Forensic Accountant, Accredited Expert Witness and Business Valuer, Chartered Accountant and Tax Adviser
BSc (Hons), CTA, FCA, MAE, ACFS
Nationwide and International
Fiona is a founder of FHM Forensic Accounting. Fiona specialises in commercial disputes, business valuations, tax disputes and professional negligence matters including giving evidence in the High Court, Family Court, Arbitration and Tax Tribunal. She has been instructed as an Expert in approximately 450 cases in her career to date.
Fiona is also often instructed to provide expert opinion on a range of matters including shareholder disputes, agency disputes and insurance claims, tax disputes (including EBTs, film schemes, entrepreneurs’ relief and Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), officer and employee fraud, auditor and tax adviser professional negligence claims.
Fiona specialises in share and business valuation cases with particular experience in the Family Court. She also has considerable experience in commercial disputes, tax disputes and professional negligence matters.
Fiona has over 25 years’ experience providing strategic, accounting, tax and corporate finance advice in a variety of sectors. Fiona’s clients have included successful entrepreneurs, start-ups, international groups and household names
The practical experience that Fiona has as a corporate finance and practicing tax professional perfectly complements her experience as an expert in commercial disputes in Court proceedings - and vice versa.
Fiona has presented both nationally and internationally at conferences for professional training companies, Resolution, the Law Society on matters ranging from share valuation, professional negligence, financial reporting and taxation.
Fiona is also a contributor to Kogan Page textbook “Forensic Accounting & Finance”.
Areas of expertise:
Auditor professional negligence
Tax professional negligence
Share valuation
Business valuation
Commercial disputes
Matrimonial
Fraud
Financial investigations
Employee fraud
Trained as a Single Joint Expert
Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (FCA), Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA), Member of the Academy of Experts (MAE), Accredited Business Valuer (BVI (UK)), Accredited Counter Fraud Specialist (ACFS)