Rich Plansky

Rich Plansky is North America regional managing director for the Business Intelligence and Investigations practice at Kroll, a division of Duff & Phelps, based in New York. Rich has over 25 years of experience planning, executing and leading complex investigations for law firms, Fortune 500 corporations, financial institutions, government agencies, non-governmental organizations and high-net-worth individuals. He specializes in investigations involving fraud, corruption, sanctions and anti-money laundering violations, theft of intellectual property, employee misconduct, and customized fact-finding in support of litigation.

Rich returned to Kroll in 2019 after spending four years at K2 Intelligence as Executive Managing Director, Americas Regional Head and three years at Exiger as Global Head of Investigations. His previous experience includes serving as an assistant district attorney in the New York County District Attorney’s office, as well as deputy criminal justice coordinator for Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. Since 2016, Rich has been on the board of directors at Safe Horizon, the largest victim services non-profit organization in the U.S., providing social services for victims of abuse and violent crime in 57 locations throughout the five boroughs of New York City.

Rich’s work as a prosecutor has been featured on TruTV’s “Murder by the Book,” A&E’s “Cold Case Files,” and Discovery Channel’s “The New Detectives.” He has also appeared as a commentator on CNBC, CNN, FOX News and TruTV and presented on intellectual enforcement strategies at conferences sponsored by the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition, U.S. State Department, and Association of Corporate Patent Attorneys.