WHO WE ARE
Our reputation as a leader comes from our commitment to the truth – uncovering crucial facts that have influenced high-stakes legal battles and shaped major events. IGI’s investigations are strengthened by our diverse team of former prosecutors, forensic accountants, researchers, investigators, and analysts who come from the White House, federal law enforcement, intelligence agencies, the financial services industry, and journalism.
VIVEK K. JAIN
General Counsel
Vivek K. Jain
General Counsel
Vivek Jain is an Executive Vice President and General Counsel at IGI. He has over 20 years of experience advising clients and making Federal policy on financial services, capital markets, derivatives, and most recently the regulation of the digital economy (blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies, digital assets).
Vivek worked for five years at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in both the Office of General Counsel and in the Office of International Affairs implementing the Dodd-Frank Act regulating derivatives following the 2007-2008 financial crisis.
Before joining the CFTC, Vivek spent three years as counsel at WilmerHale LLP in Washington, DC representing hedge funds, corporations, public and private financial institutions in complex derivatives transactions. Prior to WilmerHale, Vivek was an associate in the International Capital Markets practice with Allen & Overy in London where he specialized in cross-border transactions, derivatives, and structured finance.
EDUCATION:
Vivek graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and History and received his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 2001 where he was a member of the Chicago Journal of International Law.
CONTACT: vjain@igint.com
ROBERT S. MASON
Executive Vice President
Robert S. Mason
Executive Vice President
Robert S. Mason is an Executive Vice President of IGI, with more than 20 years of experience conducting complex fact-finding investigations. He has managed major cases involving contests for corporate control, competitive intelligence collection, and corporate internal investigations.
Before joining IGI, Mason was a foreign affairs researcher at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. and an intelligence analyst producing studies for U.S. Department of Defense agencies.
Mason was a principal investigator in IGI’s 1992 internal probe of the United Way of America (UWA), conducted on behalf of the national charity’s Board of Trustees, which set a new benchmark for independent internal investigations. He testified as a government witness in the 1995 trial in which the former president of UWA and his associates were convicted of federal fraud charges.
Mason received a B.A. degree from the University of Washington and an M.S.F.S. degree from Georgetown University, where he completed an honors program in international business and economics and received a Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence. He also studied business at Templeton College (one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom) and completed military intelligence courses at the National Defense Intelligence College in Washington, D.C. (now the National Intelligence University). From 1980 to 1981, Mason studied and worked in Damascus, Syria, as a Fulbright Scholar.
Mason has significant case-related experience, including:
In Dubai, managing an internal investigation for an Emirates bank to uncover and identify the perpetrators of a sophisticated international identity theft, ATM card counterfeiting and money laundering ring that spanned Europe, the Middle East and southwest Asia.
In Kuwait, interviewing whistleblowers and witnesses, managing computer forensics, reviewing documents and employing undercover and surveillance operations to investigate multiple cases of alleged Iraq War contracting fraud.
For the Board of Trustees of the New York State Teamsters Funds, working on an internal investigation into the integrity of claims payment systems to identify claims processing employees and outside co-conspirators who had exploited vulnerabilities in the Funds’ accounting and computer systems to embezzle substantial sums. The Board of Trustees referred IGI’s findings to criminal prosecutors.
Obtaining evidence in a European country to assist IGI’s client, an investment bank, in mounting a successful sophisticated investor defense against allegations stemming from complex speculative foreign currency derivative transactions.
Working for counsel to the estate of an iconic rock star to assist it in years-long litigation against former managers who had misappropriated royalty monies and other assets over a 25-year period. Our investigation helped lead to the recovery of stolen assets and supported successful litigation for restoration of music rights and royalty income streams to the late artist’s surviving family members.
Leading a litigation support investigation for a regional Bell operating company that hired IGI to gather information in connection with a lawsuit filed by a competing local exchange carrier. Through interviews of former employees from all levels of the plaintiff company, we elicited information integral to our client’s successful settlement of the suit, including signed affidavits and documentation improperly withheld from discovery demonstrating that it was not our client’s actions that caused the plaintiff’s financial woes, which were instead attributable to myriad internal problems and an inept and inexperienced executive team.
EDUCATION:
University of Washington, B.A.
Georgetown University, M.S.F.S.
CONTACT: bmason@igint.com
DOUGLAS E. GRAHAM
Executive Vice President
Douglas E. Graham
Executive Vice President
Douglas Graham is an Executive Vice President of IGI, where he has assisted corporate, institutional, and individual clients in conducting internal investigations, opposition research, and competitive intelligence.
Before joining IGI, Graham served for nearly four years as the Vetting Advisor to the Office of Presidential Personnel, helping to manage the White House’s vetting operation for Presidential appointments. In this role, he participated in the vetting of President Barack Obama’s second term Cabinet appointments and other Senate-confirmed positions and advised the White House on the public policy and political implications of numerous appointments.
Prior to working in the White House, Graham spent nearly four years at the consulting firm New Partners. As a senior manager, he supervised research accounts and consulted for successful mayoral, state legislative, gubernatorial, and U.S. Senatorial campaigns. Graham was also involved in successful public and government relations campaigns on behalf of technology companies, a national sporting league, non-profits, and interest groups.
Before joining New Partners Consulting, Graham spent four years working for the Democratic National Committee, traveling the country researching presidential candidates and advising state Democratic parties and campaigns on research and communication strategy. Graham also participated in rapid response and preparation for the Presidential debates of 2008. At IGI, Graham has assisted corporate, institutional, and individual clients in conducting internal investigations, opposition research, and competitive intelligence. With his unique government and private sector experiences, Graham brings enhanced skills, knowledge, and experience to vetting witnesses before trial, vetting potential employees, officers, and board members for educational and corporate institutions, and conducting due diligence of candidates in preparation for political campaigns.
Graham has authored opinion editorials that have been published in The Hill and Chief Executive Magazine. He has also been quoted professionally in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and Politico and appeared on the CBS Evening News and HBO’s Vice News Tonight.
Graham graduated from Kent State University with a degree in Political Science. Graham also was a participant in Kent State University’s Washington Program on National Issues.
Representative Experience:
- Vetting candidates for executive positions and boards of directors, on behalf of an Ivy League university, a multi-campus public university system, and Fortune a 100 company;
- Assists private and corporate clients with cyber related threats and intimidation;
- Assists corporate and institutional clients with competitive intelligence and leak investigations;
- Oversees the firm’s political research services practice;
- Assists candidates for public office and political committees with self and opposition research services;
- Assists with crisis response for prominent political candidates.
EDUCATION:
Kent State University, B.A.
CONTACT: dgraham@igint.com
ANN KEATING
Managing Director
ANN KEATING
Managing Director
Ann Keating, a Managing Director of IGI, has more than 20 years of experience managing complex investigations, including but not limited to due diligence, fraud, litigation support, and corporate mergers and acquisitions. Keating also has conducted numerous security surveys for both individual and institutional clients.
Keating was a Senior Manager at Deloitte Financial Services, where she led Business Intelligence Services in their Boston office. While there, she participated in an internal investigation into alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Keating previously worked as an in-house investigator for Rubin and Rudman LLP, where she specialized in complex real estate and utilities litigation, conducted corporate history and background investigations, and located witnesses. Keating graduated from Tufts University with a bachelor’s degree in English.
Keating has significant experience in a wide variety of areas, and maintains ongoing relationships with due diligence clients involving pre-employment reviews for hundreds of financial services positions, both in the United States and abroad.
She has conducted extensive interviews with local residents, government employees, and businessmen to establish a long-standing anecdotal and documented history of poor water quality in a rural area that aided a client in obtaining dismissal of damage claims in excess of $500 million.
She has also performed an in-depth background investigation on a high-profile individual which identified extensive litigation, complaints to professional licensing agencies, and objectionable social media postings.
EDUCATION: Tufts University, B.A.
CONTACT: akeating@igint.com
NICOLE WARD
Director
NICOLE WARD
Director
Nicole Ward is a Director at IGI, where she assists with internal investigations, competitive intelligence, compliance reviews, and litigation support.
Prior to joining IGI, Nicole worked at Marciano & MacAvoy, P.C., where she assisted with the preliminary phases of litigation, trial preparation, and settlement negotiations. She also participated in Villanova Law School’s Interdisciplinary Mental and Physical Health Law Clinic, where she handled administrative hearings.
Nicole earned her J.D. from the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, where she graduated cum laude and was a member of the Villanova Law Review. She graduated summa cum laude from Rowan University with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism.
Publications:
When Laundry Becomes Deadly: Why the Extension of Duty past Spouses in Schwartz v. Accuratus Corp. Holds the Right People Responsible for Take-Home Toxic Torts, 62 Vill. L. Rev. 457 (2017).
EDUCATION:
Rowan University, B.A.
Villanova University, J.D.
CONTACT: nward@igint.com
NICHOLAS MATCHETT
Director
NICHOLAS MATCHETT
Director
Nicholas Matchett is a Director at IGI, where he has assisted corporate, institutional, and individual clients with internal investigations, political research, competitive intelligence, litigation support, due diligence, background investigations, and other matters.
Prior to joining IGI, Nicholas worked at the United States Institute of Peace, where he conducted research and analysis and assisted with the preparation of reports in support of several projects regarding transnational security and violent extremism, election security and democracy building, and related issue areas.
Nicholas earned his M.A. from The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs, where he specialized in International Security Studies. He graduated from the University of Virginia with a bachelor’s degree in Foreign Affairs.
EDUCATION: University of Virginia, B.A. George Washington University, M.A.
CONTACT: nmatchett@igint.com
EMILY A. LENZNER
Advisor
EMILY A. LENZNER
Advisor
Emily A. Lenzner, an advisor for IGI, is an experienced communications strategist with substantial public relations and crisis response expertise. Emily previously served as Executive Vice President for Global Communications and Public Affairs at the Motion Picture Association, where she oversaw the communications team in the United States and internationally. Prior to that, she served as Senior Vice President, Global Communications and External Relations, for Atlantic Media, where she was responsible for overseeing communications strategy for all divisions of the media company, including The Atlantic, Quartz, National Journal Group, and Government Executive Media Group and its subsidiaries.
Since 2014, Emily has been serving as spokesperson and media advisor to families of American hostages currently and previously held in the Middle East (as detailed in the 2015 New Yorker article “Five Hostages”).
Prior to joining Atlantic Media in 2013, Emily was a managing director for public affairs and political consulting firm SKDKnickerbocker, where she strategized and managed a variety of national media campaigns for corporations, non-profit organizations, and advocacy initiatives, including HBO, Highstar Capital, the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, and The New Republic, among others. She also spent six years as the executive director of communications for ABC News in Washington, D.C., managing public relations for television programs including This Week with George Stephanopoulos and Nightline, as well as the network’s political coverage.
Before returning to Washington in 2003, Emily served as the press secretary for a New York state gubernatorial candidate and oversaw communications for an instant messaging software company based in New York.
Emily previously worked in film production for a Hollywood production company, was a producer for a local news program in Seattle, and began her career in the White House as an assistant to George Stephanopoulos when he was senior advisor to President Bill Clinton.
Emily was named in-house PR Professional of the Year by PR Week in 2016 and also was a 2016 PR Week Top Woman in PR.
Emily is a graduate of Vassar College. She serves on the board of trustees for the Shakespeare Theatre Company and is a board member for Running Start and City Dance.
EDUCATION:
Vassar College, BA; English Language and Literature/Letters
CONTACT: elenzner@igint.com
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