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 Jordan Arnold (K2 Art Risk Consultancy)
Jordan Arnold is a senior managing director in K2 Intelligence's New York and Los Angeles offices, and head of the firm's Private Client Services practice. With more than 15 years of investigatory and legal experience, he leads complex engagements on behalf of high-profile and high-net-worth individuals, family offices and their advisors, and private and public entities, as well as financial services and law firms.
At K2 Intelligence, Jordan is frequently called upon to help individuals and families navigate—in real time—critical and sensitive situations, including matters involving extortion, stalking, physical and cyber threats, privacy violations, and travel security. He also leads K2 Intelligence teams that conduct deep background research into close hires, such as household and family office staff, and evaluate counterparties ahead of high dollar purchases, such as for art and real estate.
For corporate clients, Jordan has directed an array of investigations and incident response assignments, including into allegations of fraud, violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, theft of trade secrets, insider misconduct, and data breaches.
For both private and business clients, Jordan routinely conducts proactive investigations to develop evidence of corporate and individual wrongdoing, including the use of covert techniques, and provides law enforcement referral and liaison services.
Prior to joining K2 Intelligence, Jordan served as an assistant district attorney at the New York County (Manhattan) District Attorney's office. In his final assignment, Jordan led development of and headed the Financial Intelligence Unit, and served as a senior investigative counsel in Major Economic Crimes.
As a prosecutor, Jordan routinely worked with the Major Case Squad of the New York Police Department (NYPD) on some of Manhattan's most sensitive investigations, involving abduction, extortion, stalking, bank robbery and art crime, as well as thefts committed within the police headquarters, judicial chambers, cultural institutions and luxury hotels. One of these investigations resulted in the return of a stolen Salvador Dali watercolor, and the conviction of its thief.
Jordan's homicide prosecutions included that of Nicholas Brooks, for the domestic violence murder of Sylvie Cachay at a private club, and a member of the Bloods street gang for an execution-style killing. Also assigned to the Violent Criminal Enterprises Unit, Jordan directed proactive, long-term investigations that dismantled gun and drug trafficking crews.
Jordan was twice recognized by the NYPD for meritorious service and his courtroom work has been quoted by publications including the New York Times, Guardian, Wall Street Journal, New York Post, and New York Daily News, and covered by CNN, BBC, CNBC, and 48 Hours.
Education
Jordan received his J.D. from Vanderbilt Law School and his B.A. from the University at Albany.
Françoise Bortolotti (Interpol)
French Police Officer since 1993 :
- 1993 – 2001 : French Ministry of the Interior, Interior Intelligence Service, External Relations Department .
- 2001 – 2002 : French Ministry of the Interior, Interior Intelligence Service, Communications Department (contact with local and regional press sector, liaison with various press organizations, printers and others, collaboration with polling organizations).
- 2002 – Dec. 2004 : French Ministry of the Interior, General Directorate of the National Police, Office of European and International Affairs (preparation of multilateral meetings (G5 and G8) and Justice and Home Affairs councils of the European Union, monitoring of aspects of institutional and operational police cooperation within the European Union).
- 2005 – 2006 : Prefecture of Ajaccio, Cabinet of the Deputy Prefect for Security in Corsica, Office of Coordination and Analysis (production of daily bulletins and information reports about law enforcement activities and political, social and legal issues on the island, management of statistical databases dealing with terrorism and criminal matters).
- 2006 – Dec. 2008 : Embassy of France in Berlin (Germany), Deputy Police Attaché.
- 2009 : Individual training leave (education leave).
- 2010 – 2013 : French Ministry of the Interior, Directorate of International Cooperation, Office of the Americas (8 months) and then Office of International Organizations (preparing for G8 Summit led by France, in particular the action plan aimed at strengthening transatlantic cooperation in the fight against drug trafficking (May 2011), monitoring of discussions and negotiations on security matters within international organizations (OSCE, ONUDC), specialized in monitoring progress in the Dublin Group (anti-drug efforts), coordinating and monitoring steps taken in West Africa as part of the informal Fontanot Group, monitoring of negotiations on European judicial directives conducted at the European level considering their impact on French police activity.
- Since 1st September 2013 : Seconded to INTERPOL General Secretariat (Lyon, France), "Drugs and Organized Crime" Sub-Directorate, "Works of Art"Unit.
Toby Bull (Hong Kong Police Force)
Toby J.A. Bull was born in England and educated at the famous Rugby School. He has a BA (Hons) in 'Fine Arts Valuation' and a MSc in 'Risk, Crisis & Disaster Management'. He continued his studies in the arts by becoming a qualified art authenticator, studying at the Centre for Cultural Material Conservation and graduating from the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has extensive knowledge in forensic art authentication methods, as well as the in the more theoretical and academic studies surrounding art fraud. His main interests include the topic of fakes and forgeries of Chinese ceramics and the problems of smuggled illicit antiquities emanating out of China. Toby has received specialist training in the prevention of illicit trafficking and cultural heritage protection and has subsequently seen his work on this subject published in "Art & Crime: Exploring the Dark Side of the Art Market" (Praeger, 2009), "Cultural Property Crime" (Brill, 2014), "Art Crime: Terrorists, Tomb Raiders, Forgers and Thieves" (Palgrave, 2016) and in "Art Crime and its Prevention" (Lund Humphries, 2016). He has also written for the Journal of Art Crime. Since 1993, he has worked for the Hong Kong Police Force. Toby is also an advisor, as well as a teaching Professor to the 'Association for the Research into Crimes Against Art' (ARCA) for their postgraduate certificate programme on "Art Crime and Cultural Heritage Protection". He has lectured extensively to the art trade and beyond on topics surrounding art crime to the likes of Sotheby's Institute of Art, Christie's Education, The World Congress of Forensics and at Asia Art in London, as well as to the annual ARCA 'Art Crime & Cultural Heritage Protection Conference' held in Italy. In November 2014, he was invited to Chair the Forensic DNA panel at the World Gene Convention held in Hainan, China, where he presented a paper on synthetic DNA security coding and its application to the art and fine wine markets in helping to combat fakes. Toby is a Freeman of The Worshipful Company of Arts Scholars and holds the Freedom of the City of London.
 Joanna Caen (Herbert Smith Freehills, Hong Kong)
Joanna is a senior consultant in the private wealth team at Herbert Smith Freehills. She is the Head of Private Wealth for China. Joanna joined HSF in March 2015 from New Zealand's largest law firm. Joanna has spent her entire career in private wealth law. She advises clients from various parts of the private wealth sphere (including individuals, private banks, trustee companies and other fiduciaries and advisers) on various private wealth issues. In keeping with the team's focus, her particular specialisms are trusts, estates, family companies, charities and, increasingly, mental capacity issues. She provides both non-contentious and contentious advice. Her art crime experience relates to clients' acquisition and disposal of art both as investments and passion assets.
Steven Gallagher (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Steven Gallagher is Associate Professor in Practice of Law and Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning) at the Faculty of Law at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he teaches equity and the law of trusts to undergraduates and postgraduates. In 2014 Steven began teaching a new course on cultural heritage and the law as part of the Master of Common Law Programme. Steven publishes texts on equity and the law of trusts in Hong Kong and the UK. He is a frequent speaker at professional development courses in Hong Kong. His research interests include the origins of the common law of trusts, cultural heritage law and the law and the dead.
Stefan Gruber (Kyoto University)
 Dr Stefan Gruber is an associate professor at the Hakubi Center for Advanced Research of Kyoto University and is based at the Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies. Until 2013, he taught at the Faculty of Law of the University of Sydney, and held visiting positions inter alia at the University of Hong Kong, the University of Ottawa, and Renmin Law School of China in Beijing. He also continues to teach and research at law schools in China and East Asia on a regular basis. Recent overseas teaching engagements include courses by Duke University, Seoul National University, and Wuhan University. Stefan is a member of the World Commission on Environmental Law and is active as a consultant and legal practitioner. He was educated at the Universities of Sydney, Frankfurt, Mainz, and at Harvard Law School, and holds degrees in law, philosophy, and political science.
Stefan's regional focus is on East and Southeast Asia and particularly China. His current research concentrates on the conservation of cultural heritage, sustainable development law and policy, international and comparative environmental law, regional security and cooperation, law and society, and human rights. Another major focus is on the illicit trafficking of cultural property, forgery, and other forms of art crime, their prevention and prosecution, and the restitution of illegally exported objects. Stefan further researches and publishes in the field of armed conflicts.
 Simon Mackenzie (Victoria University of Wellington)
Simon Mackenzie is Professor of Criminology at Victoria University of Wellington and a member of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research at the University of Glasgow, and the Trafficking Culture research consortium.
Jean-Christophe Marten Perolin (Ministry of Interior International Police Co-operation Directorate)
Police major Jean Christophe Marten Perolin is a senior officer working for 32 years in the French national police. After 4 years posting in Hong Kong from 2010 to 2014, as a liaison officer in the consulate, he is now working in the French police international cooperation directorate HQ in Paris. He previously joined the organized crime unit and spent more than 10 years tackling intellectual property rights threats. That experience allowed him to speak about all kind of fakes and especially fake art with numerous successes on investigation. His unit notably led a massive case on fake paintings and fraud including forged Dali, Miro Chagall, Fernand Leger etc....He arrested one of the most proficient forger of all time in France who recognized 30 years of illegal activities and thousands of drawings and paintings. It is still suspected his "art" remains in some well-known museums worldwide or hidden in greedy collectors living rooms.
Michael Simpson (Homeland Security Investigations Hong Kong, Macau & Taiwan)
Mr. Michael Simpson is the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Assistant Attaché in Hong Kong, with regional responsibility for Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau. HSI Hong Kong investigates a wide range of crimes, including counter-proliferation networks, commercial fraud, intellectual property rights (IPR) violations, money laundering, human smuggling and trafficking, child exploitation, and international narcotics trafficking.
Prior to joining the HSI Hong Kong team, Mr. Simpson spent his career at the HSI San Francisco office as a Special Agent. Mr. Simpson enjoyed working a variety of cases during his ten years in San Francisco but is pleased to now be serving in Hong Kong.
Mr. Simpson holds Bachelor's degree in American Studies from the University of California at Berkeley and a Master of Arts (MA) in International Relations from San Francisco State University.
Emiline Smith (University of Glasgow)
 Emiline Smith is a PhD student in the College of Social Sciences at the University of Glasgow.
Emiline will explore the structure and nature of the trade in cultural property in and out of transit nations, especially free ports. This much-needed analysis of policy and governance regarding the cultural property trade in transit ports such as Hong Kong from a socio-criminological perspective will clarify the role of transit cities within the cultural property trade, and the circumstances that facilitate this role. The aim of her research is to uncover original data upon which new policy and legislation development can be based.
Emiline received her BA Hon. in Liberal Arts & Sciences from the Roosevelt Academy in Middelburg, the Netherlands. She majored in art history, history and linguistics. An internship for the Association of National Committees of the Blue Shield triggered her interest in the cultural property trade. She subsequently obtained her MA degree from University College London in Public Archaeology, focusing on cultural property law and the illicit antiquities trade. She complemented her studies with a summer course at the Tulane-Siena Institute for International Law, Cultural Heritage & the Arts and an internship for the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts in Cambodia, Phnom Penh. Her MA dissertation focused on how source countries could maximize the effectiveness of their legislation to protect their nation's cultural patrimony more effectively. Emiline has recently completed an internship at the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime in Vienna, which further benefited her PhD research. Emiline is the lead researcher for the project Cultural Property in Transit: A Case Study of Hong Kong. She is currently based at the Centre for Criminology at the University of Hong Kong.
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