David de Villiers

David de Villiers is an Executive in the Corporate Investigations department at Bowmans, based in the Johannesburg office, practicing in Compliance Law. He has over 21 years' experience in fraud, bribery and corruption investigations and anti-bribery and anti-corruption compliance, specializing in leading financial crime and procurement investigations in Southern Africa and internationally.

Mr. de Villiers has led and managed numerous large, high-profile, and complex forensic investigation matters for corporate and public service clients, resulting in successful disciplinary and criminal proceedings and recovery of losses. His work includes anti-fraud and anti-bribery risk assessments, due diligence, and compliance programme development. He has extensive experience dealing with the South African Police Service, the National Prosecuting Authority, the Special Investigating Unit, and the South African Reserve Bank, and spent over 3 years on secondment to the UK's Serious Fraud Office. He was appointed as Inspector by the Governor of the SARB under the South African Reserve Bank Act, 1989, and has conducted extensive investigations into contraventions of the Banks Act.

David holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting Science from the University of Pretoria, an Honours Bachelor of Accounting Science from UNISA, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Certified Internal Auditing. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner and a Forensic Practitioner registered with the Institute of Commercial Forensic Practitioners.

He has been ranked by Chambers Global in Band 3 for Corporate Investigations in South Africa (2024-2026).