Biography

Sharon Hall is a Director at FRA and holds more than 18 years of experience in corporate finance, including financial reporting, budgetary control, cash management and business strategy. Her expertise includes compliance reviews, internal investigations, risk assessments, evaluation of compliance programs, internal controls, both financial and non-financial, contractual reviews.

Sharon 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). Sharon’s team focused on a risk assessment and evaluation of the company’s anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) global compliance program, and the supporting financial controls.

Prior to joining FRA, Sharon was a senior executive at UNEP-WCMC – a United Nations collaboration – and in companies in the FMCG sector and engineering (design and manufacturing). Expertise relevant to the NGO and NFP sector includes all financial and corporate governance reporting, control of the project management process, including oversight of all contracts, monitoring and allocation of all grants and revenue streams including the use of restricted and non-restricted funds and all financing deals such as co-financing arrangements.

Sharon is a qualified C.I.M.A. accountant, with a Masters in Business Administration and has conducted work in Costa Rica, Brazil, South Africa, Ireland, France, Germany, Denmark and Spain.

Authority experience

US Department of Justice (DOJ)
Serious Fraud Office (SFO)
Parquet National Financier (PNF)
Agence Française Anticorruption (AFA)
European Commission (EC)

Awards & Recognition

Accreditations

Member of Women’s White Collar Defense Association (WWCDA)

Languages

English

News and insights

News

Meet FRA’s WWCDA Members

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The Benefits of Data Analytics in Compliance: Design, Effectiveness and Company Culture

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Leveraging Data Analytics to Better Protect Against Money Laundering, Corruption and Fraud