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Franco Benza

Franco Benza is a Certified Valuation Analyst and Certified Cost Professional with more than 15 years of experience. He has been appointed as an expert regarding financial and economics matters of numerous occasions.

Franco has provided expert witness testimony in arbitration and has extensive experience supporting cases in ICC, ICSID, and UNCITRAL arbitrations. He has signed expert reports and supported litigation cases in English and Spanish and has acted as the named expert for disputed projects with values of up to $700 million.

Franco has managed financial, forensic investigations, fraud, internal audit, and process improvement cases. He has supported a variety of international clients regarding the investigation of financial, economic, and accounting data, led retail banking process improvement initiatives, and has also implemented cost reduction projects in Peru and Colombia.

Franco specializes in quantifying economic and financial damages, lost profits, and business valuations. He also assesses cost overruns and productivity loss for construction related disputes. He has undertaken analysis for renewable energy, oil and gas, transportation infrastructure, food industry, and other construction projects in Latin America and the United States.

Franco is a member of the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA) and the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International (AACE). He is bilingual in English and Spanish.

Anna Kelly

Anna Kelly is a Chartered Accountant with over ten years of experience. She has been appointed as a forensic accounting expert or assisted the named expert on more than 30 occasions. 

Anna has acted as an expert for proceedings at the Supreme Court of New South Wales and has assisted the named expert on disputes of up to $850 million.  She has delivered expert services in litigation and international arbitration under HKIAC, ICSID, LCIA, SIAC, SCC, and UNCITRAL rules, and in Australian, UK, and Singapore courts. 

Anna has experience across a range of sectors, including cryptocurrency, oil and gas, energy, construction, telecommunications, banking, agriculture, and sports and media rights. Prior to joining HKA, she started her career in the investment banking sector before working in the disputes practice of an international consulting and expert services firm.

Anna specialises in quantifying commercial damages and valuations, which includes financial modelling and complex financial analysis. She has advised on disputes across Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania.

Anna holds a degree in economics with French. She is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales, the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, and a board member of Arbitral Women.

Jenny Dominguez

Jenny Dominguez is a Certified Public Accountant with nearly 25 years of experience. She has been appointed as a forensic accounting expert on multiple occasions.

Jenny has testified in civil litigation, arbitration and on behalf of the San Diego District Attorney’s Office in a preliminary hearing of a criminal prosecution. She has prepared numerous expert reports and investigated frauds with values of up to $126 million.

Jenny has supported clients in financial fraud investigations across state and local government and the higher education, construction, real estate, nonprofit, and healthcare sectors. Her experience includes investigating employee embezzlement, conflicts of interest, vendor and procurement fraud, fraudulent financial statements, and other accounting irregularities.

Jenny specializes in comprehensive analyses of financial data, utilizing organizational data and publicly available information in conjunction with advanced data analysis tools and techniques to conduct thorough comparisons with bank activities, disbursements, and other financial outflows to identify potential fraud that warrants further investigation. She has conducted internal control assessments and fraud risk evaluations and has led numerous forensic accounting and investigation engagements for two prominent national accounting firms.

Jenny is a Certified Fraud Examiner and Certified in Financial Forensics. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (forensic and valuation services section), the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and the California Society of CPAs.

Ramon de Legorburu

Ramon de Legorburu (Ray) is a Certified Public Accountant with over 25 years of experience. He has been appointed as a forensic accounting expert on multiple occasions.

Ray has testified in both depositions and trials as an expert witness on matters involving economic damages and business valuation with disputed values of up to $100million. He has presented to the US Securities and Exchange Commission regarding a financial statement restatement for a large publicly traded packaging company.

Ray has assisted financial services clients during the acquisition of foreign entities and in detecting and deterring elaborate money-laundering schemes at the target entities internationally. His sector experience includes construction, manufacturing, financial services, transportation, healthcare, consumer goods industries, and media and entertainment.

Ray specialises in dispute services including damages and lost profit calculations, and has investigated allegations of suspected FCPA violations, management fraud, financial statement misrepresentation and embezzlements. Having been a former financial statement auditor, he has assisted in the defense of public accounting firms involved in accounting malpractice suits.

Ray holds a degree in accounting and is a member of both the American Institute and Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is bilingual in English and Spanish.

Scott Van Meter

Scott Van Meter is a Certified Public Accountant and attorney with over 35 years of professional experience. He has been appointed as an expert witness on over 100 occasions.

Scott has testified in federal and state courts throughout the United States, and in arbitrations under International Chamber of Commerce, American Arbitration Association, and JAMS rules. He has been appointed as an expert on matters of economic damages and quantum, valuation, accounting and auditing standards, corporate governance, and forensic accounting with disputed values of up to $4 billion.

Scott’s experience includes litigation consulting, bankruptcy and restructuring, forensic accounting, and law. In addition to his expert work, Scott provides financial advisory and restructuring services to companies in financial distress, lenders, official committees, and equity holders in bankruptcy matters.  Prior to joining HKA, he was a practicing attorney in Texas and Florida, served as general counsel to several companies, and held senior leadership positions in for-profit and not-for-profit companies.

Scott has expertise in bankruptcy-related disputes, including avoidance matters, valuation and solvency, along with managing investigations of ‘who killed the company’, where issues of corporate governance, breach of fiduciary duty, professional malpractice and malfeasance were prevalent. His experience covers a variety of industries including mining and extraction (upstream and midstream oil, gas, and coal), manufacturing, healthcare, construction, telecommunications, transportation, and professional services. He has also served as the post-confirmation trustee responsible for administering plans of reorganization and pursuing recovery actions.  

Scott is Certified in both Financial Forensics and as an Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor. He is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors, the Texas Society of CPAs, and the Turnaround Management Association.

Maxime Girard

Maxime Girard is a Chartered Professional Accountant with over 20 years of experience. He has been appointed as an expert in matters of forensic accounting and the assessment of economic loss on over 15 occasions.

Maxime has testified in arbitration and local courts on several occasions, including delivering concurrent evidence. He has prepared more than 150 assessments of economic loss and substantive business valuations for contentious and non-contentious matters in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Maxime’s valuation experience spans most industries, including energy, real estate, telecommunications aviation, shipping, manufacturing, real estate, hospitality, retail, and services sectors. He trained as an auditor in one of the big four firms and has been based in the UAE for the last 8 years, having also worked in North America and the UK.

Maxime specialises in damage quantification, business valuation, fraud investigation, accounting, and auditing. His expertise ranges from the quantification of damages claims in international commercial and investment treaty disputes, contentious valuations and expert determinations to shareholder, joint-venture and post-transaction disputes, financial and fraud investigations, and other types of forensic accounting assignments.

Maxime is a Chartered Financial Analyst, a certified accountant in the UK, USA, and Canada, is Certified in Financial Forensics, and is a Chartered Business Valuator. He holds a diploma in investigative and forensic accounting and is bilingual in English and French.

Tjeerd Krol

Tjeerd Krol is a Registered Accountant with nearly 30 years of experience. He has been appointed as a forensic accounting, damages, and valuations expert on over 70 occasions.

Tjeerd Krol is a skilled practitioner who delivers superb “service, confidence and flexibility”. He is an “excellent” accountant report peers.

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Tjeerd has testified in commercial litigation and international arbitration (including delivering concurrent evidence) on disputed values of up to €1.5 billion. He has acted as a binding advisor and a determining expert in various post-merger disputes.

Tjeerd’s experience covers shareholder disputes, minority interest valuations, follow on claims, securities litigation, lost profits-calculations, post-merger disputes, business interruption claims, and class action lawsuits. Prior to joining HKA, he was managing director for expert services at Kroll.

Tjeerd specializes in financial and accounting issues. These include various types of accounting irregularities (financial statement restatements), accounting reconstructions, financial compliance with (SPA) contracts, and matters involving the application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS).

Tjeerd holds a master’s in business administration, with a specialization in accountancy and auditing. He is a member of the Royal Netherlands Institute of Chartered Accountants, and the foundation of the national register of judicial experts.

Tjeerd Krol is a leading forensic accountant who is thoroughly recommended for his depth of expertise and knowledge as well as his “smart, pragmatic, and proactive” approach, across complex and international financial disputes.

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Joyce Tay

Joyce Tay is a Chartered Accountant with nearly 10 years of experience. She has been appointed as a forensic accounting expert or assisted the named expert on more than 25 occasions.

Joyce has delivered expert services in international arbitration under DIFC-LCIA, HKIAC, ICC, ICSID, SIAC rules, and court litigation. She has assisted on various cases with disputed values of up to US$800 million.

Joyce has experience in various industries including automotive, construction, cryptocurrency, hospitality, manufacturing, media, oil and gas, power and utilities, and retail across Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East. She started her career at one of the big four accounting firms and subsequently gained forensic accounting expertise at an international accounting firm.

Joyce specialises in the quantification of financial damages arising from breaches of contracts or agreements, disputes, personal injury claims, and the investigation of fraud cases. Her expertise also includes the assessment and valuation of insurance claims related to business interruption, lost profits, and stock losses.

Joyce holds a BBA in accountancy and is an Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants Financial Forensic Professional. She is a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants and is bilingual in English and Chinese.

Pamela Verick

Pamela (Pam) Verick is a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional and Certified Fraud Examiner with over 25 years of experience in corporate compliance and forensic investigations.

Pam has assisted organizations, key stakeholders, and their legal counsel on fraud governance matters and unplanned event response in 40 countries across six continents. She has also performed investigations and root-cause analyses of economic crime and misconduct by corporate directors and officers, management, employees, and third parties.

Pam has worked with private, public, and not-for-profit organizations to develop and defend their anti-fraud program strategy and spend. She has implemented confidential reporting systems and processes, value-driven fraud risk assessments, right-sized fraud controls, bespoke fraud audits, and resonant training and communication activities to help combat internal and external vulnerabilities arising from fraud and misconduct.

Pam has deep expertise in global ethics, integrity, and anti-corruption compliance matters. She has developed internal control frameworks, program reviews, control evaluation, first and third-party compliance assessments, and technology-enabled monitoring activities to prevent, detect, and deter unethical business practices, integrity lapses and failures, and various forms of corruption. This includes bid-rigging, self-dealing and other conflicts of interest, economic extortion, illegal gratuities, and kickbacks.

Pam holds a master’s in justice with a concentration in judicial administration. She is a member of the COSO Fraud Risk Management Guide Taskforce; the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners; the Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists, Ethics and Compliance Initiative; the Institute of Internal Auditors; and the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics; the Women’s White Collar Defense Association and is an affiliate member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and affiliated professional of the American Bar Association.

Marian Cantrell

Marian Cantrell is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years of experience. She has assisted the named expert on over 30 occasions.

Marian has worked on litigations in the UK courts, and investor-state and commercial arbitrations on behalf of claimants and respondents with disputed values of up to £750 million.  She has prepared reports for expert determination and for use in mediation.

She has broad sector experience including within the IT, telecoms, construction, mining, utilities, entertainment, hospitality, and finance sectors.

Marian has also assisted clients with insolvency disputes, fraud investigations, professional negligence cases, and financial restatements for large corporations. Prior to joining HKA, following an initial background in audit, she worked in forensics at Evelyn Partners, Haberman Ilett, FTI, and PKF.  In total, she has worked on over 60 projects as a forensic accountant.

Marian specialises in forensic accounting for disputes, with a focus on the assessment of damages for breach of contract, mergers and acquisitions disputes, shareholder and joint venture disputes, and loss of profits.  She has extensive experience producing detailed analysis of financial and contractual information.

Marian holds a degree in geology and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

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