Uwe Heim is a Senior Managing Director with Teneo’s Financial Advisory business, based in Frankfurt. Uwe brings over 20 years of experience in forensic investigations, corporate security and financial crime, combined with a proven track record of leadership and entrepreneurial success.
His career includes key roles at global firms such as KPMG, Deloitte and Ankura, where he was instrumental in establishing and expanding their forensic practices in Germany. Uwe is widely recognized for his expertise in addressing complex fraud, money laundering and financial investigations, having successfully managed major international projects and advised large multinational organizations with a focus on quality and innovation. Prior to this experience, Uwe was a member of the investigation department of international organized crime, money laundering and financial investigations at the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA).
Uwe is the co-author of two commentaries in capital market compliance and compliance. He is an ISO 9000-certified auditor and serves on the jury for the OSPAS global corporate security award in Germany. Uwe also supports the German initiative for economic protection, leads the competence center for white-collar crime of the German Security Association ASW and is a lecturer at the Technical University of Cologne.
Selected Project Experience:
- Global investigation of sanctions violations at a bank under the supervision of the OFAC and the DOJ, examining 68 million financial transactions.
- Investigation for money laundering by using stock trading at a global bank, reporting to the supervisory authorities in the U.S., UK, Russia and Germany.
- Investigation at a bank in the UK and Germany for a VAT carousel scheme involving carbon certificate trading.
- Global investigation at an automotive supplier with over 100 subsidiaries worldwide, under the supervision of the OFAC and the DOJ for violations of U.S. trade sanctions.
- Investigation of corruption at an automotive supplier in 38 countries.
- Investigation of bribery cases at a real estate investment bank as a special auditor for the supervisory authority BaFin and the public prosecutor’s office.
- Investigation of stock market price manipulation at a bank as a special auditor on behalf of the supervisory authority BaFin, in cooperation with the public prosecutor’s office, the criminal investigation department and the stock exchange supervisory authority.
- Covert investigation of fraud involving an attempted criminal hostile takeover in a global tourism company in the Middle East.
- Covert investigation of accounting fraud in Italy for a global electronics company.
- Investigation of embezzlement at a defense contractor in the Baltic States.
- Investigation of embezzlement in the major losses department of an insurance company.