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Stéphanie Lhomme is the head of the “Forensic Investigations, Corporate Intelligence and Litigation Support practice at Arendt Regulatory Consulting”.

Stéphanie specialises in complex engagements for corporates, private equity houses, financial institutions, and public organisations, covering fraud and corruption investigations, worldwide asset searches, AML investigations, anti-bribery and corruption reviews and in-depth due diligence (corruption, ESG...).

She has assisted corporations in complex in regulatory corruption investigations (FCPA, UKBA, Sapin II) in front of various authorities and regulators (DOJ, SFO, PNF…) and in corruption risk assessment and remediation, providing pragmatic field assistance. She also managed multiple fraud and corporate wrongdoing cases (accounting misstatements, embezzlement, supply chain fraud schemes…).

Stéphanie has gained nearly 25 years of experience providing financial and risk consulting services across the globe. She started her career in Transaction Services at EY and Deloitte in the US and then Europe, where she advised multinationals on complex transactions such as acquisitions, JV, restructuring, entries into emerging and complex markets and hostile take-over. She was also in-house for two years at Boston Scientific (NYSE) as the EMEA Finance Manager for the Endosurgery divisions, where she was also in charge of M&A.

Throughout her career, Stéphanie has spent significant periods in complex and emerging environments such as Africa, India, China and Russia. She has experience in various sectors (energy and environment, medical and pharmaceutical, shipping, industrial, PE and banking…).

She graduated from the leading French business school ESCP in Paris and holds an MBA from Drexel University in Philadelphia. She also attended the European affairs programme at ENA (the French national school of administration), as well as the IHEDN (the Institute of Advanced Studies in Security and Defense) and holds a certificate from SciencesPo (Paris Institute of Political Studies) in Governance and Board Directorships.

Stéphanie is also a commanding officer in the French Navy reserve.