Blair

Sprott

Associate Director
London
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Blair Sprott has over 10 years of experience advising global organizations and public institutions on enforcement matters, compliance and risk advisory. Her experience includes supporting DOJ monitorships, designing and evaluating compliance and risk management programs, and leading risk assessments and internal control reviews across multiple industries. Her career has included on-the-ground roles across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

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  • Crypto Payments Company: Advised a crypto/Web3 on- and off-ramp service provider on strengthening anti-financial crime controls in support of its ongoing product expansion.
  • NEOM: Led a fraud risk assessment across multiple entities and departments. 
  • Chemicals Distributor: Spent eight months on secondment to an international trade and distribution company following its acquisition by an American PE firm. Designed and implemented key compliance program areas, supported day-to-day management of compliance functions, and led an internal investigation into alleged misconduct at a South American subsidiary. 
  • Commodities Trader: Investigated relationships with the company’s business partners and third-party agents in Venezuela, which included processing, hosting and reviewing client data to identify evidence of corrupt payments.
  • Global Mining Group: Supported the SEC-appointed Independent Consultant reviewing the company's risk management processes and internal controls as they relate to the impairment process, company’s disclosure, and reporting obligations.
  • Cybersecurity Company: Designed and performed a global ABAC risk assessment covering over 60 entities across more than 45 countries, tailored to the requirements of the Sapin II law and the Agence Française Anticorruption (AFA), and supported the gain calculation.
  • NYSE-Listed Financial Services Firm: Supported the independent compliance monitor appointed by the DOJ due to the firm's involvement in market manipulation schemes.
  • International Software Company: Assisted the company in its assessment and documentation of key bribery risks and the internal controls that were existing or implemented to mitigate such risks, which ultimately helped the client resolve FCPA violations with the DOJ, SEC and South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority.
  • IAV GMBH: Supported FRA's DOJ monitorship in connection with “Dieselgate” and the conspiracy to defraud a US agency in connection with environmental regulations.
  • Airbus: Supported the multi-year, multinational investigation, resulting in a EUR 3.6b settlement with four investigative authorities: the UK SFO, the US DOJ and DOS, and the French PNF.
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Biography

Blair Sprott has over 10 years of experience advising global organizations and public institutions on enforcement matters, compliance and risk advisory. Her experience includes supporting DOJ monitorships, designing and evaluating compliance and risk management programs, and leading risk assessments and internal control reviews across multiple industries. Her career has included on-the-ground roles across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Authority experience

US Department of Justice (DOJ)
Agence Française Anticorruption (AFA)
Parquet National Financier (PNF)
US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

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Languages

English
Spanish
Portuguese

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