Umair Nadeem

Director, Forensic Risk Alliance

Umair Nadeem is a director based in FRA’s Dallas office and has over 15 years of forensic accounting experience. He specialises in providing consulting and investigative services to private equity firms, external and in-house counsel, audit committees, company management and government entities regarding issues of compliance and regulation, fraud and misconduct, regulatory enforcement actions, and the assessment of financial and legal risks relative to fraud and poor internal controls.

Umair has extensive experience in assisting global organisations to develop and enhance corporate compliance programmes, conducting small and large-scale investigations, as well as leading corporate monitorships, involving allegations of bribery and corruption, potential violations of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, financial statement fraud, embezzlement, asset misappropriation and waste/abuse. Umair also has an established track record of managing large-scale teams, including cross-border teams, to assist clients in effectively resolving their investigative and compliance matters.

Umair recently led teams providing forensic accounting support on criminal defence matters involving allegations of sanctions violations perpetrated by an executive of a global company based in the Middle East as well as a USbased real estate investment trust alleged to be operating as a Ponzi scheme. Currently, Umair is providing forensic accounting support on a DOJ/SEC compliance monitorship of a global financial institution.

Prior to joining FRA, Umair was a director in KPMG’s forensic practice where he led the firm’s forensic in the audit service line for the southwest region. While at KPMG, Umair worked on some of the firms highest-profile matters, including leading a nationwide team of forensic professionals to provide investigative support to BP in relation to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Umair is a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Texas – McCombs School of Business. He is a certified fraud examiner, and a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics.