PERSONAL PROFILE
David retired in 2005 as Head of the West Midlands Police Fraud Squad. With more than 15 years expertise in fraud investigation and management he was responsible for the development and implementation of a strategic approach to identified serious and organised fraud offences. He was also responsible for a team of over fifty staff who were involved in the investigation and prosecution of all serious and organised fraud committed within the West Midlands.
He has experience in dealing with many and varied Management and Personnel issues as well as working in partnership with other agencies. He has been involved particularly in leading investigations with the Serious Fraud Office and has experience of investigating and obtaining evidence from abroad as well as having vast experience in managing investigations into other serious fraud offences.
He is well versed in dealing extensively with the media as well as regularly being requested to provide interviews on radio and television.
David has also organised and managed national fraud training courses as well as regularly providing inputs on many aspects of fraud. He has experience in the arranging and management of fraud training for foreign students and has provided training to senior police officers, the judiciary and senior military personnel on fraud management, resource prioritisation, corruption and the proceeds of crime in such countries as Pakistan, Lithuania, Egypt and Cuba.
Over the years he has written and had published articles on such topics as mortgage fraud and long firm fraud and regularly presented talks to many and varied organisations and bodies. He has sat on a number of Associations of Chief Police Officer’s National Working Groups and is currently working as an Independent Fraud Advisor for a Police Force in the UK on fraud matters and is carrying out fraud and anti-money laundering training externally in Eastern Europe and the UK.
