Carla de Klerk

Carla de Klerk is a Manager: Investigations in the Dispute Resolution Department at Bowmans, specialising in Corporate Compliance. She is a forensic investigator focusing on fraud, corruption, procurement irregularities and employee misconduct, working across both private and public sector clients.

Carla has conducted high-profile criminal investigations, including matters involving allegations against a former CEO of a major government parastatal in connection with contracts valued at R3 billion, and procurement fraud investigations at a government municipality valued at R324 million. She has also investigated bribery and corruption at international mining companies, misappropriation of funds, payroll fraud, lifestyle audits, and state capture-related procurement irregularities. Her work includes collaboration with the DPCI (Hawks), complex data analytics, e‑discovery on Reveal and Relativity, and quantification of losses for reporting and litigation support.

Carla holds a BCom Hons in Forensic Accounting from North-West University and is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and a Commercial Forensic Practitioner (FP)SA.