Forensic Accounting Services Director
Helen is a Director in BDO’s Forensic Accounting team in the Midlands and has over 25 years’ accounting experience and over eight years’ forensic accounting experience at BDO. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).
She specializes in dispute advisory, expert witness and business valuation work across a wide range of cases and sectors. She regularly works with lawyers to evaluate evidence and provide expert opinion on accounting matters in relation to liability and quantum for civil litigation, including matters. She has acted as a Court appointed Single Joint Expert.
Prior to joining the forensic department in 2008, Helen was a member of BDO’s mergers and acquisition team, advising owners of family and entrepreneurial businesses.
Helen has experience of a wide range of industries and sectors, including manufacturing, engineering, construction and real estate, food and beverage, not-for-profit, healthcare, hospitality and hotels, wholesale, retail, and financial services.
Helen’s case experience includes:
Claims for loss of profit and consequential loss
Breach of contract
Business interruption and product recall
Shareholder and partnership disputes
Accounting professional negligence
Business valuation for matrimonial disputes
Other contentious business valuation disputes
Investigation of accounting irregularities
CIMA