Marilyn Abate

Marilyn is a Partner in KPMG’s Risk Consulting and Financial Crimes practice, specializing in fraud risk management. She has over twenty years of Canadian and International experience in fraud and forensic investigations in the banking and financial services industry. Marilyn is a fraud subject matter expert, and her expertise encompasses front-line operations and the development and implementation of enterprise fraud risk management programs and fraud strategies. Marilyn has led numerous fraud, AML, code of conduct, regulatory and legal investigations in the banking, insurance and financial services industry.

Before joining KPMG, Marilyn held senior roles in Corporate Security, Global Investigations and Fraud groups at one of the large banks in Canada. Working in the financial services industry, she had global accountability for all investigations (internal, external, fraud, AML regulatory, etc.). She also developed and implemented fraud strategy across all lines of businesses globally, insider threat and the fraud risk management framework.

Marilyn has been qualified as an expert witness before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the Supreme Court of British Columbia.