Expert profile
Highlights
- Chartered Accountant.
- Proven as a credible expert witness under cross-examination.
- Expertise in loss of profits and insolvency analysis.
- Experience in providing concurrent evidence.
- Specialises in litigation and disputed financial loss.
Industries
Financial Services | Healthcare & Life Sciences | Industrial & Manufacturing | Mining & Metals | Oil & Gas
Expertise
Damien Beven is a Chartered Accountant with over 10 years of experience. He has acted as a forensic accounting expert.
Damien has provided expert testimony in the Federal Court of Australia, including giving concurrent expert evidence (“hot-tubbing”), and has also provided expert evidence before the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal in litigation matters. He has authored, co-authored, and assisted in the preparation of a wide range of expert reports relating to the quantification of financial loss, business valuation, and insolvency matters, on disputes with values of up to AUD$30 million.
Damien specialises in quantifying economic and financial loss regarding loss of profits and business interruption, particularly in insurance and commercial litigation matters. He provides expert opinion in insolvency matters, including assessing the date on which a company became insolvent.
Background
Damien has led complex financial misconduct investigations and has extensive experience in forensic accounting and restructuring. He has acted for major insurers, law firms, banks, accountants, and federal government agencies.
Damien holds a degree in accounting and corporate governance and an advanced certification from the Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association.
Qualifications
ARITA Advanced Certification
CA
CA Forensic Accounting Specialisation Program
BBA Accounting and Corporate Governance
Contact Damien
Email: DamienBeven@hka.com
Location:
Suite 1001, Level 10
309 Kent Street
Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
