Rida Zehra
Rida Zehra has joined in UAE office as an Assistant Manager HR. A dedicated HR professional with more than three years of experience in managing recruitment activities, training and development activities, data management and record-keeping activities and employee engagement activities.
Rida has a Master’s in Public Administration (Human Resources). She has worked with renowned organizations like Signify and Suzuki.
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Nilofar A. Gardezi, HRBP & Associate Director
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Ms. Nilofar Gardezi is Associate Director and HRBP in CRI Group. She is a senior certified HR Professional from Europe. She is a member of notable bodies as CxO Global, Social Development International UN, Pakistan Tech Forum, and Pakistan Society of Human Resource Management. She is a certified coach and a psychologist as well.
Zara Zafar
1. Please describe how does your role shape and/or impact the future of anti-fraud, anti-bribery, compliance, risk management industry.
Being a part of Background Screening and Investigations Industry, we are the core workers that can bring awareness to the companies to adopt anti-bribery, anti-fraud services to mitigate the risk by hiring incompetent workforce by offering our services in the industry by highlighting red flags and fact based reporting regarding the risks that can be faced.
2. What motivates and/or inspire you most in your daily tasks?
Learning and exploring something new on a daily basis. Multi-tasking.
3. What are you most proud of (accomplishments) during the period of working with CRI Group?
Starting the journey from Research Analyst to Investigations Officer- Quality Assurance makes me proud. Helping analysts to resolve their issues brings a sense of accomplishment for me.
4. Please list your personal core values that help you on your daily performance.
• Honesty • Hard Work • Dependability • Discipline • Responsibility
5. What are your key skills which help you to successfully perform in your role?
• Critical Analysis • Teamwork • Investigative Skills
6. What motivates you most to be a part of CRI Group?
CRI’s management and positive also friendly work environment. One to one discussions and meetings with the CEO to listen our problems and considering them for solutions. Motivation form my manager on finding new sources and ease the work of Operations teams boost my morale.
7. Years of service with CRI Group
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Sidra Azam Baig
1. Please describe how does your role shape and/or impact the future of anti-fraud, anti-bribery, compliance, risk management industry.
Being a part of HR team, I think HR contributes to the design and implementation of the control activities, (the policies and procedures that help ensure management directives are carried out and specifically, meet the company’s objectives for compliance with the anti-bribery, compliance and risk, management policy). HR carrying out due diligence, ensuring that there is a segregation of duties within the company, obtaining the correct authorizations, implementing and carrying out checks and balances within the organization, obtaining counter-signatures for purchases, the management of the procedures for gifts, hospitality and expenses. As such, the control activities affect every employee to some degree and human resources should work to ensure that they are workable, reasonable and acceptable to employees. Where possible employees should be consulted during the design stages, with new activities clearly communicated to employees before and during the implementation phase. HR also play a vital role in compliance industry in implementation phase to comply with the policies and controls, building of internal competencies and deployment of resources.
2. What motivates and/or inspire you most in your daily tasks?
During the tenure of my employment, I know that my efforts are following the correct path and it always encourages me to push more. My biggest motivation is to learn new things on a daily basis and accept the new challenges. CRI always provide me with the learning opportunities and yes, my group role which gave me the experience to work with multicultural people.
3. What are you most proud of (accomplishments) during the period of working with CRI Group?
Achieving this title, the journey of my job with CRI starting from Assistant Level and reaching to Assistant Manager itself a biggest accomplishment for me.
4. Please list your personal core values that help you on your daily performance.
Honesty, integrity, commitment, taking responsibility, accountability, discipline, patience, tolerance and hard work
5. What are your key skills which help you to successfully perform in your role?
Multi-tasking, time management, teamwork and collaboration, HR organizational skills, creativity and critical thinking
6. What motivates you most to be a part of CRI Group?
Career Path, Learning & Growth Opportunities, International exposure
7. Years of service with CRI Group
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Ayesha Khalid
1. Please describe how does your role shape and/or impact the future of anti-fraud, anti-bribery, compliance, risk management industry.
Operations Team is the core of providing the best services to reduce the risk and highlight the red flags that can be harmful even to the slightest. Being an investigative analyst, I try to filter out the dirt from the water and make it pure by the help of my supervisors and managers, offering this purified water to the clients and assisting them to live a purified life.
2. What motivates and/or inspire you most in your daily tasks?
The friendly environment of CRI Group in the office is a driving factor. Also, immense help from our colleagues and supervisors and some strictness that keeps us in track whenever we bewilder.
3. What are you most proud of (accomplishments) during the period of working with CRI Group?
Accomplishment feels kicks in when we detect red-flags and fit hit records. Apart from the daily tasks assigned, I feel proud when we utilize the opportunity of some quick tests and other forms of certifications like GDPR and perform outstandingly.
4. Please list your personal core values that help you on your daily performance.
-A balanced work environment, not so noisy but not too silent. I mean there should be some laughs to shred off the burden.
-Tea Break to freshen our mind with a nice cup of tea.
-End of the month celebrations is also a great source of connecting with each person in the office.
-A room for employees to rest without an eye watching, particularly when sick and unable to go home, with timer limitation and intimation.
-Appreciation
-Friendly and polite responses from supervisors
-Integrity, which is hard to find as there is a lot of groupings and diplomacy
-The manager that never leaves our side and helps us back on to our foot when we trip
5. What are your key skills which help you to successfully perform in your role?
– Delivery of work on time. -Responsibility. -Professionally communicating with clients. -Excellent communication and writing skills. -Spontaneous. -Clarify ambiguities. -Cutting the extra work to focus on the core. -Punctuality. -Constant contact with queries that arise.
6. What motivates you most to be a part of CRI Group?
-CEO that keeps in contact with every department. -A very encouraging and empathetic HR department. – Manager and Team lead that always understands our issues regarding work. -No cases of harassment and awkwardness. -Annual Dinners. -Short day activities and trips that boost our morale.
7. Years of service with CRI Group
1 to 3 years
Aiman Islam
1. Please describe how does your role shape and/or impact the future of anti-fraud, anti-bribery, compliance, risk management industry.
Being a new employee, I look forward and hope for my better and greater input in risk management and anti-fraud industry. I hope I would be of more help and assistance in performing not only daily routine tasks but also involving myself in Research and Article Writing in this field to put a better insight in coming months/years.
2. What motivates and/or inspire you most in your daily tasks?
The enthusiasm of my colleagues, their support and kindness keep me motivated.
3. What are you most proud of (accomplishments) during the period of working with CRI Group?
In my starting months, I completed very old and pending checks (some were 2 years old or so). Completed several difficult checks within hours which I considered my remarkable achievement. Moreover, I learnt everything related to Ops so fast that is appreciated by my seniors very often.
4. Please list your personal core values that help you on your daily performance.
Most importantly, a good working environment and friendly relation with all the colleagues. Because there is a great difference between Jealousy and Professional Healthy Competition. Secondly, Keeping myself limited and very keenly involved in my routine tasks. I do not take things for-granted or prolong them!
5. What are your key skills which help you to successfully perform in your role?
1) Good Communication Skills, either digital or verbal. 2) Efficiency in work (no laziness or delays), 3) Keen Observation
6. What motivates you most to be a part of CRI Group?
Supportive and Helping colleagues is the most important factor my being here. Whether it is our local team or Global, whether it is group leadership or the lesser in hierarchy, everyone is so kind and generous in their related fields. Secondly, respectable and hard-working environment motivates me to be the part of CRI Group in coming years In Sha Allah with better performance and greater input.
7. Years of service with CRI Group
Less than a year
Samreen Afza
1. Please describe how does your role shape and/or impact the future of anti-fraud, anti-bribery, compliance, risk management industry.
I work as an Investigative Analyst in CRI Group. So, my role is directly related to the investigations regarding anti-fraud and anti-bribery risk management industry. I had worked on the cases with ABD which allowed me to practice my expertise in this domain.
2. What motivates and/or inspire you most in your daily tasks?
Anab Gull my Manager.
3. What are you most proud of (accomplishments) during the period of working with CRI Group?
Even though every single day is a milestone achievement for me but Anchoring the ABAC Event in January 2019 is one of major part that will always remain with me. Secondly working on international cases of ADB have opened a new horizon for me that makes me determined in making Anti Corruption Investigation as my career objective.
4. Please list your personal core values that help you on your daily performance.
I think loyalty is the core value for anything we do. If we are not loyal enough to what we do we can never work sincerely at all. My loyalty gave me courage to work hard and determined me to sustain.
5. What are your key skills which help you to successfully perform in your role?
When you are working than every bit of you is important. There are no key skills in our diverse work. As one technique will works in one task but not in other. Sometimes hard work pays off and sometimes smart thinking flee you away. When you love what you do and committed to work then you always find ways to complete the task with all your integrity and dignity.
6. What motivates you most to be a part of CRI Group?
CRI Group workplace environment
7. Years of service with CRI Group
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Sidra Aziz
1. Please describe how does your role shape and/or impact the future of anti-fraud, anti-bribery, compliance, risk management industry.
Being part of anti-fraud, anti-bribery, compliance, risk management industry my role is to ensure fact based reporting. This will built companies confidence whilst creating awareness on adopting anti-fraud, anti-bribery measures and our industry will achieve its aim of fighting against risk, fraud and bribery issues.
2. What motivates and/or inspire you most in your daily tasks?
Learning and exploring something new
3. What are you most proud of (accomplishments) during the period of working with CRI Group?
All those moments when I am able to resolve issues, explore ways to ease out work operations, complete challenging tasks and my manager appreciated brings sense of accomplishment for me.
4. Please list your personal core values that help you on your daily performance.
Dependability, Efficiency, Commitment, Hard-work and Learning
5. What are your key skills which help you to successfully perform in your role?
Research skills, Teamwork, Coaching skills, and Critical Observation
6. What motivates you most to be a part of CRI Group?
At CRI Group I feel encouraged to discuss issues, share ideas and explore sources and this is a motivational factor and learning opportunity for me. Moreover, CRI maintains friendly and positive work environment.
7. Years of service with CRI Group
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I’m shy, please use my answers for article/social media banner only
عناب جول
1. Please describe how does your role shape and/or impact the future of anti-fraud, anti-bribery, compliance, risk management industry.
I believe providing effective awareness to fight against fraud and bribery is beneficial to combat the fraud and risks. Keeping a close eye on the controls in place and continually improving them on frequent basis may save the people and businesses from fraud.
2. What motivates and/or inspire you most in your daily tasks?
• Conducting research and investigations • interacting with clients and teams • mentoring and coaching others • working on multiple tasks and learning new things • analysing complex data in order to draw clear and simple conclusions • finding a way to solve a problem, or overcome a challenge
3. What are you most proud of (accomplishments) during the period of working with CRI Group?
Conducting effective investigations for one of our big clients in Economic and social development sector by exposing the conflict of interest situations at vendor’s place can be considered as an accomplishment.
4. Please list your personal core values that help you on your daily performance.
Objectivity Integrity Commitment Honesty Accountability
5. What are your key skills which help you to successfully perform in your role?
Background research and investigative skills
6. What motivates you most to be a part of CRI Group?
The services we offer specially Background screening and Investigations that helps the companies to make right decisions. CRI’s Management and a friendly environment ?
7. Years of service with CRI Group
11 to 15 years
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Awais Ahmed Abbasi
1. Please describe how does your role shape and/or impact the future of anti-fraud, anti-bribery, compliance, risk management industry.
Obviously, my role in investigation department is very critical in this aspect. With continuous changing environment and growing risks, It is the business of every enterprise to understand and respond to the myriad risks it faces, including not only the variety of compliance and regulatory risks, but also the operational, competitive, and financial challenges that management confronts every day. Our role as Investigators helps the organizations and different industries worldwide to minimize their operational, competitive and financial risks by following a small yet important step before making any critical decision and that is consulting us, a Background Screening Company. Other important factors of my role that serves these areas include:
1. Providing a safe workplace for employees and customers as it highlights Criminal History.
2. Hiring the most qualified people who will help to grow your business, not to destroy it and helps Avoids Liability.
3. Minimizing exposure from employee liability by practising “due diligence” in the hiring process.
4. Encouraging honesty in the application and interview process.
5. Minimizing uncertainty in the hiring process. It is the need of the hour to make employment screening process a regular practice and that is only possible with a comprehensive background check in order to avoid day to day risks, increase productivity and achieve organizational objectives in a better way.
2. What motivates and/or inspire you most in your daily tasks?
I think, being a part of Background Screening Department is itself the biggest motivational factor because somehow while working in this industry, we are contributing towards the betterment of the society. We are assisting the organizations in their decision making process in the best possible manner which enables them to increase productive and reduction in fraudulent activities benefitting both the employees and the organization and ultimately the society as a whole. So, we are serving the society with our role which keeps me going.
3. What are you most proud of (accomplishments) during the period of working with CRI Group?
During this period, I have learnt a lot and develop my expertise in Background Screening which is an accomplishment for me. Other than my daily routine tasks, my proud moments with CRI to name a few are:
1. Successfully completing a Due Diligence project on “SME’s” in Lahore and Islamabad.
2. Passing NAPBS exam.
3. Participating in Anti-Bribery, Anti-corruption conference as CRI Representative held in Islamabad.
4. Please list your personal core values that help you on your daily performance.
Honesty, Hard Work, Reliability, Generosity, Commitment, Continuous Improvement, Dependability, Professionalism, Quality-orientation, Teamwork.
5. What are your key skills which help you to successfully perform in your role?
Interpersonal skills, Communication Skills, Computer Skills, Time management, Stress Management, Self-improvement.
6. What motivates you most to be a part of CRI Group?
I have been a part of CRI Group for approx. 3.5 years and I must say that working in such a progressive organization is a challenge throughout my tenure which enabled me in enhancing my skills, abilities and helped me the most in the area of personal development. The overall environment of the organization is excellent and it’s the result of the contribution of everyone starting with the CEO’s, the managers and then my peers. Everyone is so supportive both professionally and personally. The most important thing in my department (i.e. Investigation) is that everyone is open to new ideas and employee participation/ involvement is encouraged at all levels.
7. Years of service with CRI Group
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