Mark Bowra

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About Mark Bowra

Mark Bowra is a Senior Forensic Partner at KPMG China with 30 years’ experience conducting complex financial investigations, focusing on anti-bribery and corruption activities, asset misappropriation and financial statement fraud matters; but also conducting business partner and intellectual property reviews (including joint venture, license, manufacturing, channel and royalty reviews), litigation support, and supporting asset recovery needs. He relocated from Australia to Hong Kong in 1991 and to Shanghai between 2004 and 2016 where he founded KPMG’s Forensic practice in the PRC. He has lived in Asia since 1991: 17 years in Hong Kong SAR, and 12 years in the PRC. He was national Head of Forensic for China & HK from 2015 to 2019. Mark was appointed Head of KPMG China’s Investigation Unit in October 2021, working with KPMG's leadership and Disciplinary Committee to investigate all forms of reported and suspected misconduct. This role includes supporting the development of measures to prevent and detect misconduct as part of KPMG's ongoing commitment to continuously improve, in line with the KPMG's global vision for a best-in-class ethical culture. Mark has conducted numerous regulatory-initiated investigations for US, European and Asia Pacific listed multinationals, including FCPA, UKBA driven matters, short seller initiated analysis and fact finding enquiries plus small and large-scale asset misappropriation inspections. Mark has also conducted large, high-profile financial investigations involving fraud, corruption and money laundering in proceedings representing Hong Kong’s Department of Justice, and assisted Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption, and each of the Commercial Crime, Narcotics, and Organised Crime & Triad Bureaus of the Hong Kong Police. He has provided litigation/arbitration support for large corporations and high net-worth individuals in Asia Pacific, typically for shareholder, family, matrimonial and complex deceased estates, contract and intellectual property disputes; and has given evidence in the Hong Kong SAR’s High Court and Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, American Arbitration Association proceedings, and submitted expert reports in arbitration proceedings in Singapore.