Biography

Renuka is a Manager on the Data Analytics team, based in FRA’s London office. Renuka has over 15 years of experience in IT and her specialism is with data extraction, transformation and loading of data and providing data analytics-oriented solutions. Renuka has assisted forensic team in financial crime investigations across multiple industries namely in oil and gas, telecommunications, aerospace, construction and financial services including anti-money laundering, corruption and sanctions compliance.

Renuka has worked and analysed data from a number of IT and ERP systems, involving high volumes of data and processing billions of transactions. She has been an integral part of the forensic team performing data analyses for expert reports in high-stakes litigation cases, OFAC/DOJ investigation matters and due diligence analyses for mergers and acquisitions projects.

Renuka was part of the FRA team supporting Airbus in a multi-year forensic accounting and eDiscovery review within the context of the company’s multinational investigation, reporting to four investigative authorities: UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the US Department of Justice (DOJ), the US Department of State (DOS) and French Parquet National Financier (PNF). The investigation involved analysis of large volumes of financial data.

Renuka is also an expert at using data visualisation tools and has designed and created interactive reporting dashboards for marketing team, created visuals in AML or fraud matters to identify suspicious activities as well as compliance monitoring dashboards.

Prior to joining FRA, Renuka has worked in Accenture and consulting firms like Ernst and Young and Ankura. She holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of Mauritius as well as various certifications in financial crimes (ICA-Anti-Money Laundering, ICA-Financial Crime, Certified Fraud Examiner), information security(CIPM, ISO27001) in addition to a range of data analytics and technology qualifications (e.g. Tableau, SQL, OCA).

Authority experience

Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
US Department of Justice (DOJ)
US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Serious Fraud Office (SFO)
Parquet National Financier (PNF)
European Commission (EC)

Awards & Recognition

Accreditations

Certified Fraud Examiner
Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM)

Languages

English
French
Hindi

News and insights

Event

FRA Women's Network Breakfast - December 2022