Patrick Kelkar

Practice Areas

Anti-Corruption Due Diligence and Investigations

Litigation/Arbitration Support Investigations

Internal Investigations - Fraud, Corruption and Misconduct

Asset Tracing

Career

Patrick Kelkar, Managing Director (Americas) at The Risk Advisory Group, has more than 25 years of experience in conducting investigations around the world, having worked in the Big Four, international organisations, high-profile public inquiries and as a senior leader at boutique investigative firms. Patrick specialises in investigating complex transnational fraud and corruption cases, as well as in fact-gathering investigations for litigators and their clients.

Prior to Risk Advisory, Patrick was the head of the anti-corruption and internal investigations practices for a global investigative firm, where he spent more than twelve years. He has managed and conducted due diligence, litigation, asset tracing, fraud, corruption and misconduct investigations on behalf of counsel, international organisations, governments, investors and corporate clients. Patrick has led matters in more than 100 countries and conducted investigative work on the ground in approximately two dozen countries, including in Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

Previously, Patrick conducted international investigations on behalf of the World Bank Group and the Independent Inquiry Committee (“Volcker Committee”) into the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme in Iraq. Patrick was a Senior Investigator for the Volcker Committee and played a key role in the high-profile investigation into allegations of corruption against the Executive Director of the U.N. program. For the World Bank, Patrick conducted numerous procurement and financial investigations of development projects in Africa and Asia, as well as investigations of various internal fraud and corruption allegations.