Lv15 50 Pitt St Sydney) | Zach McAfee, Manager Security Systems and Assurance, Group Security, Qantas | Anti-Corruption |
| 11/8/2015
5:30pm | EY Centre
(680 George Street, Sydney) | David Butters – Managing Director, Heath & Ford | The fraud risk professional: Observations from an executive search agency
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| 2/6/2015 | FTI Consulting | Jeremy Sandbrook, CEO, Integritas360 | Managing Risks and Investigations in a developing environment – challenges, tips and tricks Presentation |
| 5/5/2015 – 8/5/2015 | Commonwealth Bank of Australia | N/A | CFE Exam Review Course |
| 17/2/2015 | FTI Consulting | Dr Allan Watt, Cyber Program Coordinator/Lecturer at the Centre for Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism, Macquarie University | Cyber Crime and the complexity of Cloud Investigations |
| 5/12/2014 | Ernst & Young | Sasha Slevec, Country Risk Manager, VISA | Emerging fraud risks in credit card |
| 16/11/2014 | Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand | Tyneil Flaherty, Special Counsel, Henry Davis York | Lessons from the accounting fraud scandals of the past 30 years
Note: Joint session with the Forensic Accounting group of CA to mark International Fraud Awareness Week . Presentation |
| 24/7/2014 | Ernst & Young | Rob Sweitser, General Manager Group Assurance, Westpac
Jim Oakes – ACFE Regent Emeritus and UK ACFE Chapter President | Financial Crime in Australia: An internal auditor’s perspective Insights into ACFE Presentation |
ACFE Sydney Chapter 