Emma Hodges

Partner and Head of Sustainability
Associée
London
email
+44 7580 104745

Biography

Emma Hodges is a Partner and Head of Sustainability in FRA’s London office with over 20 years of professional experience.

Combining her many years of leadership, project management and compliance experience, Emma is leading the development, implementation and operation of FRA’s sustainability programme.

With regard to her client practice, Emma has extensive experience in compliance remediation efforts working with companies either under or post-investigation, as well as having led teams conducting investigations and pro-active compliance reviews concerning money laundering, bribery and corruption related risks and allegations. She jointly led the forensic accounting aspects of a significant internal investigation for a European bank, focused on AML-related issues and allegations. Emma’s in-country assignments have covered Latin America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Emma has provided forensic accounting support in the context of multiple FCPA and fraud related monitorships for companies operating in the financial services, oil and gas, engineering, automotive and aviation industries. She was part of the team supporting the FRA partner appointed by the DOJ as corporate compliance monitor to IAV GmbH under its Plea Agreement related to a conspiracy to defraud a US agency in connection with US environmental regulations.

Emma co-authored FRA’s published chapter: Monitorships: Leveraging Forensic Accountants, Global Investigations Review, 2019. She was also recognized in GIR’s 40 under 40 2017 listing as one of the world’s Leading young investigations specialists and Lexology Index Investigations, Consulting Experts and Future Leaders. She is a favourite among market commentators, who praise her as a “rising star” in the forensic accountancy field and has an excellent reputation, particularly for her compliance advisory work.

Emma is a member of FRA’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Steering Committee and of the UK Women in Sustainability Network (WINS).

Emma is a Chartered Accountant. She earned a double bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance and Japanese from Swinburne University in Melbourne, Australia. In 2021, she completed the Oxford Leading Sustainable Corporations Programme, developed by Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

Authority experience

New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS)
US Department of Justice (DOJ)
US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Serious Fraud Office (SFO)

Awards & Recognition

2024 Future Leaders - Investigations Forensic Accountants, Lexology Index

2023 Thought Leader - Global Elite - Investigations Forensic Accountants - Under 45, Lexology Index

2019 and 2022 Future Leader: Consulting Experts – Forensic Accountants, Lexology Index

2019, 2020 and 2021 Future Leaders - Investigations - Forensic Accountants, Lexology Index

2023 Global Leader - Consulting Experts – Forensic Accountants - Future Leaders, Lexology Index

Accreditations

Member of the Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand (CA ANZ)
Member of Women’s White Collar Defense Association (WWCDA)

Languages

English

News and insights

News

FRA Experts Recognized in Who’s Who Legal Investigations - Forensic Accountants

Event

FRA International Senior Leaders Recognized in Who’s Who Legal Consulting Experts 2023

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