The Team

SIRA's team of experts span the international Legal, Business and Organizational Effectiveness realms to deliver a full-service suite of knowledge, experience and commitment to your organization's protection, readiness and well-being.

marc tasse

CEO

Anti-Corruption Ethics and Compliance Expert

Marc Tassé is a speaker, media commentator, expert in the anti-corruption field and founding member of SIRA. He teaches at the university level on white-collar crime, with topics ranging from market manipulation to money laundering, anti-corruption initiatives and the hidden costs of corruption. 
 

julian c. chapman

Managing Director

Leadership, Accountability and Culture Change Expert

Julian Chapman is President of Forrest & Company, Ltd and a founding member of SIRA.  Julian has over three decades of experience helping firms define and relieve the pain in their  organizations. His leadership knowledge is augmented by his 30+ year “second” career as a Brigadier-General in the Canadian Armed Forces, from which he retired in 2014.

justin R. fogarty

Managing Director

Recognized Expert on Governance and Litigation Management

Justin R. Fogarty is Founder of Regent Law and one of the founding partners of SIRA.  He is one of Canada’s leading lawyers specializing in corporate governance, banking, commercial litigation, insolvency, bankruptcy and restructuring, and cross-border fraud litigation. 

Winston k. Fogarty

Managing Director

Recognized Expert on International Conventions, Corporate Fraud & Government Relations

Winston Fogarty is Managing Director SIRA and is the Managing Partner of the Ottawa office of an international law firm with over 20 offices worldwide. He has broad expertise in areas of commercial litigation, trade law and and extensive experience in federal Crown law having served as a General Counsel to the Executive Committees of several departments and agencies in the Canadian government

Patrice Poitevin

Senior Advisor

Anti-Corruption Ethics and Compliance Expert

Patrice Poitevin is the Co-Founder and Senior Advisor for Strategic and International Development for the Canadian Centre of Excellence for Anti-Corruption (CCEAC) and a retired Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer where he was the subject matter expert on Anti-Corruption and compliance for the RCMP.  He is an internationally recognized expert on anti-corruption, ethics and compliance and is sought as a speaker, lecturer and trainer. Mr. Poitevin also has extensive experience in program development and capacity building.