Expert profile

Katherine Odendaal

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Highlights

Chartered Accountant, Accredited Counter Fraud Specialist, and an Advanced Cryptocurrency Investigator.
Proven as a credible expert witness under cross-examination.
Specialises in forensic accounting investigations and compliance issues.
Experience as a global head of investigations for an Oil and Gas FTSE 250 client.

Services

Financial Crime Compliance | Forensic Accounting | Investigations

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Expertise

Katherine Odendaal is a Chartered Accountant with over 15 years of experience. She has been appointed as a forensic accounting expert and has assisted the named expert on more than 20 occasions.

Katherine has testified in disciplinary hearings across Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as before the labour court of Mozambique. She has assisted private and listed corporations facing serious fraud and misconduct issues, accounting misstatements, and regulatory issues, including allegations of bribery, corruption, and money laundering.

Katherine assists clients to establish the facts surrounding wrongdoing, as well as to identifying related regulatory concerns and internal control failures. Her work has supported internal and external counsel, boards, and regulators for organisations across multiple sectors, including energy and natural resources, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, telecommunications, and financial services.

Background

Katherine has experience conducting high-profile and complex multi-jurisdictional forensic fraud, misconduct investigations, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act compliance reviews across Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the UK. She has previously been seconded as the global head of investigations for a FTSE 250 client, conducting internal investigations into whistleblowing, financial, conflict of interest, and misconduct matters in subsidiary operations across the UK and Africa.

Katherine is an accredited Counter Fraud Specialist and an Advanced Cryptocurrency Investigator. She is an associate member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, the Association of Corporate Investigators, the Women’s White Collar Defence Association, the Female Fraud Forum, and the Fraud Women’s Network.