Our team

Due to the multi-faceted nature of our projects, Surveilligence uses the experience and knowledge of experts from partner companies to create strong and efficient multidisciplinary investigative teams comprised of forensic investigators, lawyers, financial auditors, IT experts, and valuation and corporate finance specialists.

If requested by the client or depending on the type of information required, our team members may include selected detectives with police experience, who work for one of our associate detective agencies.

According to the nature of the project, we cooperate with experts in the specific areas under review. We have worked, for example, with marketing specialists, media professionals and civil engineering experts.

Ing. Ján Lalka, CFE

Ján Lalka is the managing director and founder of Surveilligence. He has 12 years of experience in the fraud detection and investigation, data analyses, internal control system reviews and risk management at companies and banks. He has been involved in numerous fraud investigations in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Montenegro and the Ukraine. Additionally, he has worked in an international bank, a market risk management department, and for a private group of venture capital investors. He was also involved in the restructuring of a machinery company and was one of the founders of a factoring financing company. Prior to founding Surveilligence, Lalka worked for almost four years for Deloitte, one of  the “Big 4” global consultancy companies.

Ján Lalka graduated from the University of Žilina and completed his postgraduate studies at Academia Istropolitana Nova in Bratislava. He is a member of the Czech Institute of Internal Auditors (ČIIA) and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). He is one of the few specialists in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, who is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).

His professional experience includes:

• Involvement in many forensic engagements in global and local private firms and major municipalities as forensic fraud examiner and responsible partner. The projects included comprehensive fraud examinations, asset tracing, investigations of accounting manipulations, fraud prevention system reviews, examination of employee corruption, data analysis, business intelligence, and conflict-of-interest reviews.
• Lecturing at institutions on fraud detection, investigation and prevention, including Czech Institute of Internal Auditors, Institute of bank education of National Bank of Slovakia and Economic University Bratislava.
• Participated on two of the biggest FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) investigations in Europe.
• Published professional articles in the media and on his blog.