Speaker

Peter Grupe

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE •  Peter is a Director in the Protiviti Forensic practice at Protiviti, a global risk and business consulting firm. He has over thirty years of experience in consulting, law enforcement and corporate finance. MAJOR PROJECTS •  He has spent the last five years providing consulting services to corporations and individuals around the world, to include his current position as a Director in the Protiviti Forensic solution. Protiviti Forensic is responsible for conducting complex white collar crime investigations, and assisting clients with anti-bribery corruption programs and fraud risk assessments. Peter also   served as President of an international corporate security firm specializing in investigations, fraud detection and prevention, risk mitigation, due diligence, executive protection and crisis management.  In the last thirty years he has provided services to many different industries, with a special emphasis in the financial services sector.  He is credited with designing programs to protect employees and corporate assets.  Peter has also lectured and provided training on corporate security matters and white collar crime. •  Peter has held executive management roles with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).  He retired after 24 years of service as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the largest White Collar Crime Branch of the FBI (New York Office), where he had direct supervision over approximately 1500 pending investigations, 200 Special Agents, 40 Forensic Accountants and 40 Professional Support employees.  He was responsible for all investigative, financial and administrative functions associated with every investigative program. These investigative programs included Financial Institution Fraud, Corporate/Securities Fraud, Anti-Money Laundering, Public Corruption, Foreign Corrupt Practice Act, Health Care Fraud and Bankruptcy Fraud.  He is credited with managing many significant investigations to include the Bernard Madoff investigation, the largest insider trading investigation in history, and public corruption investigations at the highest levels of state, local and federal government.  Peter was also a senior member of the New York SWAT Team, responsible for the world wide execution of high-risk arrests, VIP and Dignitary Protection, and the planning and preparedness for special events. He held the position of On-Scene Commander for all New York SWAT operations upon his retirement. •  Prior to his appointment with the FBI, Peter was a mid-level executive at two major financial institutions where he specialized in commercial finance, leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, and new business development.  He completed the Loan Officers Development Program with the Bank of Boston. •  Peter’s major projects at Protiviti have included many financial crime and whistleblower investigations alleging financial, tax and accounting improprieties, FCPA compliance program reviews, assisting a regional financial institution in performing an evaluation of its Financial Intelligence and Investigative Unit, a 20 million vendor fraud/embezzlement investigation at a construction firm, and an assessment of the security department at a major professional sports entity. •