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Christian Mönch
VERIFIEDMember Board of Directors, Area Governor Europe incl. Israel
Switzerland
Peter Coleman
VERIFIEDMember
Singapore
Mark Hodgson
VERIFIEDAmbassador
United Kingdom
Andreas Nehyba
VERIFIEDAmbassador Austria
Austria
Mike LaCorte
VERIFIEDPast President & Chairman
United Kingdom
Alex Auslander
VERIFIEDAlex Auslander Investigations
Israel
Sameer Buddha
VERIFIEDMember
India
Tina Kramberger
VERIFIEDMember
Slovenia
Carina Villena - VDA VILLENA DETECTIVES ASOCIADOS
VERIFIEDmember
Spain
Bob Scott
VERIFIEDFounder & CEO IntraOrbis Ltd
United Kingdom
Roman Bazikalov
VERIFIEDExpert Legal Investigator
Canada
Chiang Fu Ru
VERIFIEDMember
Taiwan
Hsieh Chih Po
VERIFIEDMember
Taiwan
Matthias Willenbrink
VERIFIEDPast President
Germany
Debra Allen
VERIFIEDmember
United States
John Withers CII
VERIFIEDManaging Director, Priority International | Board Member, CII & IPPIA
United Kingdom
philip ryffel
VERIFIEDPresident
Switzerland
Hayk Gabrielyan
VERIFIEDAmbassador
Armenia
Dean A. Beers
VERIFIEDMember
United States
Robert Fried
VERIFIEDMember
United States
JE Cohen
VERIFIEDBoard Director
United States
Igor Tsminskyi
VERIFIEDMember
Ukraine
Fernando Alvarez
VERIFIEDMember
United States
James Drinkwater
VERIFIED1st Year Financial Mathematics BSc @ Leeds | Aspiring Investment Banker | Course Representative
United Kingdom
Oliver Peth
Investigation Service DETEGERE / German Sherlock® | Corporate Intelligence, Fraud Investigations & Discreet Global Investigations
Germany
Salvo Castiglia
Member
Italy
Fernando Fernandez
Ambassador
United States
Mikhail Levko
CEO PILAB Consulting & Investigation Group
Russia
Matthew Spaier
Designated Director
United States
Bernhard Maier
Owner of BM-Investigations
Austria
Laura Giuliani
Past President- Life Member of the Board
Italy
Erika Morris
Member
United Kingdom
Karl Peter Kirk
Member
Hungary
Dinonath Malick
Corporate Investigation
Poland
Gautam Kumar
Member
India
Natalie Mccullins
Member
United Kingdom
Vincent Vrij
Member
Netherlands
Teri Dervenis
Member
United States
Emmanuelle Welch
Member
United States
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