Alexis Conran, TV Presenter and Actor (LAMDA trained) is best known as the man who identifies, uncovers and helps us to protect our businesses and ourselves against scams. As writer and presenter of the highly acclaimed BBC TV show, The Real Hustle, he is in the rare position of being able to advise and educate even the most-foolhardy on issues surrounding security and risk (in the real and virtual world), and identify the human behavior, communication skills and confidence tricks that the world’s top scammers rely on to achieve their unscrupulous aims. An expert in social engineering, Alexis shares insights into information security and how people are psychologically manipulated into performing actions or divulging confidential information.
As a charismatic and engaging keynote and after-dinner speaker, Alexis employs his knowledge of the dark and deceptive world of hustling, pickpockets and con-artists to speak candidly on the risks and security threats constantly faced by businesses, and to deliver important messages on the shrewdest ways to protect against the ever-increasing number of scams. His recent clients include Google, IBM, the RSA Security Conference, Experian, RBS, Halifax, Aviva, Facebook, Porsche, VISA, The Metropolitan Police and the City of London Police Fraud in Action Unit.
Alexis currently hosts his own weekly show, on Talk Radio. He has been part of several Channel 5 programs all focused around how to keep people safe from scams and sharp practices. He also contributes to ITV’s This Morning and BBC Radio 4 and 5Live, and was crowned champion of Celebrity MasterChef 2016.
Ken is the executive director and chairman of international private intelligence and cyberinvestigations firm, IFW Global (IFW) headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with offshore bases invarious countries including the USA. IFW investigates complex cybercrimes and large-scalefinancial fraud across the world.
Ken and his team work closely with law enforcement, regulatory agencies and anti-corruptionbodies to gather intelligence and uncover transnational criminal syndicates engaged in largescalecross border fraud and international money laundering. Ken also coordinates asset recoveryoperations on behalf of victims of serious fraud, using an extensive global network of intelligenceand legal resources combined with state-of-the-art tracking technology.
Ken is a front-line investigator with extensive qualifications and experience in investigation,intelligence, surveillance, asset recovery, and security risk consulting, developed over a 32-yearcareer. Ken has consulted to, and presented on, an array of cybercrime topics to various foreigngovernments and law enforcement agencies including Interpol.
Ken has received three law enforcement awards from the Philippine National Police, Anti-Cybercrime Group, since its inception in 2013 for his ground-breaking work on exposingcybercrime groups in the Philippines. Ken appears regularly in international news and televisionmedia, mostly for his work on uncovering and exposing cyber fraudsters.
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