Chris Mathers, BA, CFE, CII

Phone: (416) 451-8061

In 1995, following a twenty year career with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Chris joined the Forensic division of the international accounting firm, KPMG.

In 1999, he was appointed to the position of President of KPMG Corporate Intelligence Inc. where he was responsible for international due diligence, asset recovery operations and the investigation and prevention of organized crime, money laundering and terrorist financing.

In May 2004, Chris established CHRISMATHERS INC., a private crime and risk consulting firm in Toronto, Canada. Some of the company’s most recent assignments have been:

Providing technical assistance, mentoring and training to the Nigerian government’s anti-corruption agencies on behalf of the UK government’s Justice For All Program.
Independent testing of Anti-Money Laundering/Terrorist Financing (AML/TF) practices and creation of appropriate compliance programs at numerous Canadian and foreign financial institutions.
Designing and delivering training on AML/TF to domestic and foreign financial institutions.
Conducting an offshore asset tracing and money laundering investigation on behalf of the IndependentInquiry Committee into the United Nations Oil-For-Food Programme.
Providing expert evidence on behalf of a Canadian financial institution at the Federal Competition Tribunal on money laundering/terrorist financing practices.

Chris Mathers is a professional public speaker and trainer. He is also the author of the bestselling book, Crime School: Money Laundering.

A popular media commentator and speaker, Chris has served as a consultant on several feature films and documentaries relating to organized crime, espionage and money laundering. He has appeared on television and radio interviews on CNN, PBS, MSNBC, all of the Canadian national news networks as well as media outlets in Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia and the Caribbean.