Team

Chris founded CRI in 2012 after eight years working in-house and as a consultant for leading international business intelligence consultancies in London and New York. He has managed thousands of intelligence gathering projects globally working for a range of corporate clients including investment banks, fund managers, corporations, private equity, law firms and financial services firms in addition to non-governmental and cultural organisations. A dual UK-US national, Chris is recognised as an expert at conducting and managing investigations in both markets.

Chris previously worked at GPW, overseeing long-running investigations in Russia and the Middle East, interviewing whistleblowers globally and advising senior executives. He has worked for Control Risks in London and New York managing their largest investment banking client relationship and he started his career at Quest Investigations.

Chris graduated from Cambridge University and has a MA in Social and Political Sciences.

Amelie joined CRI from KPMG, UK where she was Head of Corporate Intelligence and a Director in Enterprise Risk Solutions. She has 17 years of experience working in business intelligence and started her career at Deloitte.

Amelie has extensive experience managing complex, due diligence assignments globally, particularly across EMEA and the FSU, and was the Modern Slavery Lead at KPMG with a focus on business ethics including ESG and human rights.

Amelie studied Modern Languages at Nottingham University and speaks French, Spanish and Russian.

Hugo joined CRI from a boutique corporate intelligence firm based in Switzerland where he worked as an analyst focusing on emerging and frontier markets. He previously worked for Ascent Africa, a private equity firm investing in Sub-Saharan Africa, supporting its research and analysis for its East African based fund.

Hugo has a first-class BSc in Geography and a MSc in International Development from the Global Development Institute, both from the University of Manchester.

Based in DC, Julia has seven years of experience as an investigator, most recently as a senior director in K2 Integrity’s Investigations and Risk Advisory practice. She previously worked as a consultant for the UN Development Programme’s Regional Bureau for Arab States in Amman, Jordan.

Julia has an MS in global affairs, summa cum laude, with a concentration in transnational security from New York University and a BA (Hons.) in political science and peace, conflict, and justice studies from the University of Toronto. She has working level proficiency in both French and German.

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Based in Boston, Brendan has 15 years of experience in intelligence and investigations. He previously led the international investigations team at VCheck Global and was an AVP on the AML Governance team for State Street Corporation. Prior to this he worked at the global investment firm Cambridge Associates managing due diligence into firms across all asset classes, and he started his career at Kroll in Washington, D.C.

Brendan graduated from Suffolk University with a BSc in Criminology & Law and has been a Certified Anti-money Laundering Analyst (CAMS) since 2013 and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) since 2015.