Q:- Our Commercial Group is planning to enter the Financial Market in South-East Asia. We’re a little concerned with corruption and with the fact that in the process of negotiating market entry, we are asked to make corrupt payments to government officials. Can Hillmont assist us in avoiding legal problems in such a situation?

A:- Hillmont Professionals have the necessary experience with this type of problem and are fully equipped in assessing what your Group would require to avoid any legal liabilities in such a scenario. Using the power of current anti-corruption laws as well as accessing Hillmont’s existing international networks, corruption-free market entry can be successfully effected and established.

Q:- Can Hillmont assist in providing a strategy to secure our financial assets and our international personnel that we plan to deploy in a disaster zone against corruption, fraud and against the fact that the disaster zone is effectively law-less?

A:- Hillmont has valuable experience in this particular area. Its professionals are used to such environments and have extensive networks to assist in securing safe and advantageous positioning so that the risks of fraud, corruption, and dangers are greatly reduced. Hillmont will be able to provide on-going assistance to ensure that your strategy benefit from the risk-free opportunities that are emerging from local exchange environments and practices.

Q:- I’m the CEO of a large conglomerate and we are currently undertaking very sensitive discussions with the Head of State of a developing Nation so that we can develop an mining exploration program. However, we have discovered that someone in one of our subsidiary has leaked confidential information about the President of the country in question which may get back to us and harm our chances and negotiating potentials. We do not have the detection capacity in-house to find out who did this or why, can Hillmont help us?

A:- Hillmont Professionals have the necessary and required expertise and experience to assist in your case. Hillmont Professionals have conducted such cases in the past where disinformation and negotiation-sabotage campaigns were undertaken to reduce the chances of the targeted party to succeed in their commercial and/or diplomatic or political aims. Hillmont, using its diplomatically-based investigatory techniques –shaped by exposure to complex international negotiations- is in a position to offer the best technical and supporting assistance to counter negative results and enhanced negotiating capacity.

Q:- The problem that keeps me awake at night is that I’m scared that my company’s reputation is going to suffer with the consequences that we will lose significant market share to our competitors, if I can’t show that we operate with integrity and have an ethics program in place. Can you help me?

A:- Hillmont is perfectly placed to construct an integrity and ethics program that not only will make sense to your staff and customers, but will also operate interactively with your firm’s commercial environment. Hillmont will be able to assist you with training staff to understand how a corporate integrity system operate, where employees fit in it and how they can contribute to it.

Q:- How do I detect corruption or fraud in my company? I don’t want to be the last to find out that I have disloyal employees and that my company’s shareholders are being defrauded.

A:- Hillmont operatives and associates are specialists in fraud and corruption and internal thefts detection. Your company can benefit from their extensive and cumulative experience in this area. Hillmont can help you to establish an early warning system, a detection system and even trained some of your trusted staff in preliminary detection of such problems as internal fraud, organizational sabotage, leaks of confidential information, insider trading procurement and other financial fraud Hillmont will also provide jurisdictional services as well as asset recovery and extradition services if your company requires it.

Q:- My firm has won a large government contract to develop a comprehensive strategy for a development project in Africa. We put tenders out for consultancy and the response has been overwhelming even from large corporations which usually do not work in this particular area. I’m suspicious, can Hillmont conduct a bona-fide vetting of these firm?

A:- Hillmont’s Associates have conducted such vetting and bona-fide exercises in the past in their intelligence career as well as in their pro-active international career with the United Nations. In particular, corporate and complex vetting procedures were used in such vetting exercises in International Projects with the United Nations in such areas as micro-finance, poverty eradication, slums urbanization and enhancements projects, and electronic commerce development projects. Hillmont professionals will be able to provide you with the motivation of those who have responded to your offers to tender and highlight for you where some strategic pitfall might be found and catered for.

Q:- For a while I’ve been thinking that my company should be the market leader in our field, yet we do not seem to be able to achieve this. I think we need to develop a market enhancement strategy using an intelligence-based system. Can Hillmont provide this service?

A:- Hillmont has intelligence-trained Associates and Operatives who have the experience in conducting intelligence requirements audits, contextualize your corporate intelligence needs and provide your top management with a full and comprehensive intelligence-based strategy. Hillmont can also train some of your personnel in implementing and activating your intelligence strategy and gain a desired market advantage.