Ian Thompson

Forensic Accounting

Financial Investigations

Asset Recovery

Ian Thompson is a Senior Managing Director in the FTI Consulting Forensic and Litigation Consulting practice and is based in London. He is a member of the cross-practice Europe, Middle East and Africa leadership team, with responsibility for quality and risk management. For over 25 years, Ian has undertaken expert witness work in litigation, arbitration and expert determination, as well as investigations, compliance, insolvency, auditing, due diligence and corporate finance work.

Ian has worked full-time on forensic engagements for more than 20 years and is generally instructed in relation to accounting issues, allegations of financial irregularity and/or financial distress. He has extensive experience of offshore matters having led FTI Consulting's BVI office for three years.

Ian first gave oral evidence in 2005 and has done so in various forums; namely the High Court in London, the Commercial Court in the BVI and (remotely) the ICC in Paris. He has been cross-examined for as long as two days, in cases with claim values as high as $2 billion. He has been cross-examined by top-ranked KCs.