Stefan Heissner, Ph.D.

Dr. Stefan Heissner has more than 30 years’ experience in investigating and preventing white-collar crime and corruption. In advising businesses and governments for more than 25 years, Stefan has been instrumental in almost all relevant fraud and corruption cases in Germany, either by investigating, auditing or advising on compliance, remediation, dispute or claims matters.

With extensive experience in fraud and corruption patterns, as well as broad Big Four leadership experience, Stefan is a leading expert in optimizing compliance management systems regarding effectiveness and efficiency, including digitization and managed services capabilities. He has advised clients in almost all industries and sectors, including public administrations and governments.

Prior to FTI Consulting, Stefan led PwC’s forensics team in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”) region and co-led the firm’s German risk and regulatory team. Preceding this role, he spent 15 years at EY, where he led the forensics and integrity services in EMEA and India. Additionally, he acted as the firm’s global markets leader and EY DACH digital solutions leader.

Before EY, Stefan spent eight years at KPMG, where he became a partner in 2003 and led the firm’s global intelligence team. He started his career in the German police, where he spent five years in departments for white-collar crime and corruption.

Stefan studied economics and focused on white-collar crime and corruption from a scientific perspective. The thesis of his first diploma focused on tax fraud, the second on corruption. In his Ph.D., he analyzed the fight against white-collar crime from a behavior-economical perspective. Additionally, he was a visiting lecturer at The European School of Management and Technology (“ESMT”) in Berlin and publishes books, commentaries and specialist articles on a regular basis.