Kurt Kolakauskas
Partner, PwC
Moderator
Kurt S. Kolakauskas is a Partner in PwC’s Forensic Services practice based in Philadelphia, PA. He has over eighteen years of experience in economic crime investigations, forensic accounting, and risk consulting. He serves Boards and Executive stakeholders at Fortune 500 and large privately held companies, in a variety of industries, to prevent, respond to, and emerge stronger from fraud and crisis events.
Kurt specializes in the design and execution of response and prevention strategies related to crises stemming from fraud, regulatory investigations and monitorships, SEC and DOJ litigation, FCPA/UKBA violations, earnings manipulation, and related party transactions. Kurt has significant experience responding to multi-jurisdictional regulatory risks and threats facing global organizations.
Within his Philadelphia based practice, Kurt is a frequent lecturer at Villanova University and White-Collar Practice groups on anti-fraud and anti-corruption compliance solutions. From 2013 to 2015, Kurt helped lead PwC's Forensic Services practice in Buenos Aires, Argentina, serving global clients throughout Latin America.
Kurt graduated from Villanova University with a bachelor's degree in accountancy. He is a Certified Public Accountant.