Blair Sprott is an Associate Director in FRA's Forensic Accounting team with expertise in evaluating compliance programmes, risk assessments and internal controls. Blair has experience assisting global organizations with their response to enforcement matters and has worked across the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa and Europe.

Blair recently spent eight months on secondment to an international distribution company following its acquisition by an American private equity company. She designed and implemented key policies & procedures and oversaw the transformation of compliance programme areas such as; M&A and Internal Investigations. Additional experience includes advising and supporting an international cybersecurity company in designing and conducting a Global Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption ("ABAC") risk assessment which met the requirements of the French Anticorruption Agency and international best practices. Further, she provided support to a multinational software company by reviewing and testing its internal controls.

Blair was part of the FRA team supporting Airbus in a multi-year forensic accounting and eDiscovery review within the context of the company’s multinational investigation, reporting to four investigative authorities: UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the US Department of Justice (DOJ), the US Department of State (DOS) and French Parquet National Financier (PNF). Her work focused on a risk assessment and evaluation of the company’s ABAC global compliance program, and the supporting financial controls.

In addition, she was part of a team supporting the FRA partner appointed by the DOJ to serve as independent compliance monitor for a German automotive engineering firm, after it was found to have assisted its customer in manipulating standard motor vehicle emissions testing performed by the US Environmental Protection Agency.

Prior to joining FRA, Blair worked at Ernst & Young in their Forensics & Integrity Services practice based in Dubai, UAE. During her 5+ years in the UAE, she worked on a large-scale consulting project providing on-the-ground support to the government of a major oil-producing economy in sub-Saharan Africa. Blair has additionally worked in a legal capacity on international litigations and arbitrations while working for an international law firm in its Dubai office.

Blair holds a Master’s degree in International Business and Emerging Markets from the University of Edinburgh and Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the University of Aberdeen.