
Biography
Blair Sprott is an Associate Director in FRA's Forensic Accounting team based in London. She has experience advising and assisting global organizations with their response to enforcement matters. Her expertise includes the design and evaluation of compliance programs and risk management processes, as well as conducting risk assessments and internal controls reviews.
Blair's recent experience includes:
- Supported the independent consultant in an SEC settlement with a global mining group, providing advice on the group’s procedures and controls related to impairment and project risk.
- Spent eight months on secondment to an international trade and distribution company following its acquisition by an American PE firm. Blair designed and implemented key policies & procedures and oversaw the transformation of compliance program areas such as M&A and internal investigations.
- Advised and supported 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.
- Reviewed and tested internal controls of a multinational software company.
- Supported Airbus 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.
- Evaluated the compliance program of a German automotive engineering firm in a US DOJ monitorship related to Dieselgate. She evaluated several program areas including internal controls, internal investigations and reporting, and incentives and disincentives programs.
Prior to joining FRA, Blair worked at Ernst & Young in their Forensics & Integrity Services practice based in Dubai. 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.