Rahul Samdani

Rahul Samdani is a Forensic Director with over 12 years of experience in forensic accounting, investigation, and consulting. He leads BDO's UAE Forensic Practice and is a Chartered Accountant and Certified Fraud Examiner. He specialises in fraud investigations, fraud risk assessments, financial crime compliance, and due diligence.
 
His forensic experience includes handling investigations in response to whistleblower complaints, financial reporting frauds, disputes in family-owned businesses, shareholder disputes, misuse of authority by senior management, violation of FCPA, and corruption. Rahul has also assisted government and semi-government clients in the UAE in performing fraud risk assessments through data analytics and implementing effective governance programs.
 
Rahul has led investigations, risk assessments, and AML compliance work across the Middle Eastern and Asian regions. His industry experience spans consumer and retail products, hospitality, technology and life sciences, manufacturing, financial services, real estate, construction, and healthcare.
 
Rahul's forensic engagements include assisting senior management, executive committees, in-house and external counsel, boards, administrators, and stakeholders in identifying and quantifying financial fraud and remedying control failures by designing, implementing, and monitoring internal controls.
 

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION

Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Certified Fraud Examiner (ACFE)
Certified Forensic Audit and Fraud Detection (Institute of Chartered Accountant of India)