2024 Education & Seminar Series
Topic: Common forms of corrupt conduct
Time: Wednesday 21 August 2024 @ 12:30pm-1:30pm
Venue: Sydney Mechanic’s School of Arts, Level 1, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000 & Online
Session Speaker: Lewis Rangott
Executive Director Corruption Prevention, NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption
Description
The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption recently released a publication on common forms of corrupt conduct and the risks faced by public authorities. The Commission’s Executive Director Corruption Prevention, Mr Lewis Rangott, will share some insights from the publication.
BIO:
Lewis Rangott started his corruption prevention career at the Commission in 2003 as a senior corruption prevention officer and principal officer. Lewis then worked in the fraud/forensics team at EY and was the fraud and corruption prevention manager at Sydney Water before being appointed to the position of Executive Director,Corruption Prevention, in May 2017 at ICAC. Lewis is also a certified fraud examiner.
FULL DETAILS OF FORUM PROGRAM ON “FORUM 2024” PAGE
Our Forum will replace the lunchtime session
Please note that our Forum is on Monday 23 September 2024
Topic: CORRUPTION PREVENTION – FROM AWARENESS TO ACTION
VENUE: Macquarie Bank Auditorium Level 11, 50 Martin Place
BOOKINGS ARE STILL OPEN, ALTHOUGH PLACES ARE LIMITED.
Forum Registrations:
– Delegate Ticket $660 inc GST
– Group Registration (six or more) $550 incl GST each = $3300.
Our key note speaker is Commissioner Paul Lakatos, Independent Commission Against Corruption(NSW)
Roland Winter- Executive Director Forensic, KordaMentha
Kim Copeland – Director and Principal Consultant, AVYON Consulting Pty Ltd
Shannon Armstrong – Director Intelo
Gordon Yee – Corruption Prevention & Investigations Manage, Sydney Water
Ben Gauntlett – Deputy Commissioner National Anti-Corruption Commission
David Lehmann – Partner, PKF Integrity
Plus interaction presentations with the emphasis on “take home” information to help attendees move from ” Corruption Awareness to taking Preventative Action”.
Topic: Something old – Something new
Time: Wednesday 16 October 2024 @ 12:30pm-1:30pm
Venue: Sydney Mechanic’s School of Arts, Level 1, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000 & Online
Session Speaker: A Partner PKF Integrity (TBA)
Topic: TBA
Time: Wednesday 20 November 2024 @ 12:30pm-1:30pm
Venue: Sydney Mechanic’s School of Arts, Level 1, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000 & Online
Session Speaker: TBA
Topic: : Sports Wagering and Corruption –Australia in the global system
Time: Thursday 22 February 2024 @ 12:30pm-1:30pm
Venue: Sydney Mechanic’s School of Arts, Level 1, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000 & Online
Session Speaker: Jason Whybrow
Bio
Jason Whybrow has extensive experience across a range of sport integrity areas. He is currently the Director of a team with responsibility for Commonwealth policy development for sport integrity issues including sports wagering and competition manipulation and related evolving threats to sport. He engages with stakeholder across wagering issues, including sports, Wagering Service Providers, state, territory and international gambling regulators and international integrity multi-stakeholder initiatives. These engagements include speaking and panel presentations with partnerships including the UNODC, INTERPOL, the Council of Europe, the International Olympic Committee and the International Partnership against Corruption in Sport (IPACS). This international focus has included the development of a significant network of contacts across law enforcement and sport bodies globally.
Description of Session
Organised crime associations are targeting sports in Australia and around the world. For this reason, it’s never been more important to have a coordinated domestic and global enforcement focus on corruption in sport, in partnership with sport. Jason has played a crucial role in developing Australia’s strategy in this space, and is working closely with international partners to protect sport from corruption.
Note to see the full session video you will need to download it on your device.
Topic: Response of Law Enforcement to Financial Crime in NSW
Time: Tuesday 19 March 2024 @ 12:30pm-1:30pm
Venue: Sydney Mechanic’s School of Arts, Level 1, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000 & Online
Session Speaker: Roland Winter, Executive Director Forensic, KordaMentha
BIO
Roland Winter having demonstrated exceptional results as an experienced
professional with the NSW Police Force for nearly 26 years,
joined the KordaMentha Forensic team as a Director.
With a proven track record in team leadership, law enforcement,
conducting investigations and project management, he
confidently builds relationships and rapport with teams and
stakeholders from all experience levels and backgrounds. His
analytical and methodical personality has seen him lead high-
profile financial investigations of criminal and civil matters.
Roland was the leader of the NSW Police Force Sydney City Fraud
Unit for nearly 20 years and during this time received
international and Australian awards and recognition for the
successful prosecution of significant fraud cases. Roland co-
authored the NSW Police Fraud Standard Operating Procedures
and regularly presented training to detectives on fraud and cyber-
crime, including advanced interviewing techniques.
Roland is the current Training Director for the Association of
Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE – Sydney Chapter).
The presentation will cover:
- How law enforcement views financial and cybercrime and the approach they take to receiving/assessing/allocating these investigations.
- The framework used by law enforcement to accept these crime reports.
- Ways of referring investigations to law enforcement, to increase the chances of those referrals being accepted for investigation.
- Jurisdictional challenges associated with financial crimes investigation.
Topic: Introduction to the National Anti-Corruption Commission
Time: Wednesday 17 April 2024 @ 12:30pm-1:30pm
Venue: Sydney Mechanic’s School of Arts, Level 1, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000 & Online
Session Speaker: Director, Corruption Prevention & Education·National Anti-Corruption Commission
Topic:
Lessons from the ICAC investigation into the awarding of Transport for NSW and Inner West Council contracts (Op Hector)
Time: Wednesday 15 May 2024 @ 12:30pm-1:30pm
Venue: Sydney Mechanic’s School of Arts, Level 1, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000 & Online
Description of Session:
The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption recently released its Operation Hector investigation report. The investigation focused on allegations of corrupt conduct relating to procurement activities conducted at the Inner West Council and at Transport for NSW. Senior Corruption Prevention Officers Karen Patterson and Stephen Wood will explain the Commission’s findings and discuss the corruption prevention recommendations made so that other organisations can benefit from the lessons learnt from this inquiry.
Speakers
Karen Patterson, Senior Corruption Prevention Officer, NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption
Karen Patterson joined the Commission in 2018, and currently works as a senior corruption prevention officer. In this role she has worked on investigations involving corruption issues related to procurement and information security, and a project related to lobbying, access and influence. Prior to joining the Commission, Karen worked at various NSW government agencies in policy and program development roles.
Stephen Wood, Senior Corruption Prevention Officer, NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption
Stephen Wood joined the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption in January 2017. For 15 years prior to that, Stephen was a member of the leadership team within the then Department of Immigration and Border Protection. This included senior executive roles focussed on corporate governance with responsibility for planning, reporting, finance policy, audit, information management and fraud control. His earlier roles involved policy, regulatory, compliance and operational oversight and leadership of significant systems and organisational change projects in both the public and private sector. Stephen also has a particular interest in leadership and organisational culture.
Topic: A new Code of Ethics and Conduct for the NSW Government Sector
Time: Wednesday 19 June 2024 @ 12:30pm-1:30pm
Venue: Sydney Mechanic’s School of Arts, Level 1, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000 & Online
Session Speaker:
Kieran Gregory, Principal Advisor, Integrity and Governance at the NSW Public Service Commission
Description
The NSW Public Service Commissioner has recently adopted a new Code of Ethics and Conduct for NSW government sector employees that will come into effect from 1 November 2024. The new Code follows a significant review of the existing Code. This presentation will help attendees understand what’s changed and what’s coming, what supports are available, and what needs to happen to ensure NSW government sector agencies are ready for the new Code to come into effect.
Speaker bio:
Kieran Gregory is the Principal Advisor, Integrity and Governance at the NSW Public Service Commission. Prior to joining the PSC, Kieran held a range of integrity-focused roles at ombudsmen offices in Queensland and New South Wales. Kieran is also a long-time academic with the Queensland University of Technology, with research interests focused on public sector integrity and ethics. Kieran is the lead for the NSW PSC’s new Integrity and Governance team, and led the development of the new Code of Ethics and Conduct for NSW government sector employees.
Topic: Culture, Values and Corruption Prevention
Time: Wednesday 17 July 2024 @ 12:30pm-1:30pm
Venue: Sydney Mechanic’s School of Arts, Level 1, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000 & Online
Session Speaker: Kim Copeland
Director and Principal Consultant, Avyon Consulting
Description:
In this presentation, we will explore the intricate relationship between organisational culture, values, and corruption prevention. We will delve into both visible and hidden aspects of culture, including shadow values – implicit beliefs that significantly influence workplace behaviour but are not always visible. Understanding shadow values reveals an organisation’s true culture and helps identify deviations from its core values and principles. By addressing these shadow values, organisations can foster ethical behaviour, prevent fraud and corruption, and create a positive work environment.
BIO:
Kim Copeland is a consultant with experience in metropolitan, regional, rural and remote areas in clinical, operational and executive leadership roles across government, non-government, military and higher education environments. She has extensive experience in providing education and cultural transformation programs and facilitating training aimed at establishing positive team and organisational cultures, preventing misconduct, and applying trauma-informed principles to disclosures, reports and investigations. Reflecting her interest in addressing early indicators of diverting from norms and values as a prevention strategy, Kim’s current PhD research is focused on exploring the application of normalisation of deviance theory to sexual misconduct prevention programs in universities.
Note this session will not be recorded.
The presentation will cover:
An introduction to the National Anti-Corruption Commission, Australia’s first federal broad-based anti-corruption agency, and outline its achievements since its establishment on 1 July 2023. The presentation will focus on current corruption risks in the Commonwealth public sector and the outline the NACC’s corruption prevention and education priorities.
Note there will be no video session for downloading.