ACADEMY-EXPERTS.ORG - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Managing Director in the Global Investigations and Strategic Intelligence Practice of Berkeley Research Group LLC
Ben Johnson is a Managing Director in the Global Investigations and Strategic Intelligence practice of Berkeley Research Group LLC. Responsible for leading forensic accounting assignments on behalf of a range of clients, including regulators, law firms and corporates.
He has over 18 years experience in the field of forensic accounting and litigation, including financial and regulatory investigations, and commercial disputes and litigation.
Job Titles:
- Immediate past Chairman
- Chartered Quantity Surveyor
Derek is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor and Chartered Engineering Surveyor, with over 35 years of construction and engineering experience. He has acted as expert on over 45 occasions in delay, disruption and quantum matters.
Derek is both an accredited and certified expert witness and fellow of The Academy of Experts and has acted as a delay and quantum expert witness in arbitration, conciliation, litigation and mediation and as an expert determiner. He has been cross-examined on over 10 occasions and has delivered concurrent evidence in disputes from Belize to Brunei and Scotland to Singapore. Alongside his work as an expert adviser for ongoing projects, Derek undertakes the role of ‘project neutral', independently reviewing international projects in preventative, on-the-job dispute resolution.
Job Titles:
- Treasurer
- Principal at Versant Partners
Joe Skilton is a Principal at Versant Partners . He is a qualified Chartered Accountant with over 10 years' experience in dispute resolution, valuations, financial modelling, economic analysis, investigations and accounting reviews.
He advises parties in high profile litigations and international arbitrations across a range of sectors including oil and gas, financial services, energy, telecommunications, IT, banking, construction and manufacturing. The quantum of these disputes varies from US$1 million to over US$20 billion.
Stuart is a partner in the Disputes and Investigations group. He advises clients on a broad range of commercial disputes and investigations in the financial services sector. He has particular expertise in professional negligence actions, including claims and investigations in the accountancy profession, having acted on many high profile disputes and regulatory investigations.
Stuart also advises on corporate and commercial disputes, including contractual disputes, fraud and asset recovery actions and shareholder disputes.