Mavis is a partner in Control Risks, based in Hong Kong. She leads Control Risks’ forensics practice for Greater China and North Asia. She has specialised in forensic accounting, litigation support and insolvency for more than 18 years, and has extensive experience in leading high profile and confidential financial investigations in the Asia Pacific region. Mavis’ clients include high net worth individuals and listed multinational companies and she has assisted them in responding to complex financial disputes and whistle-blower allegations of fraud and corruption, including acting as an expert witness in civil and criminal proceedings. Mavis also frequently advises corporations on proactive compliance risk assessments and monitoring.
Mavis qualified as a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (“ICAEW”), is an ICAEW-accredited Forensic Accountant, a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“HKICPA”), a practising member of The Academy of Experts and holds a HKICPA specialist designation in insolvency.
Before joining Control Risks, Mavis was a Senior Managing Director of FTI Consulting’s forensic and litigation consulting practice based in Hong Kong. Prior to that, she was a director of Baker Tilly Hong Kong’s business recovery and forensic accounting practice. Mavis relocated to Hong Kong from the UK in 2002, where she was engaged in statutory audit and corporate finance lead advisory work.