Pav Gill
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Pav Gill is a Singaporean lawyer who was the whistleblower that uncovered the Wirecard scandal, one of the largest corporate frauds in history. Gill was the former Singapore-based legal head for Wirecard's Asia-Pacific region.{{Cite news|last=McCrum|first=Dan|date=2021-05-20|title='They tried to destroy me': Wirecard's reluctant whistleblower tells his story|work=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/1d74221e-1321-4f8c-9ca9-a4371629f178|access-date=2021-05-20|archive-date=20 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520005144/https://www.ft.com/content/1d74221e-1321-4f8c-9ca9-a4371629f178|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://money.usnews.com/investing/articles/biggest-corporate-frauds-in-history|title=9 of the Biggest Financial Fraud Cases in History|date=3 October 2023|work=US News}}
Early life
Born in Singapore, Gill is the only child of a first-generation Sikh immigrant single mother, and grew up in subsidized housing. He attended Victoria School and graduated in law from the National University of Singapore in 2008. In September 2017, he was hired by Wirecard as their first in-house Head of Legal for Asia-Pacific, covering 11 markets in the region.{{Cite news|url=https://thecinemaholic.com/where-is-wirecard-whistleblower-pav-gill-now/|title=Where is Wirecard Whistleblower Pav Gill Now?|date=17 September 2022|work=The Cinemaholic}}{{Cite news|url=https://asiasamachar.com/2021/05/28/38433/|title=A mother-son combo that exposed German company accounting scandal|date=28 May 2021|work=Asia Samachar}}
2023
In September 2023, Gill founded the whistleblowing platform, Confide Platform, to facilitate the detection and reporting of misconduct at companies.{{Cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/business/wirecard-whistleblower-starts-platform-to-help-detect-wrongdoing|title=Wirecard whistle-blower starts platform to help detect wrongdoing|date=5 September 2023|work=The Straits Times}}
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