Mr. McDaniel has nearly three decades of experience helping clients and outside counsel in the US, UK, and globally drive organizational success through ethical business, including via investigations, ethics and compliance programs, and transactional and third-party due diligence. He has worked around the world as an ethics and compliance officer, a consultant, and a Special Agent with the US Government.
Dallas, London
Brent McDaniel has deep experience in navigating complex, high-profile matters for Boards of Directors, Corporate Executives, and their outside counsel, including projects involving law enforcement and regulators. He has supported clients in a wide range of regulatory, fraud, corruption, and broader compliance investigations and related remediation; enhancement/remediation of ethics & compliance programs including through technology enablement; managing third party risk; anti-corruption and human rights/modern slavery programs; due diligence for third parties and acquisitions; government monitorships; and the resolution of related issues. Mr. McDaniel has also led the analysis and interpretation of large, complex data sets and the selection and implementation of technology necessary for many of these matters.
Mr. McDaniel has robust experience internationally. Throughout his career, Mr. McDaniel has worked successfully in countries across the globe, spanning five continents for clients in a variety of sectors, including:
Prior to joining Secretariat, Mr. McDaniel was a Partner in KPMG’s Forensic practice, specializing in forensic services, ethics and compliance, investigations, and related issues. While residing in London, he led KPMG’s Anti-Bribery and Corruption practice across Europe, Middle East, and Africa. He also served as part of the UK Ministry of Justice working group, where he advised on the UK Bribery Act guidance.
Before that, he was a senior leader in the ethics and compliance function of a large, multi-national energy company. Earlier in his career, Mr. McDaniel was a Special Agent, and then a Supervisory Special Agent, for the US Department of the Treasury for nearly eight years. He supervised and conducted investigations of large, complex white collar crime schemes relating to money laundering, corruption, terrorist financing, tax evasion, healthcare fraud, and corporate and investor fraud.
Mr. McDaniel has provided training around the world regarding fraud, financial crime (including money laundering and sanctions), forensic accounting, corruption, and the financing of international terrorism. He has also been a regular speaker at conferences and written numerous publications regarding ethics and compliance, bribery and corruption, international financial crime, fraud, and investigations.
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