Col Sanganagouda Dhawalgi Executive Director-FI CFE

After serving the nation as a professional intelligencer in the corps of Military Intelligence of the Indian Army, Colonel Sanganagauda Dhawalgi today stands as a global leader in risk mitigation and integrity management services. The Executive Director and head of Forensic Investigations (FI) practice at Netrika Consulting India, Col Dhawalgi, is a Certified Fraud Examiner with over 41 years of extensive experience in the Corporate and Government sphere.

Administering the Foreign Investigation (FI) division of Netrika, Col Dhawalgi operates in emerging, and frontier markets and is also the President of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) Bangalore chapter.

Leveraging his expertise in KYC & Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Procurement Fraud, MI, Forensic work in E-commerce Industry, Anti-Bribery-FCPA Investigations, Employee Fraud, Fraud Investigations, Anti-Fraud Solutions, Fraud Risk Assessment, Business Intelligence, Investigative Interviewing Skills/Deceit Detection, Due Diligence, Penetration Testing, Mystery Shopping, Background Investigations, Loss Prevention, Operational Security & Security Audit and Emergency & Disaster Management, Col Dhawalgi has led investigations for various national as well as international clients.

He is a proud recipient of the President’s Gold Medal from the Officers Training Academy for being first in the merit and best officer commissioned from his batch.

Holding Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from IIT Kharagpur and Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications, the Indian Army veteran is an ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, a Certified Fraud Examiner and an Advisor to the Global body of ACFE who has also been trained in the US in Procurement Frauds and Investigative Interviewing Techniques by Reid & Associates, CIA, FBI, ACFE and MI.

A voracious writer in periodicals on various fraud-related topics, Col Dhawalgi is also a professional speaker on Forensic subjects at various forums. A co-author of a book named “Deceit Detection & Interrogation” he is ready to make another contribution to the industry through his book “Guide to Investigative Interviewing”.