Chris Mathers

About

About Chris Mathers - Former Undercover Law Enforcement Officer, Authority on Crime in Business:

Chris Mathers spent most of his life working undercover for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, US Drug Enforcement Administration, and the US Customs Service. Posing as a gangster,
a drug trafficker, and even as a money launderer, Mathers has seen and done it all. In his extraordinary talks, Mathers takes audiences into the underworld that only he can describe, letting people in on the stunning stories and secrets harboured by terrorists and those involved in organized crime.

In 1995, Mathers joined the Forensic division of the international accounting firm, KPMG. In 1999, he was appointed to the position of President of KPMG Corporate Intelligence Inc. where he was responsible for international due diligence, asset recovery operations, and the investigation and prevention of organized crime and money laundering.

Touching on issues from security, hiring decisions and background
checks to money laundering schemes, corporate fraud, bribery, blackmail, extortion and more; Chris offers wise insights on human character and organizational culture that can help you to spot and avoid the perils of white collar crime. Chris is a unique, humorous, and fascinating speaker.

A popular media commentator and speaker, Mathers has served as a consultant on several feature films and documentaries relating to organized crime, espionage and money laundering. He has appeared on television and radio interviews on CNN, PBS, MSNBC, all of the Canadian national news networks as well as media outlets in Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia and the Caribbean. Mathers is also the host of The Egyptian Job, on the National Geographic Channel.

He is also the author of the bestselling book, Crime School: Money Laundering.

Topics

What Chris Mathers Talks About:

Cyber Security – The Invisible War

Imagine a world where every telephone call is monitored, every email and text message read. A world where all of your most personal information can be stolen by cyber-criminals and offered for sale to the highest bidder.

How much risk are you taking each time you turn on your computer, surf the Internet or participate in social media? We are all bombarded every day with emails designed to trick you into downloading malware onto your computer or your corporate network. Who are the people that are working so hard to steal your identity? What can you do to keep them in check?

How do we protect ourselves and our businesses from an invisible enemy? As technology proliferates, what choices should you make?
How much of your privacy will you be willing to give up for the sake of security? Convenience? Social Interaction?
Where will be as a society in 25 years? What impact will the choices we make today have on privacy and security in the future. And how will our government protect us?

Chris’ insights into the world of organized crime and foreign intelligence and how the Internet is the new crime scene, will shock, inform and entertain you.

Crime in Business & The Business of Crime

Have you ever wondered about the seedy underbelly of the business world? Chris Mathers will provide you with a glimpse of the business world of crime and espionage in this keynote address. As a veteran undercover agent at the RCMP and intelligence officer at one of the world’s largest forensic accounting firms, Chris has seen it all and is able to offer unique insights on this topic with his larger-than-life personality.

Chris is in great demand as a keynote speaker at conferences and corporate retreats. Whether the audience are front-line staff, sales managers, corporate executives, teachers, entrepreneurs, trades people or parents, there are many lessons to be learned from his life of crime. Touching on issues from security, hiring decisions and background checks to money laundering schemes, corporate fraud, bribery, blackmail, extortion and more; Chris offers wise insights on human character and organizational culture that can help you to spot and avoid the perils of white collar crime. Chris is a unique, humorous and fascinating speaker.

Current Trends and Topics In Business Today:

Corporate, Finance and Legal

Regulatory compliance
Management and/or Employee Misconduct
Fraud, Corruption and Money Laundering

Associations, Organizations and Foundations

Safeguard reputations and ability to raise funds and conduct ethical business practices
Straight talk on crime, terrorism and anti-globalization
Travel Risks Do & Do Not: Situational awareness while traveling abroad

Education Groups

The impact of popular culture on adolescent behaviour
How do today’s Youth perceive the world around them?
Interventions: When adolescence become ensconced in drugs, alcohol and other criminal activity. Tips and resources on getting them back from the Abyss.

Entertaining Keynote
My Life: 20 years undercover: The subject matter is not from a legal or academic perspective, but from a practical, often gritty one. Chris’ approach is to take a complex subject and he uses plain language, the criminal vernacular, and real experiences to illustrate the concepts of organized crime.