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Christopher Kalafatis

Christopher Kalafatis

CPA, CIA, CFE

Managing Director

+1 (703) 923 8007

Chris is a managing director with Baker Tilly’s public sector practice. He is a self-motivated leader with more than 25 years of audit and consulting experience and leads Baker Tilly’s public sector internal audit practice. Chris consistently delivers on commitments and achieves individual and team goals and offers strong management abilities, setting high expectations for himself and the teams he leads.

  • Led projects with more than 30 public sector entities and more than 10 Fortune 1000 companies
  • Directed financial, operational, IT, SOX and compliance audits
  • Supervised and/or performed more than 200 fraud investigations
  • Presented audit reports and investigations to audit committees and executive management
  • Served as chief audit executive for multiple internal audit outsource relationships
  • Identified internal control issues and operational deficiencies that impacted service delivery to citizens, caused financial losses to state and local governments, and non-compliance with laws and regulations
  • Uncovered collusion between city employees and a vendor that led to the arrest of nine individuals. This investigation revealed a culture of overtime abuse that was prevalent for approximately 20 years
  • Partnered with a vendor to develop an app to allow citizens to report fraud on their smartphone. This city became the second local government in the U.S. to develop a fraud reporting app for citizens
  • Previously served as director of internal audit at a Fortune 500 international company and reported to the CFO and audit committee
  • Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)
  • Association of Local Government Auditors (ALGA)
  • Virginia Society of CPAs (VSCPA)
  • Delivered more than 20 CPE presentations or webinars to audit and accounting organizations such as the IIA, AGA, ALGA, NABA and VSCPA. Example topics included fraud, internal controls and supply chain management
  • Authored multiple thought leadership articles on topics such as fraud and inventory management
  • 2024 Private Sector Financial Excellence Award recipient, AGA

Location

Washington, DC

Education

Bachelor of Science in accounting

Virginia Commonwealth University

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