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Meet the Speakers of the Swiss Investigation & Financial Crime Forum 2023
Now in it’s sixth year, the Swiss Investigation & Financial Crime Forum was established to create a peer-to-peer platform for experienced Risk, Compliance and Investigation professionals to exchange experiences and network. The exclusivity, experience and know-how of our guest speakers bring a unique perspective to the key challenges faced by this community.
Drew Hruska
Drew Hruska is a partner in King & Spalding’s Special Matters groups and leads the firm’s global investigations practice. He represents major financial services and industrial companies around the world, family offices and prominent individuals on all aspects of government investigations, including criminal and regulatory defense, compliance and risk advice. Drew has also served in independent roles a Monitor appointed by an international governmental organization, an independent legal advisor for the U.S. Federal Reserve and Office of the Controller of the Currency, and as a court-appointed Examiner. Drew speaks Russian and is frequently engaged on financial enforcement issues involving Russia and Eastern Europe.
Before joining K&S, Drew served as Senior Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice, and as a federal and state prosecutor in New York including as Acting U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of New York.
Tarana Baghirova
Tarana Baghirova is the OSCE’s lead on financial investigations into human trafficking and the nexus between human trafficking and other crimes with a key focus on terrorism and drug offences. Tarana possesses over 15 years of international experience in coordinated policy planning, country evaluations and analysis and program management in a range of areas including security affairs, transnational threats, and criminal justice reform. Prior to joining the Office the Special Representative in 2015, she served as National Politico-Military Officer of the OSCE Office in her home town Baku, Azerbaijan and led various projects including anti-trafficking, counter-terrorism and criminal justice reform. She also consulted other international organizations, such UN Migration Agency, and the International Centre for Migration Policy Development in assessing the criminal justice response to human trafficking and the implementation of the National Referral Mechanisms for Victims of Trafficking.
Tam Ludford
Tam Ludford is a Managing Director of Credit Suisse within the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) function – and based in Zurich. He is the Head Financial Crime Compliance. Tam is a member of the CCO Executive Committee and is also accountable to the Group Conduct & Financial Crime Control Committee. In addition to his current responsibilities, he has been appointed Head Surveillance & Analytics within the UBS Financial Crime Prevention function.
Prior to and in parallel with assuming his current role, he was the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) of the International Wealth Management (IWM) division. His other prior roles have included Global Head of Investigations and also Global Head Core Compliance Services. Before moving to Zurich, Tam was Head of Legal and Compliance for Credit Suisse (UK) Limited, where he was responsible for all legal and compliance matters impacting the entity. He also held management oversight of legal coverage for Credit Suisse Asset Management Limited and General Counsel coverage for Gibraltar and the Channel Islands. Prior to these roles, and whilst within the Litigation and Investigations organization, he covered the UK and EMEA and handled numerous complex UK as well as overseas litigations and investigations.
Tam joined Credit Suisse in December 2008 from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where he specialized in litigation and investigations within the Financial Institutions Disputes Group.
Tam holds a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honors) from the University College of Northampton and a Diploma in Legal Practice from the Nottingham Law School. He is qualified as a solicitor and has been admitted to the Supreme Court of England & Wales.
Benjamin Borsodi
Benjamin Borsodi is a partner in Schellenberg Wittmer's dispute resolution practice group where he heads the white-collar crime and corporate investigation group in Geneva. His areas of practice include all aspects of business crime such as fraud, anti-corruption, money laundering and related aspects. Benjamin is also specialized in the conduct of large-scale corporate investigations. Furthermore, he regularly acts for financial institutions in banking and commercial litigation.
Examples of Benjamin's expertise include representing a leading commodities trading house in the context of transnational bribery allegations; assisting a sovereign State from the Middle-East to recover substantial assets dissipated through a multi-jurisdictional fraud and bribery scheme; defending one of the major Brazilian construction companies for the Swiss aspects of the Petrobras scandal; and acting on behalf of several major financial institutions facing claims from disgruntled clients.
Benjamin is the Regional Representative Europe of the International Bar Association's Anti-Corruption Committee. He has authored and co-authored several publications on business crime related issues and is a frequent speaker at international conferences.
Benjamin graduated from the University of Geneva with a degree in economics in 1994 followed by a degree in law in 1996. He was admitted to the Swiss Bar in 1999 and to the New York Bar in 2001, after earning a Master of Laws from Georgetown University in 2000.
Kees van Ophem
Kees van Ophem, originally from The Netherlands, joined Fresenius Medical Care in January 2015 as Executive Vice President & Global General Counsel.
Kees studied law at University of Amsterdam and New York University (LL.M; Fulbrightscholar).
He started his career at international law firms both in the USA and Europe. His in-house career as General Counsel and head of Compliance led him through a complete cycle in the telecoms' industry over a period of almost 15 years and since 2015 in various sectors in the life sciences and healthcare markets.
Kees is married to Karina and has two sons, who share his passion for football, and he lives with them in Switzerland.
Moderator
Julia Bauer
Julia Bauer is a journalist and TV reporter, who, during the course of her career, has focused on topics related to economy and finance, in particular in the area of sustainability and the fight against human trafficking. She has studied at Munich Business School, the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna, Columbia University and London School of Economics.
