John Galiski, an expert on forensic accounting and fraud investigations, will return to his alma mater, UB’s School of Management, to deliver the Sufrin Lecture on Oct. 2.

Galiski’s talk, presented by the Helen and Oscar Sufrin Lectureship in Accounting, will take place from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Center for Tomorrow, North Campus.

A director at AlixPartners, Galiski, BS/MBA ’92, guides companies through complex corporate investigations, financial forensics, interim management appointments, purchase price disputes and other accounting and financial issues. Galiski, a CPA and certified fraud examiner, works with clients across North and South America, Europe and Asia.

He has led an investigation, under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, into a U.S.- and China-based Fortune 500 firm and presented his findings to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice. In addition, he has performed forensic reviews of a Swiss bank’s client databases and control procedures, investigated anonymous allegations of fraud and money laundering for a leading e-commerce solutions supplier, and examined historical accounting and contractual data for an aircraft management company.

The free lecture will include refreshments and will be followed by a Q&A. Reservations are required by Sept. 25 and can be made online. For more information, contact Janet Kiefer at kiefer@buffalo.edu or 716-645-3290.

The Sufrin lecture series brings distinguished business professionals to the School of Management to speak about accounting issues. Funding is provided through the generous support of CPA Leslie Sufrin and Gerald Sufrin, a longtime UB medical school faculty member, in honor of their late parents.