ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE SFIO

The SFIO became fully functional from October' 2003 , it is a multi-disciplinary organisation with experts drawn from different fields. The head of the organistion is the Director,SFIO.To advise and assist him, there are a number of Addl.Directors/Joint Directors coming mainly from the following fields of specializations.

i)  Company law, chartered accountants/company secretaries with experience in 
    corporate management;

ii)  Taxation;

iii)  Investigation / Criminal investigation / prosecution in the areas of economic
     offences;

iv)  Expert in the area of overseeing or guiding research into cases of serious
     corporate malfeasance;

v)  Information technology, with ability to conduct IT audits (computer forensics);

vi)  Forensic auditing;

vii)  Capital markets, with experience in regulation of capital markets and internal
       financing;

viii)  Banking.

ix)  Law.

x)   Customs & Excise

Each Addl.Director/Joint Director is assisted by a team of Assistant Directors, who also have been drawn from different specializations.

The investigations by the SFIO is conducted by the teams consisting of the above experts.

The internal administration of the Organisation has been placed under an Deputy Director (Establishment & Administration) with necessary support structure.

Organizational Chart  

The SFIO will have two Regional Offices one in Northern and another in Western Regions. The Regional Office for Western Region has since been opened in Mumbai w.e.f. 25.10.2004.