Censere held a Texas-sized celebration on October 1st, celebrating the opening of Censere’s U.S. entity and the opening of its newest offices in Houston, Texas and Washington, D.C. The reception was held in Houston Galleria area at the Oceanaire Seafood Room and was attended by various business leaders in the Houston business community. Peggy Wilson, President and CEO of the Houston Metropolitan Chamber, was on hand to present Zaid Sultan, the Chamber’s Chairman and Censere Head of US Operations, and Brett Shadbolt, Censere’s Founder and CEO, with a Certificate of Membership on behalf of the Houston Metropolitan Chamber. Attendees of the event ranged from CEOs of Mid-sized Oil and Gas companies, law firm partners, Big 4 senior management, and various entrepreneurs. John Myers, Censere's Strategic Alliance Partner from Chorus Consulting was on hand as well.

The night was a culmination of a week-long set of events that Censere was a part of, as it officially launches operations in the United States. Monday, Mr. Shadbolt and Mr. Sultan were featured guests on Houston’s Small Business Today Radio Network and were able to present Censere to their audience. Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, Censere were supporting sponsors for the Momentum Event Group’s 3rd Oil and Gas Anti-Corruption and Compliance Exchange.

Censere was the supporting sponsor of Momentum Event Group’s 3rd Oil and Gas Anti-Corruption & Compliance Exchange on September 29 & 30th, 2015. The exchange was attended by over a 100 compliance and anti-corruption professionals ranging from international law firms to C-suite executives from multi-national oil and gas companies to US Attorneys from the US Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The exchange focused on several key areas in the world of anti-corruption, from “Compliance challenges for multi-national Oil and Gas Companies in High Risk Jurisdictions,” to reaction across the board to the Yates Memo. Afternoon sessions consisted of small group breakouts that were facilitated by various senior compliance leaders from industry and service firms. The event was attended by Brett Shadbolt and Zaid Sultan from Censere, along with John Myers of Chorus Consulting, Censere’s Houston based strategic alliance partner. 

Brett Shadbolt (Founder of Censere Group) and Zaid Sultan (Censere Group's Director of Houston and Washington DC offices) were invited as special guests in the SBT Magazine Talk Show broadcasted on Sept 28, 2015. In an hour-long interview, Brett and Zaid introduced Censere's due diligence and forensic services, and discussed their applications in business sector.

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Censere played an instrumental role in assisting the Department of Commerce of Fujian on their recent trade delegation trip to the United States. Karson Chu, Censere manager in Hong Kong liaised with the delegation and made appropriate connections for them on their trip to the US. Upon arriving, Censere’s US Director, Zaid Sultan, met with the delegation at a dinner in Houston, Texas, which was hosted by local Chinese-American owned businesses. He also gave an overview of Censere’s service offering, which is relevant to these companies looking for Oil/Gas assets for acquisition. Additionally, as Chairman of the Houston Metropolitan Chamber, Zaid welcomed the delegation to Houston and wished them well on their trip. Censere is gearing up for its sponsorship of the 3rd Oil & Gas Anti-Corruption & Compliance Exchange on September 29-30 in Houston.

Brett Shadbolt was a guest speaker at the recent World Intellectual Property Forum ("WIPF") held in Bangkok, Thailand from the 15-17 September. The theme of the conference was "IP as a commercial tool in Designing the Future". Brett's panel covered the topic, "Patent Valuation , Parameters, Tools and Best Practices - Learning & Evolution". The Forum was very well attended with industry professionals from around the globe converging on Thailand for the three day event.  

Censere has been featured in the client profile of the InvestHK’s latest edition in Sep 2015. InvestHK was established in 2000 in order to strengthen Hong Kong’s position as the leading international business hob in Asia and to attract foreign direct investment. We are pleased that Censere has been included in the InvestHK’s service providers list.

Brett Shadbolt has been invited, and will be attending the Joint HKICPA and IFRS Conference on the 12-13 October 2015 at the JW Marriot Hotel in Hong Kong. Mr Shadbolt has been selected to be a panelist in a panel discussion session covering the topic 'IFRS Measurement and other cross-cutting issues' from the perspective of a business valuer. This session will be designed to enhance the understanding of fair value and cross-cutting IFRS measurement issues. This conference will bring together leaders in financial reporting from the private sector, analysts, regulators and representatives of the ISAB as well as the accounting profession. It is a major event with more than 200 participants expected.

Corporate Livewire’s Global Fund Awards is an international award set up to honour outstanding funds and service providers within the financial industry. Censere has been awarded the Best Value Consulting Group Award for the Global Fund Awards 2015. This award once again evidenced that Censere is a recognized valuation company in the financial industry.  

The Acquisition International 2015 International Intellectual Property Awards recognise the top intellectual property practitioners in all areas including the well-established trademark, copyright, patent and litigation practices. Speaking about their award, Awards Coordinator Peter Rujgev commented: “The terrific response we had for the program this year is only outlining the growing importance of the Intellectual Property practice globally. It is an honour for us to acknowledge Censere for their excellence in the field and further inspire them to keep up their outstanding work for the years to come.“

Censere's CEO, Brett Shadbolt stated, “We are thrilled to be recognised as the leading IP valuation firm in Asia. We have worked hard to deliver high quality services to clients and it is a testament to our people that we have achieved this award.”

To learn more about our award winners and to gain insight into the working practices of the “best of the best”, please visit the Acquisition International supplement website. 

Richard Batten, Censere’s Director for the Mekong Region based in Thailand presented a paper to the Third International Conference on Evidence-Based Anti--Corruption Policies (CEBAP 3) was held in Bangkok, Thailand on 17-18 June 2015. The Thai Government has highlighted the private sector has a key role to play in reducing public sector corruption.  The presentation discussed how the private sector can play a role in reducing corruption was titled“Corruption and Fraud Prevention Strategies for Sustainable Corporate Governance”.  Richard addressed the effective risk management strategies based on prevailing standards and best practice, including the use of key prevention and detection tools such as fraud and corruption data analytics.

The Conference attracted more than 500 delegates from Thailand and 15 other countries. It was a high profile event, attended by the President of Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), the Prime Minister of Thailand, the Secretary-General of Transparency International- Thailand, the Country Director of the World Bank, the Chair of the Thai Institute of Directors (IOD), World Bank Specialists, Members of the Thai National Legislative Assembly and National Reform Council, Secretary-General of Thailand’s Anti-Money Laundering Office, members of the Office of the Attorney-General, the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Controller-General’s Department, Thailand’s Office of the Auditor-General, Indonesia’s Anti-Corruption Agency (KPK), Malaysia’s Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), Bhutan’s Anti-Corruption Commission, Professors from Harvard University, New York University, Thammasat University, Chulalongkorn University, National Institute of Development Administration, Kasetsart University, MahasarakhamRajabhat University, St. Petersburg State University, Australia’s Flinders University, Germany’s Ruhr-Universitat Bochum and University for Public Administration of North Rhine-Westphalia, Radford University, Khon-Kaen University, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and Assumption University. 

Censere and Chorus Consulting are pleased to announce the signing of a cooperative agreement cementing a strategic partnership between the two firms. Chorus Consulting is a Houston-based consulting firm specializing in computer forensics and e-discovery for litigation and internal investigations, while Censere is a Singapore based group with 15 offices throughout Asia and the USA specialising in financial modelling, valuation, due diligence, forensic accounting and investigations, and industry research.

Chorus Consulting manages data collections, provides electronic discovery tools and expertise; and gives the technology assistance needed in various different circumstances. They have worked with multi-national companies, international law firms, and litigation support personnel consistently. John Myers, Founder and Managing Member of Chorus Consulting, said “Chorus is excited about this strategic partnership with Censere.” Also stating that “this will allow Chorus and Censere to provide our clients with unprecedented service offerings that seamlessly combines our ESI and Data Analytics Service with Censere’s strong financial consulting and investigation background, resulting in a richer level of client deliverable.”

Brett Shadbolt, CEO of Censere, stated that “in Chorus Consulting we have found a partner who has the same commitment to providing the highest standard of service possible and whose services complement Censere's perfectly. Our mutual clients stand to benefit from this partnership as jointly we offer a range of services significantly broader than was possible previously." Zaid Sultan, Director, Censere Houston, concluded by stating "We look forward to working with Chorus Consulting and are confident that our clients will be pleased with our combined service offering."

With the agreement in place, both Censere and Chorus Consulting are able to go to market together. For more information about our combined services, visit our websites Censere and Chorus Consulting or email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

We are glad to announce that Censere is a supporting sponsor for the “3rd Oil and Gas Anti-Corruption & Compliance Exchange” will be held at Houston, USA from 29 to 30 September 2015. Brett Shadbolt (Censere Group's CEO), Peter Coleman (Censere Group's Director of Indonesia Office) and Zaid Sultan (Censere Group's Director of US Offices) will be attending the event. This exchange is designed for people in the oil and gas sector including in-house counsel, compliance and business leaders and practitioners. Attendees can share sector experts’ useful insights and practical solutions through a mix of plenary sessions, breakout groups and roundtable discussions designed.

Details of the Exchange can be found: here

Richard Batten the Director of Censere Group's Thailand and Mekong Regional office delivered an Introductory Investigations Skills Workshop at our new Bangkok office Training Centre on 20 March 2015. The workshop was attended by both private sector and the Thai Government National Anti Corruption Commission. The Workshop was also delivered at our Kuala Lumpur office Training Centre on 30 March 2015. 

Censere Group formally opened its Kuala Lumpur office at the newly developed Oval Damansara office tower in Kuala Lumpur on 17 March 2015. The events for the launch included a half day introductory Leveraging Intellectual Property Workshop and a launch party which was attended by friends, clients and associates of Censere as well as staff from various Censere offices including, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Houston, Jakarta, Singapore and Taipei apart from Kuala Lumpur. 

Adie Gupta, Director of Censere Group's Malaysia office and the leader of Intellectual Property (IP)/ Intangible Assets team conducted a half day introductory Leveraging IP Workshop at Censere Training Academy's Kuala Lumpur facility on 16 March 2015. The workshop was attended by participants from government agencies involved in the Malaysian Government's IP Financing Scheme as well as private equity. The Workshop covered a number of areas including, the key characteristics of IP, various approaches used in the valuation of IP including case studies and the common mistakes in valuation of IP assets. Based on the feedback from the Workshop, Censere Training Academy will be conducting more in depth IP workshops in Malaysia over the coming months.

On 26th February 2015, Mr. Brett Shadbolt, CEO of Censere Group, presented a talk on “The Current trends in Mining industry & Mine valuation” in Seoul. In this event, organized by Hangyang University and Korea Ministry of Resources, Mr. Shadbolt presented current trends in mining industry, IPO requirements for mining companies, valuation standards, valuation methods and a mine valuation case study.

Adie Gupta, Director of Censere Group's Malaysia office and the leader of Intellectual Property (IP)/ Intangible Assets team was one of guest speakers at the World IP Forum held at New Delhi, India from 10 to 12 January 2015. Censere Group was one of the sponsors at the Forum. Adie's presentation topic was 'Leveraging IP for Financing and IP Valuation'. The Forum was a global event attended by attorneys, government agencies, early to mid stage companies, valuers and other parties involved in the field of IP from around the world.

Censere is very pleased to announce the establishment of Censere Group, Inc., our new US entity. Initially we have opened offices in Houston and Washington DC, with further announcements to follow in the coming months. Brett Shadbolt, CEO of Censere Group, stated "This is a significant step for Censere and allows us to strengthen the relationships we currently have with US clients in a very tangible way, while also enabling Censere to undertake work in the US for both US clients and Asian clients investing in US businesses." 

Zaid Sultan, Censere's newly appointed Director with responsibility for both Houston and Washington DC offices, commented that "Censere's strong Asian presence will be a major competitive advantage. With ongoing investment into Asia by US corporates and increasing regulatory compliance which requires deep knowledge of Asian cultures, languages and business practices, Censere is ideally placed to assist US firms."

Censere is immediately able to deliver our full range of valuation, due diligence and forensic investigations services through our US offices and we look forward to assisting you in the both the US and in Asia.

Contact details for our US offices are as follows:

Houston Office 2800 Post Oak Boulevard Suite 4100 Houston, TX Tel. 832 924 8670 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The IAIR Awards are one of the world’s leading prizes for excellence in global economy and sustainability. This year’s Awards were held at the Conrad Hotel on the 10th March 2015. We are pleased to announce that Censere has been awarded the “Best Company for Sustainability Strategic Advisory (Asia Pacific) Award 2014. This is the second year that Censere has won this Award.

Rupert Utley, Director, Censere Forensics and Investigations has contributed to the book "Risky Business in China - A Guide to Due Diligence" authored by Jeremy Gordon, and published by Palgrave Macmillan. As one in the series of Palgrave Pocket Consultants, this unique book is an authoritative guide that provides actionable solutions and demonstrates how correctly applied due diligence not only reduces business risk in China, but also provides excellent business intelligence to support negotiations and business relationships.