Financial Investigations Insights with Angela Barkhouse, MD & Head of Caribbean region at Quantuma.

In episode eight of season two of "The Cut", Managing Principal, Simon Cathro, sits down with Angela Barkhouse - Managing Director, Head of Caribbean of Quantuma.

In episode eight of season two of “The Cut”, Managing Principal, Simon Cathro, sits down with Angela Barkhouse – Managing Director, Head of Caribbean of Quantuma

In a wide-ranging discussion, Angela gives her insights on financial investigations and asset recovery, insolvency’s investigative use, techniques for examining financial misconduct, BVI entities, fraud within economic cycles, forensic investigations, thinking like a criminal and blatant criminal activity.

What you’ll learn about:

  • Asset recovery and investigations. [00:02:14]

  • An interesting topic. [00:07:10]

  • Using insolvency for asset recovery. [00:10:56]

  • Investigating financial wrongdoing effectively. [00:14:18]

  • Purpose of BVI entities. [00:18:09]

  • Fraud during economic cycles. [00:22:14]

  • Getting into forensic investigations. [00:26:39]

  • Thinking like a criminal. [00:29:41]

  • Blatantly criminal activities. [00:32:09]

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