OFE 1: Maximizing the CII Training Initiative

OFE 1 aims to engage attendees to identify practical solutions for fully leveraging the CII Training Initiative to strengthen investigative capacity across institutions and maximize learning outcomes.
Mary Jones
Mary Jones (WTO)
Mary Jones currently heads the Office of Internal Oversight (OIO) at the World Trade Organization, where she is responsible for the investigation, audit, evaluation, and inspection functions, advising the Director General on integrity risk management and reporting to Member States.  She has over 25 years’ practitioner and leadership experience in oversight functions across the public, private, charitable, humanitarian, and multilateral organisation sectors. She started her career in first responder roles, followed by criminology research focusing on crime reduction, social inclusion, ethical compliance and evaluation for government agencies, police forces, and non-profits. She then worked in trailblazing roles in Anti-Fraud and Corruption in an International NGO and went on to set up and lead the Investigations and Speak Up functions at the world’s largest university publisher. She is a certified fraud examiner, accredited intelligence and strategic assessment specialist, and senior qualified investigative interviewer. Mary is also the former Executive Director of the Association of Corporate Investigators where she led foundational initiatives to professionalise corporate investigations, including establishing global Investigation Principles and Good Practice Guidance, and authored a number of articles on internal investigation best practice. She currently Co-Chairs the United Nations Representatives of Investigative Services (UN-RIS) and is active in PSEAH and other oversight communities of practice and working groups.
Donabel Atienza
Donabel Atienza (ADB)
Donabel D. Atienza is a Senior Integrity Officer of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI). She assesses complaints for allegations of integrity violations in any ADB-related activity by staff or third parties.
Prior to joining ADB, Donabel was an investigator at the Office of the Ombudsman, Philippines, and leads teams that handle complaints against officers or employees of the Government and third parties. She was also an Investigating Member of the Ombudsman’s Internal Affairs Board.
Donabel is a lawyer and a Certified Fraud Examiner.
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Laurel Zhu (NDB)
Laurel Zhu is an Investigator at the New Development Bank (NDB). In her role, she conducts investigations and contributes to NDB’s commitments to ethics and integrity through developing policies and procedures related to ethics and investigations. Her work also supports the Bank’s efforts to enhance accountability and transparency by providing advisory services and delivering training on ethics, integrity, and investigation-related matters.
Laurel has nearly 25 years of professional experience across law enforcement, international organizations, and the private sector. She began her career as a criminal investigator with the Chinese Police, focusing on telecommunication and internet fraud, and later served with the United Nations, both at its headquarters and in field missions as a UN Police officer. Before joining NDB, she led nationwide administrative investigations and integrity initiatives for a multinational corporation in China.
Laurel is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Forensic Certified Public Accountant International (FCPAi), and Certified Security Management Professional (CSMP). She holds degrees in criminal investigation, public security management, and international relations.
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Zaruhi Badalyan (BSTDB)
With over 14 years of experience in anti-money laundering (AML), sanctions, investigations and broader compliance issues, Zaruhi Badalyan currently serves as the Acting Director of the Compliance Risk Management Department at the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB).
Before joining BSTDB, Zaruhi was the Chief Compliance Officer at the Central Bank of Armenia, where she led the development of the compliance risk management framework. Earlier in her career, Zaruhi served as a Senior Legal Expert at the Anti-Money Laundering Authority (FIU) of the Republic of Armenia, where she played a key role in shaping national AML policy and enforcement, while also participating in international mutual evaluations of AML measures within the scope of the MONEYVAL Committee of the Council of Europe.
Zaruhi is a member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) and holds several certifications in anti-money laundering, sanctions, and compliance risk management, including CAMS, CGSS, and CAMS (RM).

CII General Principles for Core Investigative Activities

Six volumes of General Principles for conducting core investigative activities that greatly expand on the principles within the CII’s Uniform Principles and Guidelines for Investigations. Endorsed at the 21st CII, these Principles provide more in-depth, principles-based, uniform guidance to investigators and Investigative Offices conducting these six core activities: Intake and Evaluation, Scoping and Planning, collection of Physical and Documentary Evidence, collection of Testimonial Evidence, collection of Digital Evidence and Evidence Analysis and Reporting of Findings.

As supplements to the CII’s Uniform Principles and Guidelines, each paper sets out non-binding principles establishing uniform standards to guide investigators and Investigative Offices undertaking these activities. They are purposely not prescriptive in technical details nor implementing practices. These Principles will also form the basis for a future CII Investigator Credential and CII Investigator training pathways.