Umar Bello, PhD
Dr. Umar Bello has gained 18+ years of professional experience in financial crime prevention, detection, and response, managing teams of up to 20+ people in forensic services, training, and risk management by working with several organisations.
He has resolved over 150 fraud incidents along with asset recoveries worth millions of US dollars, developed corruption and fraud prevention strategies for five organisations in Nigeria, and trained over 1500 practitioners in these fields. Dr. Bello also has 18 peer reviewed publications and received nine awards from the school, office, and project partners. He has participated in over 40 trainings and special projects, leading to a 20% increase in concluded cases. He is also a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist,
Corruption Risk Assessor, Chartered Mediator and Conciliator, National Accountant, Fraud Examiner, and Professional trainer. He holds a PhD in Management (Finance) from the Nile University of Nigeria. He was recently accepted as an Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) Advisory Council member in Austin, Texas, USA.
Dr. Bello has several publications in indexed and peer-reviewed International Academic Journals and has also presented International Papers at the University of Cambridge Economic Crime Symposium in Cambridge, United Kingdom.