Mona Fahmy
Co-Founder & Managing Director

Mona Fahmy is proven expert in Combating economic crime and in open source intelligence. Investigative work has been part of her daily routine since 1995. both nationally and internationally, including on-site research in crisis areas.
Professional career
Mona Fahmy is Co-founder and managing director of Diraya, Co-Chair of the Whistleblowing Working Group at Ethics and Compliance Switzerland and Vice President of the Swiss Expert Association for Combating White-Collar Crime. Since 2013, she has been professionally active in the fight against white-collar crime and as a consultant in compliance matters, including in previous roles as CEO of Agon Partners Compliance, Partner Information Services at Forentec, and COO at AC Assets Control. Prior to that, Mona Fahmy worked as an investigative journalist for various national Swiss media outlets.
Education and qualifications
University of Zurich: MA in Economics (Business Administration with Business Law as a minor subject) (1989-1994)
Media Training Centre Lucerne: Master's degree in Journalism (1997–1999)
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts: MAS in Economic Crime Investigation (2007-2009)
Teaching and knowledge transfer
As a lecturer at, among others, the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland Mona Fahmy imparts practical knowledge on AI-supported OSINT investigations, Money laundering, corruption, criminal organisation and Compliance.