Council of International Investigators
Board Members and Officers

 

Chairman:

Roy Whitehouse

Portugal

Roy Whitehouse is the head of WIS International, based in Portugal and the United Kingdom with outlets in Brasil and Angola, specialising in research, investigation business intelligence service and corporate risk.

Mr. Whitehouse is a member of a number of professional organisation and is presently the 1st Vice President of the Council of International Investigators (CII), he is a Board member of the British Portuguese Chamber of Commerce, (Lisbon) he is a Certified Fraud Examiner and a member of WAD and the ABI.

After serving with the British Army (The Life Guards), Mr. Whitehouse joined the Police stationed in central London. He served in the uniform and the Criminal Investigation Department and finally became a Sergeant.

Mr. Whitehouse left the Police in 1980 and became an Insurance investigator for a city-based firm. In 1985, he started in private practice in central London. He formed the Portuguese office in 1992.

He regularly speaks at business functions about the industry in general and corporate due diligence in particular. He is a regular contributor to various news papers and magazines on fraud, commercial risk and other investigation matters.

Elected as an officer in 2007. Board term expires 2012.

Email Roy at roy.whitehouse@cii2.org

President:

Brian King

Toronto, Canada

Brian D. King is President of CKR Global, founded in 1984 and today it is one of Canada’s largest investigation and risk management firms. Mr. King who is a Criminology Graduate, has worked in various investigative capabilities including Supervisor in northern Ontario for a national claims investigations firm and later Director of Investigations for Southern Alberta before founding his firm.

Mr. King’s practice is mainly directed towards the Corporate, Insurance and Government Communities, specializing in fraud and white-collar crime.

Mr. King is a current member of the Board of Directors and 2nd Vice President of the Council of International Investigators of which he has held previous positions as President and Chairperson.  He is a Charter Member and past Board Member of The Global Investigators network.  He is a founding partner of Investigations Canada, a National Partnership of Investigation firms across Canada.  He is a Certified Fraud Examiner and an active member of ASIS (American Society of Industrial Security).  In 1997 he was presented with “Investigator of the Year Award” by the Global Investigators Network and in September 2003, he was awarded the prestigious “International Investigator of the Year Award” by the Council of International Investigators.

Mr. King is a frequent speaker and guest lecturer at industry functions and the author of numerous investigative related papers.

Elected as an officer in 2009. Board term expires 2012.

Email Brian at brian.king@cii2.org

First Vice President:

Eduard Sigrist

The Netherlands

Eduard Sigrist, CFE, CII, founded the company Aristeed B.V. in 2003 in The Netherlands.

Aristeed B.V. is a full service investigation company serving the corporate, financial, maritime, legal, insurance and investigative sectors.

Investigations often have a cross border element to them in which CII members have proven to be an invaluable asset.

Elected as an officer in 2007. Board term expires 2013.

Email Eduard at eduard.sigrist@cii2.org

Second Vice President:

John Sexton

Virginia, USA

Mr. John Sexton is the President and Director of Training for the SEXTON Training Institute. In addition to being a private investigator, he is also a Personal Protection Specialist and firearms instructor. He has 29 years experience in law enforcement, non-governmental organizations such as the United Nations and various corporations.  He has worked and traveled extensively throughout West and Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. 

Prior to joining the United Nations in 1994 and working with the Government of Mozambique, he was a member of a counter-terrorist unit in the British Isles. His service in the former Yugoslavia as Chief of the Special Investigations Unit took him throughout Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia/Herzegovina and Macedonia during the Balkan wars of the mid 90’s.  After five continuous years in the Balkans, he settled in the Washington D.C. Metro area in 2000, where he founded his own private security firm and training academy. 

He lectures on security matters and is a regular contributor of articles and white papers and his work appears in print and online in publications such as The Washington Business Journal.  He is a serving Board member of the Professional Investigators and Security Association (PISA), Secretary for the Council of International Investigators (CII) and is a member of INTELLENET, and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (A.C.F.E.).

Elected as an officer in 2007. Board term expires 2013.

Email John at john.sexton@cii2.org

Third Vice President/Executive Regional Director:

 

Galen Clements

Pennsylvania, USA

Galen R. Clements spent twenty-six years in Law Enforcement with the Philadelphia Police Department as a member of the SWAT Unit and Burglary/Robbery Squads and the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office holding positions/ranks that included Detective, Detective Sergeant, Director of Investigations and Supervisor of the Dangerous Drug Offenders Unit (DDOU) in the Narcotics Enforcement Division.

Mr Clements frequently testified as a fact and expert witness in the use of electronic surveillance methods in prosecuting Corrupt Organizations; money laundering and white collar crimes and managed a large staff of Law Enforcement Agents during sophisticated/complex investigations at the Federal, State and Local levels.

Mr Clements has extensive training and professional credits in relation to Criminal Investigations; Narcotics Enforcement and Economic Crime and he is a member of many professional organizations including the Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit (LEIU); Army & Navy Club (RAG) in United Kingdom; the Council of International Investigators (CII); National Association of Legal Investigators (NALI), World Association of Detectives and the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists.

Mr  Clements earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Administration and served three tours in the Republic of Vietnam while in the United States Army.

Elected to Board in 2010. Board term expires 2014.

Email Galen at galen.clements@cii2.org

Treasurer/Secretary:

Rodney Webb

Perth Australia

Rodney Webb (JP, Cert Sec Tech AIMM ASISM) has over 33 years professional experience in the security, safety, risk management and loss prevention disciplines.

His career combines full time service with the Royal Australian Naval Police and Investigation services, together with the management of the Commercial Division of the Protective Services Branch for Telstra in Western Australia, and he now brings this accumulated experience as a Director of MacCarthy Webb Australia Pty Ltd, specialising in Risk, Safety and Security management, with a special expertise in the development of Corporate Policy, procedural planning and integrating systems with personnel.

Mr. Webb's professional qualifications include both Military and Australian Federal Police specialist training, West Australian State Government Occupational Health, Safety & Welfare Training, Australian Federal Government Corporate Management and Project Management. Mr. Webb holds a Certificate of Security Technology from the Phillip Institute of Technology Melbourne, Australia, is a member of the Australian Institute of Management Western Australia, the International Police Association and is appointed to the executive of the Western Australian Chapter of the American Society for Industrial Security.

Elected as an officer in 2006. Board term expires 2012.

Email Rodney at rod.webb@cii2.org

Board Member:

Laurence Brown

Newport, Wales

Prior to starting his own consultancy, LBA International Consultancy Limited in 2004, Mr Brown worked in anti-piracy arena both in the video industry and computer games Industry.   

He started his career when he was promoted to the Senior Investigating Officer at the London Borough of Hillingdon Trading Standards Service.  Later he became Controller of the Legal Standards Department at the Video Trade Association.  He represented the association at various committees including:

Video Standards Council, British Board of Film Classifications Consultative Committee, Sort out Sunday Campaign, Federation of European Video Associations

During this time, he had given various interviews and presentations, wrote articles and co-authored a retail management training course, which included training on the Video Recordings Act.  He was also the author of a report commissioned by the European Leisure Software Publishers Association entitled ‘The Computer Games Industry Anti Piracy Copyright Infringement and Policing’.

In January 1993, he joined Sega, a large player in the computer games industry, and he was promoted to Chief Investigating Officer for Sega Europe Group Limited in 2 years.  After his stint at Sega, he did freelance consultancy in anti piracy and anti counterfeiting initiatives for clients in the UK, Europe and Middle East.    In March 2003, he joined ArmorGroup International Limited as Operation Manager, managing their investigative services for Europe, Middle East and Africa until the company sold the business later that year.

Elected to Board in 2009. Board term expires 2012.

Email Laurence at laurence.brown@lbaconsultancy.com

Board Member:

Jack Chu

Hong Kong

Mr. Jack Chu is the President of RA Consultants Ltd. since 2000. Prior to his own consultancy, Mr. Chu was V.P. of Renful Security Group based in HK from 1995 to 2000.

With headquarters in Hong Kong and offices in the People's Republic of China, branches in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Xiamen and Dalian, RA Consultants Ltd. has close contacts and wide-range of connection network with high-ranking PRC officials and institutions.

Mr. Chu has amassed 35 years of valuable experience in the Security field. Having worked in Chinese law enforcement for more than 20 years in China and Hong Kong, Mr.. Chu has dedicated himself to work with private corporations in the past 14 years. He is a member of the ASIS International Investigation Council at which he has dedicated himself to assure the continued growth of the association and is also a member of NAPBS, INTELLNET, W.A.D (World Association of Detective) and CII (Council of International Investigator).

Mr. Chu is an acknowledged expertise in Chinese law and foreign policy having graduated from Hebei University in 1978 in China. Furthermore, he has possession of postgraduate qualification in International Politics from the London School of Economics.

Elected to Board in 2011. Board term expires 2014.

Email Jack at jack.chu@ra.com.hk

Board Member:

Tanya DeGenova

Massachusetts, USA

Tanya DeGenova has been a member of the Council of International Investigators (CII) since 2005 and was elected to its Board of Directors in September 2010.  Tanya is the President and Managing Director of TSD Security Consulting Group, Inc., a Boston, MA woman-owned full-service investigative and security consulting provider with worldwide coverage through associates, she founded in 1999 upon retiring from the FBI.

Tanya is a retired FBI agent with over twenty-years of investigative and managerial experience, having served as a Supervisory Special Agent at FBI Headquarters in Washington, DC from 1992 to 1996, and in Boston from 1996 to 1999.  She was appointed as a Special Agent in 1979.

Tanya is also an active member of Intellenet, ASIS, the Society of Former FBI Agents, and the Licensed Private Detective Association of Massachusetts (LPDAM), where she served on the Board of Directors in 2001 and 2002.

In September 2006, Tanya earned a CPP through the American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS) and since, has provided security-consulting services to a number of private corporations, to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Crime Lab and Medical Examiner’s Office and has contracted to a number of US Federal Government agencies. Tanya regularly provides security consulting to local newspapers, radio and televisions outlets in the Boston area.

Tanya’s civic engagement includes serving as an officer at the Northshore Toastmasters Club and as Program Chairman and Chairman of the Public Relations Committee at the Marblehead Rotary Club.

From 2003-2005, while consulting to the US Department of Defense in Germany, Tanya cared for wounded soldiers  as a Red Cross Volunteer at the Landstuhl US Army Medical Center.

Tanya holds an M.A. degree in International Relations from Georgetown University, and a B.A. from Syracuse University. She is fluent in English, French, German, and Russian.

Elected to Board in 2010. Board term expires 2013.

Email Tanya at tanya@tsdconsulting.com

Board Member:

Graham Dooley

Saint Brieuc, France

Graham H. Dooley is a former UK Police Officer. In 1991, he left the UK and eventually set up his own business in French Real Estate. In 1996 he obtained his PI Licence which is regulated by the French Government and is believed to be the only ex-pat who has achieved this. He originally joined the CII in 1998 and was appointed as RD for France in 1999. He specialises in tracing missing persons in France, Fraud and accident investigations. He has an office in North West France and can offer services throughout using English/French speaking Detectives.

Mr. Dooley is a member of the CII (Council of International Investigators), EPIC (Ex-Police in Industry & Commerce), CNSP-ARP (Conseil National Superieur Professionnel des Agents de Recherches Privees) , ABI (Association of British Investigators), INTELLENET, UK-PAS (UK Process Servers Association).

Elected to Board in 2009. Board term expires 2012.

Email Graham at graham.dooley@gmail.com

Board Member:

Bert Falbaum

Arizona, USA

Bert Falbaum founded Investigative Dynamics in 1992 after a successful career both in the public and private sectors.  He has served in the military and law enforcement positions with the US federal government.

From 1966 to 1969 he was one of five individuals selected nationally to serve as an instructor at the US Treasury Law Enforcement School.  Following this assignment, he returned to the Customs Service where he served as a Special Agent-Analyst at Customs Headquarters.  While serving with the Customs Service, he earned a Master of Public Administration Degree at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University.

In 1973, Mr. Falbaum was selected to serve as Deputy Chief, Division of Law Enforcement, Department of the Interior and in 1979, Criminal Investigator, Office of Special Investigations, US Department of Justice (Nazi War Crimes Investigations).  He retired from public service in 1986 and joined the Investigative Group International as Vice-President.  While at IGI, the company grew from 2 offices in the USA to 8 offices in Major cities in the USA, London and Sydney.

During the course of his career, Mr. Falbaum has engaged in leadership positions in many local, national and international professional associations.  In addition to having been President and Chairman of CII, other associations have benefited from his service, including Customs Special Agent Association, the National Association of Investigation and Security Services, The Arizona Association of Licensed Private Investigators, American Society for Industrial Security, INTELLENET, 88-CRIME, and as an advisory Board Member of the Foundation for Genetic Medicine.  He was appointed as one of two industry representatives on the Arizona Private Investigator & Security Guard Hearing Board, on which he served as Chairman from 1999 until 2007.

He is a published author, was an Adjunct Professor at the American University a lecturer on police and public administration topics and a speaker at many professional law enforcement and private security conferences and seminars in the United States and abroad.

In addition to his certification as an international Investigator (CII), he is a Certified Professional Investigator (CPI), Certified Protection Professional (CPP), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Board Certified Forensic Examiner (BCFE), Fellow of the College, American College of Forensic Examiners International (FACFEI), Certified Investigative Professional (CIP) and is Certified in Homeland Security – Level III (CHS-III).

Elected to Board in 2009. Board term expires 2012.

Email Bert at bertfalbaum@comcast.net

Board Member:

Ed Henry

Vietnam

Ed Henry is the owner and operator of Corporate Intelligence Network, LLC and a member of the Ho Chi Minh City Chapter of the American Chamber of Commerce.

Corporate Intelligence Network, LLC is a registered, USA Representative Office operating in Vietnam delivering seamless connections through their specialized knowledge and skills, combined with delicate expertise. Dedicated in assuring clients receive the highest professional efforts in pursuit of their diverse requirements and interests.

Mr. Henry has been active and permanent in Vietnam's business community since 1993.

Elected to Board in 2006. Board term expires 2013.

Email Ed at EdHenry@CorporateIntelligenceNetwork.com

Board Member:

Sheila Ponnosamy

Singapore

Sheila Ponnosamy holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from Edith Cowan University in Western Australia.  She was started her career in exhibitions management, events management and was a conference producer in Australia before joining her family business, Mainguard Group of Companies 15 years ago. 

Her interests in the area of corporate investigations led to the growth of Mainguard International (S) Pte Ltd which specialises in due diligence, fraud investigations, intellectual property breach investigations throughout the Asia-Pacific countries. She actively does the business development, client liaison and direct the operations.

Ms. Ponnosamy complements her hands-on experience in the investigations business by attending international conferences and specialised workshops in security management, fraud analysis and investigations. She also participates in listserve groups such as Amazing Women Investigators, Female Legal and Investigative Professionals.

In 2010, she was awarded the Investigator of the Year Award by the Council of International Investigators, where she sits on the Board.

Elected to Board in 2009. Board term expires 2012.

Email Sheila at sheila.p@mainguard-intl.com.sg

Board Member:

Larry Ross

Washington, DC, USA

Larry Ross is a licensed private investigator and former tax attorney.  He established Ross Financial Services, Inc. (RFS), a licensed private investigation firm serving the legal, business, government and investor communities nationwide. His ability to trace ownership, cash flows and assets through complex webs of entities along with uncovering irregularities in business transactions and financial statements has deemed him an expert in his field.   Since its founding, RFS has assisted creditors in obtaining recoveries that now exceed eight figures.  Mr Ross is qualified in Federal court to testify as an expert witness on fraud related issues.

Mr. Ross completed his undergraduate work at Northwestern University and earned his law degree from the University of Michigan.  Upon graduation he entered the U.S. Department of Justice Honors Program, litigating Federal tax cases against taxpayers who engaged in complex business schemes, as well as against organized crime figures.
After his stint at the Justice Department, Larry became Chief Counsel to a “House Ways and Means” investigative subcommittee where he became a thorn in side of the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service who, in utter frustration, complained that "Larry Ross makes Roy Cohen look like St. Francis of Assisi." To this day, he cherishes that moment as a career highlight.

He is also a frequent contributor to such publications as Mergers & Acquisitions Journal, Online and PI Magazine.  He is a guest lecturer at the Georgetown University Law Center and to professional groups about his legal investigative strategies.     

Elected to Board in 2010. Board term expires 2013.

Email Larry at LRoss@RFSinc.com