A first hand insight into the world of insider trading, ethics and conduct and a “must” for any Risk, Compliance, Legal and Governance professionals to hear him speak. The New York Times called him “The secret witness at the center of the biggest insider trading case in a generation.”
Date : 1st June 2020
Time : 3pm BST
Location : Zoom – please contact Ben Hudson for the log in details.
Price: No charge
Please RSVP to [email protected] if interested (and if you wish any colleagues to attend with you) as places will be limited and once they’ve gone they’ve gone, venue TBC shortly depending on numbers as we have two options we could run it in.
Bio
Tom Hardin previously spent much of his career as a hedge fund analyst in the United States. In 2009, as part of a cooperation agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, Tom assisted the U.S. government in understanding how insider trading occurred in the financial services industry. Known as “Tipper X,” Tom became one of the most prolific informants in securities fraud history, helping to build over 20 of the 80+ individual criminal cases in “Operation Perfect Hedge,” a Wall Street house cleaning campaign that morphed into the largest insider trading investigation of a generation. Since resolving his case in 2015, Tom was invited by the FBI’s NYC office to speak to their rookie agent class in 2016 and is now an international corporate trainer and speaker on conduct risk, behavioral ethics and compliance from his former frontline perspective. Tom received a B.S. Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Synopsis
In frank detail, Tom will share his story of crossing from unethical into illegal activity as a young professional and the psychological traps that can pull individuals into a spiral of rationalization as that line is crossed. He will share stories about his double life as an undercover FBI informant and provide takeaways from his experience, as well as reflections on the past three years of speaking to over 250 organizations, for key indicators that identify conduct risk in the organization.
