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Welcome to our new colleagues – June and July 2026
In June and July 2026, we welcomed 48 new colleagues to our global team.
We’re always looking to expand our team; please take a look at our current vacancies for the latest opportunities.
HKA is pleased to welcome the wide variety of colleagues that have joined us over recent months and share a little more about some of the newest members of our team.
Fatiha Aziz
Service Desk Analyst – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Fatiha Aziz joins HKA’s Service Desk team with a background in electronic engineering (telecommunications). Her interest in IT developed through troubleshooting technical issues and helping others solve problems.
At HKA, she supports colleagues across the business while continuing to develop her technical expertise.
Aziz Belhaj
Associate Consultant – Montreal, Canada
Aziz Belhaj joins HKA’s Construction, Claims and Expert Services team as an Associate Consultant. He supports clients on engagements involving delay analysis, quantum assessment, and dispute resolution.
Prior to joining HKA, Aziz worked in construction project management and infrastructure advisory. His experience includes delivering institutional projects and supporting procurement and risk advisory assignments across major transportation and energy infrastructure projects.
Jake Brewer
Associate Consultant – Houston, United States
Jake Brewer joins HKA as an Associate Consultant in Houston, Texas. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in construction management, as well as an MBA focused on finance.
With more than 10 years of experience in the construction industry, Jake has managed projects from estimation and preconstruction through construction and final handover. He brings experience in project delivery, financial analysis, and stakeholder coordination.
Leon Chan
Consultant – London, United Kingdom
Leon Chan joins HKA as a Consultant in the Financial Crime Compliance practice. He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist with experience in due diligence, screening, financial crime investigations, and regulatory engagement.
Before joining HKA, Leon spent three years with a leading global banking group. He now supports clients in assessing financial crime risks and strengthening the effectiveness of their compliance frameworks.
Charles Daniel Sebastian
Senior Service Desk Analyst – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Charles Daniel Sebastian joins HKA’s IT team with more than 15 years of experience in technical support, IT service operations, Microsoft environments, and team leadership. He has worked with multinational organizations across Malaysia.
At HKA, Charles provides first-line IT support, manages tickets, administers user access, supports onboarding, deploys devices, and coordinates vendors.
Hans Eggink
Senior Managing Consultant – Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Hans Eggink joins HKA’s Forensic Accounting and Commercial Damages team in Amsterdam as a Senior Managing Consultant. He is a valuation professional with nearly five years of experience in financial analysis and business valuation.
Prior to joining HKA, Hans worked at a global valuation and advisory firm, where he progressed from analyst to senior associate. His experience includes business valuation, financial reporting, dispute support, and financial statement analysis.
Noah Genovesi
Manager – New York, United States
Noah Genovesi is a Manager at HKA and a Certified Fraud Examiner and Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist with more than seven years of experience leading multidisciplinary investigations.
His experience includes litigation support, financial crime compliance, due diligence, sanctions matters, asset tracing, cryptocurrency investigations, fraud examinations, corporate intelligence, and risk advisory services.
Nicole Golding
ERP Finance Systems Specialist – Warrington, United Kingdom
Nicole joins HKA with nine years of finance experience in the aviation sector, most recently working as a management accountant for a consultancy and maintenance business. During that time, she led an enterprise resource planning system upgrade and supported process improvements across the business.
Prior to this, Nicole worked in finance roles within the manufacturing and private healthcare sectors.
Vinith Kannan
Service Desk Analyst – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Vinith Kannan joins HKA as a Service Desk Analyst with more than five years of experience in IT support, incident management, troubleshooting, and service delivery.
At HKA, he provides global IT support and also serves as a site support analyst, supporting cloud administration, infrastructure services, and enterprise IT operations. He is focused on expanding his technical expertise and keeping pace with emerging technologies.
Jo Lancaster
Finance Manager – Warrington, United Kingdom
Jo Lancaster joins HKA as a Finance Manager within the Europe Finance team. She is an ACA-qualified Chartered Accountant and holds a law degree from Swansea University.
Prior to joining HKA, Jo built her career across audit, automotive, and renewable energy, gaining experience in financial reporting, business partnering, and financial control. She now supports financial operations across the European business.
Ekaterina Lyubomirova
Senior Associate Consultant – Houston, United States
Ekaterina Lyubomirova joins HKA with experience in forensic investigations, analytics, and internal audit. Her work has included investigations into employee misconduct, procurement fraud, inventory shrinkage, and other operational risks across North American organizations.
She has extensive experience using data analytics tools and open-source research to identify fraud indicators, evaluate controls, and support investigative and litigation matters.
Nur Hasniza Othman
Senior Service Desk Analyst – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nur Hasniza Othman joins HKA’s IT team in Kuala Lumpur. She holds a bachelor of science in architecture and has built her career in IT, gaining experience across technical support and service desk operations.
Before joining HKA, she supported users and delivered technology services across diverse working environments. At HKA, she provides technical support and helps ensure the smooth delivery of IT services across the business.
Leonard Owiredu
Group Tax Manager – Warrington, United Kingdom
Leonard Owiredu joins HKA’s tax team with expertise in corporate tax compliance, reporting, governance, and international tax matters.
At HKA, he supports the group’s global tax agenda, helping deliver effective compliance, governance, and reporting across multiple jurisdictions. His experience spans a range of tax-related matters supporting international business operations.
Finn Pohlner
Consultant – Brisbane, Australia
Finn Pohlner joins HKA’s Brisbane office as a Consultant specializing in project controls, planning and scheduling, and factual investigations. He supports teams analyzing delay and disruption matters on major projects.
Before joining HKA, Finn worked in project controls and delay consulting roles with a global consulting firm and a global engineering consultancy. He holds degrees in business and industrial design from Queensland University of Technology and enjoys running, exploring nature, and travel.
Ollie Pugh
Consultant – London, United Kingdom
Ollie Pugh joins HKA as a Consultant in the Forensic Accounting and Commercial Damages team. He graduated from Lancaster University with a degree in business economics and spent two years working as a Buyer for a major retail business.
Most recently, Ollie spent five years at a Big Four firm, where he qualified as an ACA Chartered Accountant while working within financial services asset management. His experience includes financial statement audits and controls assurance engagements.
Noel Suarez
Associate Consultant – Minneapolis, United States
Noel Suarez joins HKA’s Minneapolis office as an Associate Consultant in Construction Claims. He holds a master of science in mechanical engineering and a Certification of Engineer in Training (EIT).
His experience spans the water solutions, aerospace, and medical device industries. Noel is excited to apply his engineering background to dispute resolution and litigation support engagements.
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