Saurabh Bharara

About Saurabh Bharara

A white collar crime and compliance specialist and an experienced compliance professional skilled in establishing an effective global compliance program, corporate fraud & workplace investigations, corporate governance, audit & monitoring, FCPA and anti-bribery & corruption risk assessment and reviews, POSH investigations and training and communications.Chartered Accountant with 13+ years of experience across Internal Audit, Fraud & Misconduct Investigations, Ethics & Compliance, Risk Assessment, Internal Controls, and Corporate Governance. Proven expertise in leading risk-based audits, whistleblower investigations, forensic reviews, third-party due diligence, and anti-corruption programs across multinational organizations. Strong track record of Audit Committee reporting, stakeholder management, regulatory liaison, and building high-performing investigation and assurance teams.Saurabh has led more than investigations comprising allegations of impropriety -Conflict of interest, bribe and corruption, financial impropriety and other Code of conduct violations.His ares of specialization includes investigations of financial impropriety consisting fraud and corruption allegations, conducting interviews, FCPA and UKBA investigations, fraud risk assessment, employee investigations. Saurabh is currently General Manager with, Internal Assurance team of Bharti Enterprises (Bharti Airtel Limited, Airtel Payment Bank, Delmonte Foods, Bharti Reality). His role includes leading end to end investigations. Prior to Bharti Enterprises, Saurabh had worked with Sun Pharmaceuticals, Cognizant Technologies and Manager, Fraud Investigation and Dispute Advisory practice of EY India. Relevant Professional Engagements and Experience:Saurabh has assisted in handling various multi-jurisdiction engagements in a range of sectors including Infrastructure, Telecom, Information Technology, FMCG, Financial and Government entities with a specialization in health sector. His experience enables him to provide investigations to corporate when instances of fraud and corruption are suspected.Saurabh has also assisted client in developing, implementing and monitoring global compliance framework for their Clients.

Experience

1. Director

   BDO

   Aug 2025 — Present

Education

• Institute of Company Secretaries of India

  CS inter, Account & Finance

• Delhi University

  B.COM (HONS), COMMERCE

  2005 — 2008

• The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

  Chartered Accountant

  2006 — 2011

• New Era Public School

  Business/Commerce, General

  1992 — 2005

• Institute of Company Secretaries of India

  CS inter

Skills

• Direct Taxation
• Business Intelligence
• Internal Controls
• Accounting
• Team Management
• Finance
• Financial Reporting
• Corporate Fraud Investigations
• Due Diligence
• Income Tax
• Tax
• Financial Accounting
• Financial Analysis
• Corporate Disputes
• Fraud
• Forensic Accounting
• Fraud Detection
• Auditing
• Management
• Dispute Resolution
• Assurance
• Investigat
• Corporate Law
• Complaince
• Internal Audit
• Corporate Finance
• Fraud Risk Management
• Investigation
• Computer Forensics