Graham McNulty

Graham McNulty

As a Strategic Advisor and Independent Non-Executive Director, I leverage my extensive experience and expertise in policing and law enforcement to provide high-quality advice and consultancy to UK and international clients. I have over 30 years of experience in tackling serious and organised crime, leading complex investigations, and delivering organisation-wide transformation programmes in the Metropolitan Police, Hampshire Constabulary and the National Police Chiefs Council.

I also serve as an Associate at the College of Policing, where I contribute to the development of the next generation of police leaders for the police service across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

I am a recipient of the Queen’s Police Medal and the International Partnership Award, and a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. I am passionate about enhancing the effectiveness, efficiency, and accountability of policing and public safety, and fostering collaborative partnerships across sectors and borders.

SFO

The SFO leads the UK’s fight against serious fraud, bribery and corruption. We fight complex financialcrime, deliver justice for victims and protect the UK’s reputation as a safe place to do business.

We are part of the UK criminal justice system covering England, Wales and Northern Ireland, but not Scotland, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands. We take on a small number of large economic crime cases. The Director may investigate any suspected offence which appears to him on reasonable grounds to involve serious or complex fraud, bribery or corruption.

In considering whether to authorise an investigation the Director will take into account the actual or intended harm that may be caused to:

• the public, or
• the reputation and integrity of the UK as an international financial centre, or
• the economy and prosperity of the UK

and whether the complexity and nature of the suspected offence warrants the application of the SFO’s specialist skills, powers and capabilities to investigate and prosecute.

We pursue criminals for the financial benefit they have made from their crimes and assist overseas jurisdictions with their investigations into serious and complex fraud, bribery and corruption cases. We are unusual in the UK in that we both investigate and prosecute our cases. We were set up this way because our cases are complicated and lawyers and investigators need to work together from the beginning.

The SFO was created and given its powers under the Criminal Justice Act 1987 and was established in 1988.