Rachel Layburn

At Kroll, Rachel focuses on complex, multi-disciplinary investigations and advises on compliance program-related services. Rachel is a forensic accountant and has advised numerous financial institutions and multi-national companies with regard to forensic inquiries and compliance issues arising from their operations in Asia, Europe and North America. These issues are related to global anti-corruption laws (including FCPA), anti-money laundering laws, sanctions, securities laws, anti-trust laws, accounting and book-keeping standards, business ethics requirements and internal control rules.

Rachel has been appointed by regulators and authorities to act as independent trustees to ensure compliance with regulatory and fiduciary requirements in the cases of mergers and acquisitions, and deferred prosecutions. She has extensive experience in responding to the government bodies’ inquiries and inspections, utilizing multiple forensic tools performing data analytics, conducting regulatory investigations, implementing compliance programs, and dealing with cyber incidents.

Prior to joining Kroll, Rachel was the Head of Risk Advisory and Investigations practice with FTI Consulting, where she was responsible for sourcing and delivering investigation engagements in the Southeast Asia and China. Rachel also worked as the Group Head of Compliance with WPP, where she drove all compliance initiatives and oversaw strategies and deliveries across the Asia Pacific region.

Before relocation to Singapore in 2019, Rachel was a forensic services partner with KPMG China, leading the forensic practice in Beijing and responsible for all forensic inquiries and investigations into matters involving bribery and corruption, fraud, money-laundering and other misconduct and white-collar crime.

Rachel holds an MBA degree from Schulich School of Business, York University. She is a certified public accountant (CPA) with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a certified fraud examiner (CFE), and a certified anti-money laundering specialist (CAMS). She is a regular speaker at conferences and is fluent in English and Mandarin.