Mark Young is a director in Control Risks’ Compliance, Forensics and Intelligence practices in Shanghai, focusing on fraud and forensics matters in Greater China. For the last 14 years, Mark has been based in Shanghai, specialising in the execution of fraud investigations in mainland China and other jurisdictions. Mark’s overall experience includes law enforcement work in the US, consulting on a wide range of risk and investigation projects in mainland China, as well as leadership of an in-house global investigations function of a Fortune 100 manufacturer.
Recent tasks that Mark has worked on include:
Before joining Control Risks, Mark was senior director of global investigations at Flex Ltd in their brand protection and security team, specialising in the leadership, oversight and execution of compliance investigations in Flex’s complex manufacturing environment. Before working at Flex Ltd, Mark was a director at Kroll, managing due diligence, internal fraud and intellectual property investigations. Mark started his career as a police officer in California before moving to Shanghai.
Mark holds an MBA, is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), as well as a Certified Forensic Interviewer (CFI) and has a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (ICGB) certification. He is proficient in both spoken and written Mandarin.