The Hillmont Professional is University qualified, must have at least five years of professional experience, must speak at least two languages, must have international exposure, must be able to mix diplomacy and investigative skills, uses analytical and critical analysis, and is able to deal with the most complex cases in various jurisdictions to provide realistic, achievable and quick-turnaround solutions.


Francis MONTIL (B.Bus, LLB, LLM, MAIPIO, MAIPI)

Founder of Hillmont & Associates. Holds a Bachelor of Business (B.Bus. {Econs & Finance}, a law degree (LLB) and a Master of Laws from University of Sydney (LLM).

Frank has over thirty five years of experience in law enforcement (former detective), counter-espionage and counter-terrorism intelligence, (former Operations Officer and Manager of the Australian Intelligence Organization) and in international investigations, General Inspectorate and Ombudsman services in international Organizations, including the United Nations as the former Deputy-Director of Investigations at the Inspector General's Office of the United Nations in New York. He is internationally known for his contribution in anti-fraud and anti corruption investigation policy through his work with the United Nations.

He has led International Task Forces in refugee smuggling cases, money laundering cases, complex procurement fraud cases, serious employee misconduct cases and mismanagement cases, including serious cases of political leaks and breaches of confidentiality regulations .He has developed expertise in comprehensive pro-active and corporate reviews of complex development projects with a specialist perspective in fraud and corruption risks in lawless and disaster environments.

On the corporate governance side, as a team member of the United Nations ethics and Integrity program, he helped in the development of the United Nations' Inspector General's integrity project and was an inaugural member of the Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and United Nations executive integrity development program.

Christopher John Wallace PARTRIDGE (B.A. P.Sc.)

Chris is based in Geneva- Switzerland. He studied Political Science at the University of Adelaide. He is a veteran intelligence officer having spent 27 years with the Australian Intelligence Service where he held a number of operational and senior positions including that of senior operational manager for national surveillance, regional operations and administration of the New South Wales ASIO Office. He has extensive national and international experience in liaising with law enforcement and intelligence agencies. He also worked for two years in Canada as an exchange intelligence officer. His experience also includes program evaluation and financial accountability and the development of security risk assessment policy for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.

After working for ASIO, Chris moved to the private sector as Head of Business Security for AMP, where he carried AMP's responsibilities for business security, business continuity management and crisis management. Upon finalising his commitment with AMP, Chris worked as a consultant concentrating on security risk management, including work on major event planning for international sporting events, crisis management and evacuation planning for the employees of international companies. His consulting career saw him operating in Qatar, the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea as well as Australia. In 2003, he was asked to undertake contract work with the United Nations' Office of Internal Oversight (OIOS) in the Vienna Office of the United Nations to establish Knowledge Management, including risk management and conducting pro-active investigations. During his time with the UN he carried out missions in Washington, London, New York, Geneva, Pretoria, Nairobi, Kabul and Bamyan.

Alan SING (Dip. Crim, Dip.Gov. [Inv.]).

Alan holds a Diploma of Criminology from the University of Sydney Law School and a Diploma of Government (Investigation). Alan is a graduate of the Senior Officers Course at the Australian Police College, the Management of Serious Crime Course at the Australian Federal Police College and the NSW Police Detective Training Course.

Alan’s career in law enforcement and corporate intelligence spans a number of decades. He reached the senior rank of Commander with the Australian Federal Police and was a member of the Australian Senior Executive Service.

Alan was the Senior Police Liaison Officer at the Australian High Commission in London for four years with responsibility for liaison in the United Kingdom, Europe, Russia and North Africa. Alan dealt with policy on international money laundering issues. In the course of his high level duties, he developed close networking connections with several agencies including AUSTRAC and Interpol.

In 1998, following his AFP career, Alan joined KPMG and rose to the position of Director, Forensic Accounting. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Forensic Technology practice. Alan conducted and led many international investigations and corporate intelligence assignments for high level clients in Australia, the UK and Asia.

Most recently, Alan was engaged by a major US law firm as a member of the litigation support team for an international client on a RICO case.

Alan is a licensed Private Investigator.

Mobile No. 0407 748 075

Maurice Jean-Joseph JEUNET

Maurice resides in Riga- Latvia and represents Hillmont in the Russian Federation Theatre of operation.

Maurice is a retired High Ranking Police Officer from France’s “Police Nationale” where he spent a total of 31 years.  He holds Graduate diplomas in Finance and Management, Economics, Marketing, and Accounting from the University of Technology in Brittany.

His police career saw Maurice undertaking major investigations in money laundering, international financial crime and counter-terrorism. He held key posts as France’s Police representative with diplomatic status in various countries such as Latvia, Lithuania, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Pakistan.

In the overseas posts that he held as Police Representative of the French Government, Maurice carried out high liaison duties between the various law enforcement and regulatory agencies in such areas as exchange of intelligence in illicit international money transactions, counter-terrorism and money trails on terrorism financing. He has a strong specialization in the analysis and detection of international illegal networks in such areas as human and other non-human illicit trafficking.

In the course of his career, he has developed invaluable organizational, representational and training skills

Maurice comes to Hillmont with vast and exceptional international experience not only in law-enforcement, international liaison, but also with sought-after skills in the pro-active and analytical world of money laundering and financial trafficking.

Mobile No. + 371 740 0880

Francis De LIORS VAILLANT (B.Ec.,Grad.Dip.C.Sc.)

Francis is based in Paris France. He holds a Degree in Economics from Paris University X(Nanterre) and a Graduate Diploma from the Academy of Computing Science from the Ecole Superieure d' Informatique-Paris. He served in the French Air Force and has worked for the large French conglomerate Elf-Aquitaine as an investment specialist. Francis has built a career as a computer specialist for the banking sector, cash management and banking fraud control systems. He has worked in the financial and banking sectors in New York and in Western Europe. He comes to Hillmont with the much demanded skills in computing fraud detection.

Michael Nicholas MASTERS (MAIC)

Michael is a member of the Australian Institute of Criminologists. He is based in Sydney, Australia and holds certificate in Government Fraud Investigation as well as for factual investigations. He is a former Police Detective from a State Police Service and comes to Hillmont with over 25 years of detection experience. He is a specialist in investigations of chemical deviation (by criminal drug manufacturers and potential terrorists), building construction fraud and corruption and organized crime. He has worked with the NSW Police, the former National Crime Authority and with the Building and Construction Royal Commission.

Bunafsha MALEKZADE-MEHRIZI (LLM Oxford, Bachelor of Laws, Tajik State University, Dushambe, Tajikistan, Columbia University-New York Law School-Legal Fellowship in Public Interest Law.)

Bunafsha is based in Amman, Kingdom of Jordan. She is a practicing lawyer who has developed a solid international experience in project-based investigation, reviews and inspection. She is a qualified Lawyer and holds a Master of Law from Oxford University. She has accumulated her international experience working with and in such international Organizations as the United Nations' Inspector General's Office, the European Organization for Security Co-ordination of Europe (OSCE), Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the International Centre for Transitional Justice, the Bureau on Human Rights and Rule of Law Dushambe, Tajikistan. Bunafsha, is perfectly tri-lingual in Russian, English and Tajik. She represents Hillmont in the Middle-East and Central Asia.

Soula DEMETRIOU

Soula is a former Acting Superintendent of the National Cypriot Police-based in Nicosia- Cyprus. She has over 40 years of law-enforcement and detection experience ranging from organized crime, narcotic trafficking, money laundering and traffic of human beings. She has held senior posts in her country's Police Force as well as representational posts with Interpol and Europol. Soula was also with the United Nations' Inspector General's Investigations Services where she gained international Investigation experience in international crime, employee misconduct cases, procurement fraud and pro-active investigations within the International Organization system including NGO's. In the course of her long law-enforcement and law-enforcement and justice liaison career, Soula has built an extensive international network of confidential contacts in the Eastern European as well as in the Middle-East theatre of operations.

Neil John BEIRRIE

Neil is a retired veteran of two Australian Police Forces and has been a police Officer for over 40 years. He commenced his law-enforcement career as a Police Cadet in the early 70's and retired as a Senior Police Sergeant in Northern Territory. His career combines the common-sense generalist experience in station management as well as several areas of investigation and criminal research. In this aspect, he created for his Police Force, the centre for national coordination, research and location for stolen vehicles and organized illegal re-birthing of motor vehicles. He also developed several computer forensic platforms for intelligence-led policing and intelligence-led investigation models. He brings to Hillmont an essential team contribution in the expert area of computer-based forensic Intelligence and Investigation.

Susan M SOLYOM (B.A., Grad. Dip-(Communications), B.Ed.)

Susan is Hillmont's research, analysis and data mining Associate. She holds a B.A., a Graduate Diploma in Communication and a Bachelor of Education. She is fluent in both Japanese as well as in English. She has extensive experience in political research and in air-line and international travel systems and networks.