Behind the screens: navigating WhatsApp, email & other digital messages in workplace investigations

Joanna is the Managing Director of Safecall. She leads the Safecall business teams in delivering confidential whistleblowing services, training, and independent investigations on behalf of organisations around the world. As part of that role, Joanna sees the effect that whistleblowing reporting has on promoting positive working cultures and preventing or mitigating damage to business reputations.

Tim is responsible for overseeing Safecall's call bureau and managing the company's investigative services. Tim brings extensive experience from his 30-year career as a police officer, where he served as a superintendent in charge of policing a large conurbation in the North of England. His responsibilities at Safecall include working closely with clients to manage their investigations and supervising independent consultant investigators.

Jim Vint focuses on litigation, compliance, and investigation projects for global organizations. He has significant experience working in the U.S., U.K., E.U., and Asia Pacific. His areas of expertise spans a variety of industries and covers commercial disputes, Anti Money Laundering, Sanctions matters, Anti Bribery and Corruption, Cyber Crime, Cartel and Antitrust matters and Tax Evasion related projects. Jim has been retained in numerous matters as a testifying expert related to data identification, collection, advanced data analysis and review techniques as well as internet data transmissions, the discovery of structure data, data migrations, data flow, platform assessments, and other data driven disputes. He has experience in presenting to various regulators and courts in the US and UK. Jim provides risk mitigation advisory services and transactional data analyses for his corporate clients. Solutions include leveraging the application of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Robot Processing Automation, specifically within the legal and investigatory community. He has broad experience in IT due diligence, risk control evaluation, system performance improvement, and data quality and governance. He is a frequent author on emerging data sources and solutions on managing these in legal proceedings. Jim has been recognized as a leading expert by Who’s Who Legal for several years in the data and legal investigations categories.

Christine specialises in employment law, advising on contentious, transactional and advisory matters. She has advised on claims in the Employment Tribunal and High Court including high value whistleblowing and discrimination claims and seeking injunctive relief.