Three disciplines. One practice.
Investigations led by Sreevidya Varma. Systems led by Kavita Khanna. Training powered by Daren Jay and IMS Australia.
Sreevidya Varma
Sreevidya leads WORQsense's investigations practice. She is an Association of Workplace Investigators Certificate Holder (AWI-CH), the internationally recognised benchmark for workplace investigation competence. awi.org ↗
Her practice spans PoSH Act and Grievance Redressal Committee (GRC) proceedings in India and employment investigations in New Zealand, with a focus on procedural rigour, evidentiary defensibility, and trauma-aware practice. She is also an AMINZ-credentialled mediator, bringing certified conciliation capability where that process is appropriate.
Sreevidya began her investigations practice in India in 2014, working primarily with IT sector organisations. Over nearly a decade she conducted investigations for more than 50 organisations across India, working as an external investigator and external IC member under the PoSH Act. She relocated to New Zealand in 2023 and is now building her New Zealand practice while re-entering the India market.
The AWI Certificate Holder credential reflects Sreevidya's individual competence and professional commitment to evidence-based investigative practice. It is not an organisational certification.
Kavita Khanna
Kavita Khanna has spent 25 years working with executive teams and boards across New Zealand, Australia, and India, in engineering, infrastructure, design, technology, and professional services. Her experience spans early-stage ventures to large, multi-layered enterprises navigating transformation.
She is widely regarded for expertise in practical recovery and strategies for workplace risk management. Organisations also engage her for system checks and diagnostics for risk assurance, identifying structural vulnerability before a formal complaint is raised. Her work blends strategic foresight, operational depth, and cultural fluency.
Within WORQsense, Kavita leads ReWireWorks, the prevention and diagnostics practice that begins where investigation findings end: turning what the inquiry reveals about structural, cultural, and leadership conditions into the specific changes that reduce recurrence.
Daren Jay
Daren Jay leads WORQsense's global training partner, Interview Management Solutions (IMS), Australia. Over 30 years in law enforcement and government investigations, and a UK Home Office Investigative Interview Trainer since 1996.
Lecturer in Policing at Charles Sturt University. Has trained investigators for the World Bank Group, European Investment Bank, the Australian Taxation Office, and Westpac.
In 2013, Daren designed and built TILES, the world's first investigative interview management software, making interview skill observable and measurable. Full details on the IMS partnership.
Investigations-first. Systems-intelligent.
Most investigation practices stop at the finding. Most systems practices do not touch the investigative record. WORQsense holds both disciplines, not because it is comprehensive, but because the work demands it.
Proven to standard.
The investigation establishes what happened, to what standard of proof, and with what procedural integrity. Findings tied to evidence. Inferences documented. Credibility assessed without bias. Built to survive challenge.
- AWI-CH standard on every inquiry
- PEACE model, Méndez Principles, TILES System®
- Trauma-aware, defensible process
- Court and board-grade findings
The conditions behind it.
ReWireWorks reads what the investigation reveals about structural, cultural, and leadership conditions. Prevention built from what the inquiry actually found, not a diagnostic added after the fact.
- Systems signals section in every investigation report
- Post-investigation structural redesign
- Psychosocial safety, culture diagnostics, team resets
- Leadership alignment and structural change
Four commitments. Every engagement.
Defensible
Every investigation is built to withstand challenge in court, on appeal, and under procedural review. Investigative rigour is the floor, not the ceiling.
Independent
True independence means no advisory role, no prior relationship, no conflicting position. Being willing to find what the evidence requires, including findings that are unwelcome.
Trauma-aware
Investigative practice that does not account for the impact of trauma on memory, disclosure, and credibility produces unreliable evidence and harms participants. It is also procedurally inadequate.
Precise
Clear language, honest scope, proportionate conclusions. No inflated findings, no hedged non-findings, no recommendations that exceed what the evidence supports.
Standards we hold ourselves to.
- Association of Workplace Investigators
- Human Resources New Zealand
- Asia Pacific Federation of Human Resource Management
- International Investigative Interviewing Research Group
Every engagement starts with a conversation.
Independent investigation, capability training, or systems work, tell us what the situation calls for.