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Crisis Management Services & Incident Response
Our Forensics Crisis Management Services team has deep experience helping clients navigate various crises – from dealing with sensitive regulatory investigations to accessing grants and federal funds around major events or data issues, we team across EY service lines to work with clients and their counsel every day to prepare for, respond to and remediate around important events.
Emerging Trends in Crisis Management
Today’s interconnected business landscape poses serious risk for sanctions exposure that can result in significant financial penalties and impact reputation. Newly imposed sanctions relating to Russia significantly ramp up this risk, affecting clients from all sectors and geographies. Crisis management and sanctions issues to consider include funds transference, loans, trade finance, correspondent banking, joint ventures, extended customer base, distribution and supply chain networks. Our global EY network can help protect your business from risk of a crisis and provide proactive solutions to remediate business disruption.
Sanctions compliance
Investigations
Crisis management
Download EY Forensics Crisis response to sanctions
EY Forensics Crisis Management Services and Incident Response team can help your organization proactively protect against risks as well as help manage any crisis that disrupts your business.
Download Business Intelligence response to Russian sanctions
Confrontation
When discontented individuals or groups stand up against the actions of an organization
Examples
Strikes, boycotts, protests, ultimatums
Malevolence
When individuals or groups express anger toward or seek to gain from an organization
Examples
Cyber attacks, product tampering, malicious rumors, espionage
Misdeeds
When organisations are impacted by the considered actions of their own people, or customers
Examples
Fraud, corruption, money laundering
Technological
When organizations are impacted by faults in their own systems or by human error
Examples
Software failures, industrial accidents, oil spills
Man-made
When organizations are impacted by crises triggered by parties outside the organization
Examples
War, terrorism, financial crises, regulatory or legislative change
Technological
When organizations are impacted by environmental phenomena
Examples
Storms, pandemics, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions
Hidden crises
Crises that are present in the organization but have not been detected (e.g., fraud, financial manipulation)
Creeping crises
Crises that are present, suspected or that develop slowly and are not taken seriously (e.g., regulatory change, cyber attacks)
Sudden crises
Crises that happen without warning and (often) beyond an organization’s control (e.g., disease, terrorism, product tampering)
Bizarre crises
Crises that are impossible to predict. (e.g., airplane crashing into office, food poisoning at C-suite retreat)
The Crisis Management Services & Incident Response team
Jeffrey Sallet
Partner, Investigations & Compliance, Forensic & Integrity Services, Ernst & Young LLP
Former federal investigator. C-suite leader. CPA. Boston native. 5x Boston Marathon finisher. Devoted to family.
Boston, USA
Chris Sercy
EY Americas Forensic & Integrity Services Markets Leader, Principal, Ernst & Young LLP
Client focused. Driven by innovation and imagination. Committed to building diverse and inclusive teams. Avid golfer. Devoted to family.
Charlotte, USA
Kris Curry
EY Americas Forensic & Integrity Services Deputy Managing Partner
Enjoys helping clients address legal and regulatory challenges. A leader in utilizing technology and innovative approaches.
Iselin, USA
Lou Bladel
Managing Director, Assurance, Forensic & Integrity Services, Ernst & Young LLP
Former FBI special agent with over 26 years of investigative and leadership experience.
Washington, DC, USA
Donna Daniels
Managing Director, Forensic & Integrity Services
Former general counsel and chief compliance officer. One marathon away from the Six Star Medal. Family, friends and dogs come first.
New York, USA
John Roberts
Managing Director, Forensic & Integrity Services, Ernst & Young LLP (EY US)
CPA for 34 years, 25 as an FBI agent and supervisor and nine in Big Four forensic accounting. Leads EY US’ Philly forensics practice and its 33 practitioners.
Philadelphia, USA
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