Günter Degitz

Günter Degitz has over 25 years of professional experience in high profile forensic investigations, large scale governance and compliance assessments, monitorships related assignments, and strategy consulting for international companies and financial institutions. He leads AlixPartners’ Risk, Investigations and Disputes practice and has managed large international engagements in the banking, insurance, telecommunication, automotive, pharmaceuticals, electronics and sports/media/internet industry.

Based on this expertise, he acts for clients independent compliance assessments and investigations, large-scale remediation programs and international forensic analysis engagements. His engagements have been on effective Compliance Management Systems (CMS) and misconduct in the fields of bribery and corruption (FCPA), anti-money laundering (AML), sanctions, tax fraud (FATCA) and data breaches.

As international compliance and forensic expert he was responsible for independent examiner and monitor mandates of AlixPartners for the Department of Justice and the New York State Department of Financial Services and for regulators in Switzerland and Germany.

His recent cases include international AML and Sanctions investigations for leading banks, the independent investigation of Holocaust related matters, and the review and implementation of improved target operating models for global compliance and anti-financial crime organizations. He managed large-scale digital investigation and independent assessments of fraudulent business practices for clients in the U.S., Asia, U.K., Switzerland, Austria, Germany and Eastern Europe.

He managed major governance, compliance and remediation projects for international corporations and is recognized by WWL as international expert and thought leader in this area and a contributing author to the GIR Guide to Monitorships. As German national he has lived in the US, Switzerland and Germany.

Historic and active client relationships include Airbus, Allianz, Bilfinger, Commerzbank, Credit Suisse, Dassault, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Telekom, HypoGroupAlpeAdria, Infineon, Julius Baer, Mondi, Novartis, Porsche, Post Austria, SanofiAventis, Siemens, T-Systems, Tenneco, TRW, Versata, VW, Wirecard and others.

His international investigation cases include:

● Independent investigation of Holocaust related allegations for a major international bank
● Investigation of AML/Sanctions related shortcomings for a German bank and payment provider
● Sanctions Lookback concerning Russia related exposure after the Ukrainian war for two major banks
● Investigation for an international telecommunication company regarding bribery (FCPA), fraud and asset misappropriation in European countries. The investigation was the basis for criminal and civil claims against the accused managers and resulted in recovery of significant assets. The investigation covered the review of the compliance management system, policies and procedures and the assessment of fraudulent contracts and transactions.
● Forensic investigation into management fraud, asset misappropriation and corruption for an international bank in Austria. Mr. Degitz managed the coordinated suspension of the board members, the acquisition of the relevant assets for 30 employees and managers and the on-site investigation. The investigation resulted in effective lay-offs, criminal and civil claims against a number of board members and successful recovery of significant assets for the bank.