Ala Iebadeh is a Senior Director at Ankura and is based in Dubai. She has over six years of experience working on high-profile and highly sensitive corporate investigations, commercial local/regional litigations, and international arbitrations.
Education
- MBA, German Jordanian University – Graduate School of Business
- BSc. Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology – Faculty of Pharmacy
Experience
She has experience across the MENA region in a broad range of industries including chemical, aviation, shipping, media, financial services, healthcare, education, construction, consumer goods, public sector, and family conglomerates.
Ala supported accounting expert witnesses in a variety of disputes, including shareholder disputes, agency disputes and contract disputes. This also involved dealing directly with the local courts and providing ongoing support to legal representatives.
Prior to joining Ankura, Ala was a manager in a global consulting firm’s forensic practice in the Middle East, with experience in disputes and investigations, corporate intelligence services and financial services regulatory advisory.
Selected examples of Ala’s professional experience:
- Led an investigation of unusual changes to an insurance policy of a publicly-listed company’s asset which led to a loss of over USD 32 million when the asset was lost in a black swan event. The investigation revealed procurement fraud and collusion. Another potentially unrelated fraud was also uncovered which may have led to a loss of over USD 10 million for the company.
- Worked on a high-profile and highly sensitive multi-jurisdictional investigation involving corruption, collusion, bribery, embezzlement, and money laundering of hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars of public funds on an international scale. The work involved collaborating with international anti-corruption authorities and led to the imprisonment of multiple high-profile individuals.
- Worked on a high-profile investigation for a large government contractor, based in the GCC, with assets over AED two billion. The work involved verifying multiple allegations of tax evasion, mismanagement, fraud, misappropriation and collusion by the senior management of the company.
- Worked on a large multi-jurisdictional investigation for a public sector company. The investigation involved assessing allegations of fraud and collusion and uncovered multiple interconnected schemes to defraud the company of millions of dollars.
- Worked on an investigation verifying whistleblower allegations made against the sales team of a large local fast-moving consumer goods company. The allegations involved misappropriation, collusion and leakage of confidential data. The work involved collaborating with the legal representatives to issue a travel ban on the suspected individuals.
