Koketso Semelane
Executive: Forensic Investigations and Fraud Risk Advisory,
Qualification: Chartered Accountant SA CA(SA), BCom Accounting Sciences - University of Pretoria, PGDip in Applied Accounting Sciences - University of South Africa
Koketso is an Executive at MBA Incorporated based in the Johannesburg office, with a unique approach that energises the legal process.
Professional Journey
Koketso has over 13 years professional experience of which 9 years relates to experience in conducting forensic investigations and litigation support. Koketso holds a B.com Accounting (University of Pretoria,2010) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Accounting Sciences (UNISA, 2013) degrees. Koketso is a CA(SA) and is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Areas of Interest and Expertise
• Conducting and leading large and complex forensic investigations into suspected irregularities and fraud, including identification of relevant internal control weaknesses / failures (i.e., investigations pertaining to supply chain irregularities, contract fraud, theft, general ledger and transactional fraud) in the Government and Public Sector, Telecommunications and Retail.
• Contract management reviews and efficiency improvement.
• Analysis of large volumes of financial documents and data, including transactional analysis and reconciliation of various data sources.
• Preparing forensic investigation and expert accountant reports for use in disciplinary hearings and criminal and civil litigation. Testifying in legal proceedings.
Experience Highlights
• Fraud risk reviews and key business processes design and internal control reviews for a South African Airports’ management company.
• Investigation into alleged irregularities into construction contracts at a National Department based in South Africa.
• Investigation into procurement irregularities (purchases and disposals) at the prestige unit procurement involving (Ministerial housing projects and official state funerals) at a National Department in South Africa.
• Investigation into alleged fraudulent payments made to selected suppliers made by a utilities state owned entity in South Africa.
• Whistle blowing policies and control benchmarking assessment which included the review of fraud risk related policies and management of the whistleblowing process for a coal mining company based in South Africa.
• Managed and led an investigation into potential conflicts of interests for a Major State-Owned Entity in South Africa.