David de Villiers is an executive in the Corporate Investigations department. David has wide-ranging experience with over 21 years’ experience in fraud, bribery and corruption investigations and anti-bribery & corruption compliance. Prior to joining Bowmans in March 2015, he served as an Associate Director in Ernst & Young’s forensic practice for over 8 years. 

David specialises in leading financial crime and procurement investigations in Southern Africa and internationally. He has led and managed numerous large, high-profile and complex forensic investigation matters for corporate and public service clients that have resulted in successful disciplinary and criminal proceedings, as well as the recovery of losses.

David and his team assist clients with anti-fraud and anti-bribery risk assessments, due diligence and anti-bribery compliance programmes. He and his team conduct corporate intelligence reviews and due diligence reviews on parties to prospective corporate transactions, on business partners, clients and vendors; and alert clients to any compliance risks. He has presented training workshops on fraud investigation, forensic accounting and anti-bribery and anti-corruption subjects.

David has extensive experience of dealing with the South African Police Service, the National Prosecuting Authority (South Africa), the Special Investigating Unit (South Africa), and the South African Reserve Bank (SARB). He spent over 3 years on secondment to the UK’s Serious Fraud Office working on high profile investigations. David was appointed as Inspector by the Governor of SARB in terms of the provisions of the South African Reserve Bank Act, 1989 and has conducted extensive investigations for the SARB into contraventions of the Banks Act.

His forensic assignments generally involve the collection and analysis of evidence; data analysis, interviewing witnesses and suspects; cash-flow analyses, the preparation of detailed investigation reports and evidence files; giving evidence, liaising with witnesses, law enforcement and legal counsel.