Matt Mowbray CFE

Experience

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  Metropolitan Police

  Mar 2007 - Oct 2015

  Selected to join ‘The Flying Squad’, a specialist unit investigating and preventing organised criminal groups intent on committing audacious and high-risk offences. Managed annual active caseload of 30+, attended crime scenes, coordinated scene preservation and collection of evidence, led complex and often dynamic witness and subject interviews using advanced cognitive techniques and built and presented a robust chain of evidence resulting in a high conviction rate.Collaborated with national and international law enforcement agencies, security services, in-house legal counsel, and judiciary on cross-European criminal network cases and asset recovery. Show less Managed a varied caseload of reactive and proactive criminal investigations in areas ranging from high-volume priority crime, fraud, corruption, money laundering, robbery and unlawful asset recovery. Consistently exceeded demanding targets and achieved high detection rates for serious crimes.Developed strong relationships with multiple law enforcement agencies, and built a wide network of informants that generated significant intelligence and insight leading to increased levels of criminal identification, conviction and case closure.Successfully coached and mentored a number of trainee Detectives assisting in the interview, recruitment and retention process and developed them in order to achieve their accreditation.Received Commendation having set up, case managed and led a confidential operation to address organised crime, including robbery, money laundering, and drug supply from investigation to conviction, resulting in a 75% reduction in crime and prison sentences totalling 30 years. Show less

  • Detective - Serious & Organised Crime Directorate

    Sept 2013 - Oct 2015

  • Detective - Territorial Policing

    Mar 2009 - Sept 2013

  • Police Constable - Territorial Policing

    Mar 2007 - Mar 2009
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  Post Office Ltd

  Oct 2015 - Feb 2019

  Regional Security Manager

  Delivery of the security and business risk strategy for the South UK region, led complex investigations and drove the prevention and response to crime, commercial threat and incidents to protect a network of 11,500 branches, supply chain and corporate services. Liaised across senior leadership stakeholders, and worked closely with executive committees and third party suppliers.Managed independent investigations for cases of fraud, theft, conduct, financial and AML-related crime. Defined and implemented security policies and procedures, planned and conducted risk-based security inspections to ensure understanding and adherence by staff of corporate, contractual and regulatory security procedures. Led the 24/7 response to critical threat and business continuity. Project managed the installation of security solutions to mitigate risk and minimize losses. Increased staff awareness of security-control and risk issues by designing and delivering innovative training programmes, strategic awareness briefings, presentations and security communications. Co-ordinated a tactical programme of activity to monitor the effectiveness of access, control, security and compliance across the supply chain in order to improve standards, protect people, reduce incidents and losses. Show less

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  Santander UK

  Feb 2019 - Sept 2021

  Investigations Specialist

  Leading complex and sensitive internal investigations involving all levels of the organisation into serious breaches of internal policy, criminal activity, and integrity concerns, including fraud, bribery, theft, asset misappropriation, conduct, bullying and harassment that have the potential for major financial, legal, reputational or regulatory impact. Compiled investigation plans, determined the investigative scope, maintained case management logs, reviewed relevant documents and material, conducted interviews and reported findings to internal Audit, HR, Ethics, Legal and Compliance team.Identified control weaknesses that have allowed misconduct to take place and recommended process improvements to senior stakeholders so that remedial action could be implemented to mitigate further risks. Show less

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  Concentrix

  Sept 2021 - now

  Expansion of role with responsibility for overseeing all investigative work (proactive & reactive) for 47 countries, 233 sites and over 125k employees in EMEA making it the largest region in the global footprint.Directs the EMEA regional investigations team by providing thought leadership, oversight and governance to independently conduct complex and sensitive investigations that include fraud, bribery and corruption, IT security and data privacy incidents.Lead a cross-functional insider risk programme, deterring, detecting, investigating, and mitigating insider threats against Concentrix critical assets. Threats include espionage, fraud, sabotage, workplace violence, reputational damage, and theft or loss of intellectual property/proprietary information. Focusing on technical and behavioral indicators of risk using a variety of endpoint, communications, and cloud monitoring tools. Advise on incoming organizational technology capabilities from an insider risk perspective. Show less Brought in as subject-matter expert and senior investigator within Global Security to establish, lead and govern a multijurisdictional investigations function that included overseeing all investigative work for 20 countries and over 32k employees in the EMEA region.Set the strategic direction of investigations, including the review of investigation plans and reports to ensure a consistent standard was maintained while maintaining a timely process by defining investigative procedures and policies.Partner with key stakeholders and business leaders to obtain data and related investigative information for research and analysis; while preserving critical evidence to include interviews of company personnel, vendors, contractors, and related third parties.Report findings and recommendations to Global Executive Leadership, Operations, HR, internal Audit and Legal that highlight the investigative facts, risks, root causes and failure points. Advise on enterprise-wide solutions that systematically reduce risk and exposure. Show less

  • Director - Investigations EMEA

    Nov 2023 - now

  • Senior Investigator EMEA

    Sept 2021 - Nov 2023