Irene Pasternak
Director
Guidehouse
Irene is a Director in Guidehouse’s Financial Crime, Fraud, & Investigative Services (FFI) practice and the head of FFI Investigative Due Diligence team. She has over 20 years of experience in the fields of Fraud Prevention and Detection, Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), and international sanctions compliance, investigations and remediation.
Irene has implemented and led fraud prevention and detection programs, conducted regulatory compliance reviews, internal investigations, as well as development and assessment of internal controls. She has also been involved in the design and implementation of regulatory compliance and risk management programs and conducted trainings on regulatory compliance requirements, internal controls, procurement and third-party management for government agencies, large multinational companies, and financial institutions.
Irene began her career with the Department of Institutional Integrity of the World Bank where she was engaged in a variety of complex fraud and corruption investigations and conducted ABC and fraud prevention trainings. Upon transitioning to the private sector Irene conducted fraud, corruption, AML, and asset tracing investigations and led an investigative due diligence team. She participated in and led AML, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and FCPA compliance reviews and contributed to assessment and development of compliance programs. Additionally, Irene played a key role in the development of in-house tools and case management systems for anti-bribery and corruption vendor management, fraud detection and prevention in government programs, and AML transaction lookbacks.
