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Dave is currently a partner at Schindlers Attorneys and the CEO of Schindlers Forensics (Pty) LTD.He was previously a partner/ director and head of the forensics departments at several of South Africa’s largest and most prestigious law firms, including ENSAfrica, Werksmans, Bowmans,as well as a brief stint at Dentons, and also spent several years as in-house counsel for one of South Africa’s largest blue-chip listed companies, specialising in employment law and litigation.He started his career as a State (Federal) Prosecutor, and prosecuted the complete range of street crimes, including rape, murder, robbery, drug-dealing, fraud, theft, forgery and uttering, and numerous other crimes. In private practice he has extensive experience in litigation matters, forensic due diligence, prosecution and his focus areas are fraud risk assessment and fraud prevention, ABC compliance, white-collar crime investigations, detection and prevention. He also conducts highly sensitive investigations for the board and chief executive officers of numerous private sector companies and provides regulatory advice and training to the private and public sectors. He is also considered an expert in Cyber Crime as well as Employment Law. David is considered a leader in his field and has been regularly recognised by independent legal directories including the Chambers and Partners Global Guide as well as Best Lawyer.He has been widely and regularly interviewed in the media on fraud, corruption and white-collar crime and cyber-crime and regularly shares his insights at conferences and seminars both inside and outside of South Africa. 

 Lizette Volkwyn is a master life coach, published author, international keynote speaker, and one of only two certified PEI human lie detectors in South Africa.  She was born in Ladysmith, Kwazulu-Natal, and attended school in Germiston. Unable to attend university due to family circumstances, she started working as an administrative clerk and typist at a bank. Her passion for sales and marketing was sparked when she completed her estate agent diploma and joined the real estate industry, and her stint as realtor was followed by a corporate career in Office Automation and IT spanning more than two decades.  Despite her success, Lizette felt compelled to use her skills and knowledge to uplift others and help them realise their potential. This was the catalyst for the launch of her own consultancy. She embarked on a journey to obtain the necessary qualifications, completing her Master Life Coach course in 2012. This included a masters NLP Practitioner course. She also obtained her Positive Psychology certificate in 2020. In addition, she undertook the rigorous training involved in becoming a human lie detector to better understand her clients and to help them to rapidly achieve their desired results.  Today, in addition to her work as a human lie detector, Lizette offers personal life coaching, sales, leadership and communication training, self-discovery workshops, group coaching, and online marketing training. She has completed more than 25 000 one-on-one coaching hours with clients in more than 20 countries, and authored a book about self-discovery and exploration titled, Finding Me, which has sold more than 2 500 copies.  As a speaker Lizette has presented talks all over the world and has shared the stage with international thought leaders such as Robin Banks, Russell Fox, and Justin Cohen. She is also a regular guest on national radio stations, magazines, and international podcasts.  Lizette is often recognised for her work – in 2018 she was named one of the top three emerging entrepreneurs by Businesswomen of South Africa and was a Margaret Hirsch’s Businesswoman of the Year finalist. This was followed with a nomination for Changemaker SA in 2019, and Extraordinary Changemaker Africa in 2021. In 2021 she received a Business Excellence Award for Coaches and Mentors.  Lizette currently resides in Kempton Park with her husband of 36 years. The couple has three children and five grandchildren. 

Dr Jerry Chetty is a Senior Manager at Santam’s Business Integrity Unit and manages the Forensics, Ethics and Intelligence teams. Jerry has over 20 years investigation experience and knowledge in the detection, prevention, and investigation of insurance crime. Jerry is regarded as a subject matter expert on insurance crime within the short-term insurance sector and has spoken at several conferences both locally and internationally.  Jerry is an avid researcher on the topic of insurance crime and believes that research and knowledge sharingare powerful tools for forensic investigators. Jerry is currently redefining investigation methodology and creating the next generation forensic investigator at Santam to incorporate technology as a standard investigation tool. 
Qualifications 
Jerry has a PhD in Criminology, a LLM, LLB, BIuris, ND: Police Administration, Diploma in Victimology, Certificate in Anti-Money Laundering. 
Professional membership
 Jerry is:

• An Admitted Advocate of the High Court
  
• Chairperson of the Institute of Commercial Forensic Practitioners
  
•  Forensic Practitioner (SA)
  
•  Certified Fraud Examine
  
•  Certified Ethics Officer
  

Annemari is a Director in the Forensic Services Department at BDO and leads a team that makes a pivotal contribution through our National Risk Advisory Service to all our business sectors. She joined BDO in 2018 with the objective to establish a professional forensics team that could serve the Southern African market. Her team at BDO, with the support of BDO International, provides a comprehensive, integrated suite of Forensic Services, that specialise in fraud investigations, anticorruption compliance, forensic technology services and financial reporting disputes. Prior to her appointment at BDO, Annemari held various senior positions as a director or forensic consultant. Annemari started her career in the South African Department of Justice in 1984. By the time she left the Department to join a Labour Law Practice, she was both an experienced senior prosecutor and an experienced Magistrate. Her interest in labour related matters graduated to forensic investigations when she immersed herself in matters where she collaborated with the South African Police Service. These included several high-profile projects in Gauteng and the North West Province, on behalf of Local and Provincial Government, that successfully exposed and prosecuted corruption, fraud, statutory and other related offences where she acted as lead forensic investigator. Subsequently, she presided over and initiated in a multitude of disciplinary matters on behalf of the Auditor-General, Teta, Provincial Treasuries in the North West, Limpopo and Gauteng, Department of Health, Department of Sport and Recreation, City Power and Autopax in cases that involved the misuse or misappropriation of billions of rands. These positions often included work associations with preeminent law firms throughout Southern Africa. She is a valued member of the Executive Team with experience that spans more than forty years in criminal justice, forensic investigations and prosecutions.
Qualifications

•  B. Iuris Labour Law and Human Rights
  
•  M.Phil. Labour and Workplace Law
  
•  Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)