Isabelle is a Senior Associate in FRA’s Forensic Accounting team in the London office. She is an accountant with a background in audit. Since joining FRA Isabelle has worked on investigations, disputes and compliance projects across a variety of sectors including oil, shipping, technology, medical devices and Fast Moving Consumer Goods. She joins from KPMG where she spent three years in Corporates Audit. 

Recent experience includes: 

• Supported an investigation into allegations of bribery and fraud against a FTSE 100 entertainment company. The client’s unique situation required an innovative solution for the complex profit disgorgement and fine calculations.
• Supported a PIF Giga project with the provision of advisory services relating to third party risks/controls, compliance monitoring and KPIs.
• Assisted with a shareholder dispute for a family business based in the Middle East. This involved tracing funds of USD 249 million across over 200 companies in various jurisdictions and quantifying the value of payments made to certain beneficiaries. Isabelle also supported the client with a disclosure exercise.
• Assisting a global medical device manufacturer headquartered in India with a time-sensitive investigation into allegations of bribery and misconduct in its Turkish subsidiary.
• Working alongside external counsel for an AIM listed beauty company to conduct a forensic investigation into issues identified by the company’s external auditors.
• Assisted in a financial books and records review of a UK shipping business in relation to historical fraud allegations brought by a Finnish company.
• Supported a compliance and anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) framework development for a Fortune 500 company following recently identified cases of bribery and corruption within the company.
• Provided support in a dispute for a large oil and gas company in a USD 2 billion litigation. This included support for ongoing legal proceedings and a highly complex damages calculation. The calculation of damages involved consolidating a variety of data sources and assumptions in order to model a number of different scenarios based on the legal arguments.
• Review of the recorded sales of a UK sub-franchise to ensure accuracy of reporting up to the European regional property franchise.      

Isabelle previously worked in the Financial crime team at Nomura on a 6-month industrial placement as part of her undergraduate degree. Isabelle’s work was focussed on Politically Exposed Persons, Anti-Money Laundering and Know-Your-Client work. Isabelle earned a First Class Bachelor of Science degree (with honours) in Business Administration from the University of Bath. Isabelle is also an ICAEW ACA and a Certified Fraud Examiner.

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