Steve is an Operational Manager at the NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service (CFSMS). He is Honorary Treasurer of the ICFS and has over 30 year’s public sector experience including 17 years combating fraud and corruption, internally and externally, with the Inland Revenue's Special Compliance and Board’s Investigation Offices. Steve also qualified as an Inspector of Taxes in 1999 and, after a short period conducting Self Assessment enquiries at HMIT Epsom, provided technical support to the specialist London Construction Industry Unit, at Euston, where he was involved in developing counter fraud policy and investigating misuses of the Construction Industry Scheme for workers in the building industry.

During Steve's time with the Inland Revenue he was involved with many multi-agency investigations and he has worked alongside the police, HM Customs, Home Office Immigration and Nationality Department, SOCA, Post Office Investigations, DWP and local authority investigators to name but a few. He also received a Judges Commendation for his work on identifying, and bringing to justice, an organised gang of identity thieves that had corrupted the tax records of genuine taxpayers through bogus accountancy companies.

In September 2002, after joining the NHS CFSMS, Steve headed the new Dental Fraud Team with responsibility for investigations in England and Wales and has developed many contacts within Primary Care Trusts, regulatory bodies, protection societies and amongst health professionals. This work extended into the Security Management field during a 6 month secondment to the CIPFA Better Governance Forum during 2005 where he acted as Counter Fraud and Security Management Adviser.

Steve holds a BSc (Hons) in Counter Fraud and Criminal Justice Studies and an MSc in Criminology and Criminal Psychology from the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, University of Portsmouth. He is also a postgraduate member of the British Society of Criminologists.

Mike has a wide background of experience in Public Sector Internal Audit and Counter Fraud, having been employed in these areas within Local Government and the National Health Service for many years.  He is an Accredited Counter Fraud Specialist and has personally been the LCFS for a number of high profile NHS clients.  From 2001 he was employed within the private sector providing Local Counter Fraud Services to the NHS including posts as Head of Fraud & Investigations and later as National Counter Fraud Manager for a leading private sector company.  He was involved as a guest facilitator in the national launch workshops for the first NHS National Proactive Exercise, and has also presented at a National level conference on Countering Fraud in the NHS.  Mike returned to the NHS in 2007 and currently works with the Counter Fraud Team at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in South London.

Mike has been a Member of the ICFS since its formation and is committed to countering and fighting fraud, and promoting counter fraud awareness both within and outside the public sector.

Tom has worked in Local Authority counter-fraud for ten years. In that time he has dealt with most types of fraud which can affect councils; tenancy, benefits, Blue Badges, Disability support services, housing grants and internal fraud. Tom qualified as an ACFS in early 2002 and has worked jointly with the Police, HMRC, DWP and the UK Border Agency in a variety of complex cases.

He is a police-trained surveillance driver, is experienced in the seizure and forensic examination of IT devices and has delivered the public sector fraud training programme to the Metropolitan Police Detective Training School.

Although his Masters degree in Modern Scandinavian Studies probably wasn’t the best preparation for career in counter-fraud, Tom is committed, through the I.C.F.S., to developing the profession of the Counter-Fraud Specialist.

David has recently joined the RSM Bentley Jennison as Senior Manager within the Business Integrity & Investigations Service, having responsibility for the delivery of our services across the south east of England, inclusive of London.

David has worked within the counter fraud arena for 7 years, having worked previously in law enforcement and security industry for 9 years. David is an Accredited Counter Fraud Specialist and an Accredited Financial Investigator.

David has previously worked in a number of roles within the NHS Counter Fraud & Security Management Service, having undertaken management of their national Dental Fraud Team and latterly the London Regional Team. David has led on a number of high profile projects and investigations, resulting in the introduction of financial investigation and asset tracing, UK and international recovery work within NHS. David has also led on a number of successful investigations which have been reported upon in the national press and media. David was awarded Counter Fraud Specialist of the Year during 2005 for his leadership and ability in securing a conviction involving a large value fraud case. During his role within the Metropolitan Police Service, David played key roles in high profile intelligence and proactive operations, resulting in crime and harm reduction. This work resulted in being awarded with an Assistant Commissioner Commendation for his role.