Expert Details
Forensic Accountancy
ID: 728577
United Kingdom
Expert specialises in forensic accounting and areas of litigation support including civil, family and criminal matters. She is a Chartered Arbitrator, an accredited Mediator, an experienced Expert Witness and Determiner. She has experience in specialist commercial matters including share valuations, insurance claims, management consultancy, construction disputes, business interruption, insolvency and corporate recovery, fraud investigations, forensic reconstruction, tax professional negligence and tax investigations.
Expert has a wealth of experience as a Forensic accountant and in matters of compliance, she was responsible for Company Secretarial matters; Chief Executive of the Joint Insolvency Monitoring Unit Limited for the self-regulation of the insolvency profession; The Board of Inland Revenue's Chief Investigating Accountant and Head of Accountancy Profession and Accountancy Advisor in the Special Compliance Office at the Inland Revenue; Arbitrator and Expert Witness.
Expert is the author or co-author of Tolley’s Tax Appeals; Tolley’s Accountancy Litigation Support (1998-2004); Experts in the Civil Courts (OUP, 2006).
Expert regularly lectures at events for accountants, barristers and judges, and expert witnesses.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1989 | Degree: MBA | Subject: Business Administration | Institution: Sheffield University |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 1987 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Partner | Department: |
Responsibilities:She is the senior partner of a multidisciplinary forensic practice with a series of expert consultants allocated to assignments on a project by project basis. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2007 to 2009 | Employer: BDO Stoy Hayward LLP | Title: Director | Department: Forensic Accounting |
Responsibilities:Director in charge of the Southampton office Forensic team |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2004 to 2007 | Employer: Smith & Williamson Limited | Title: Director | Department: Forensic Accounting |
Responsibilities:Director responsible for developing national stream of work outside London with one other Director leading the Department. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2000 to 2004 | Employer: Morley & Scott | Title: Partner | Department: Forensic Accounting |
Responsibilities:Lead Partner for forensic accounting. |
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International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: 2010 to Present | Country / Region: International Construction | Summary: As a member of a standing Dispute Resolution Board using her skills as an Arbitrator and Adjudicator. |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| FCA, EWI, CFE, FCIArb Expert’s qualifications and memberships include: Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales Master of Business Administration degree (University of Sheffield); Governor and Fellow of the Expert Witness Institute; Certified Fraud Examiner Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Accredited Mediator by the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution Past Master and Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators; Member of the Fraud Advisory Panel; Member of the ICAEW London Police Liaison Panel Freeman of the City of London. |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| FCA, CFE, CEDR. |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Director and Governor of the Expert Witness Institute |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Large number of Expert Witness assignments and giving evidence on an averaged monthly basis in criminal and civil and family hearings at the current time |
| Training / Seminars |
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| Seminars delivered for CCH, BPP and the Western Circuit of the Bar Council, local organisations, Portsmouth University and the EWI on a large variety of accountancy, forensic and related topics. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration. |