Ivelina (Iva) Velikova is a Senior Consultant in NERA’s Securities and Finance Practice. In the area of white collar, Ms. Velikova has directed economic analyses in regulatory and internal investigations and prepared expert testimony in litigation. She has assessed allegations of insider trading, stock price manipulation, accounting fraud, and broker fraud. Ms. Velikova has also analyzed issues of materiality, loss causation, and damages in numerous civil and criminal matters. Her broad industry expertise includes closed end funds, banking, asset management, insurance and reinsurance, oil and gas, broadband networking, and mortgage servicing.
Iva received her MBA from IE Business School (Madrid, Spain) and her BA summa cum laude and with honors, in economics and Spanish from St. Lawrence University. Originally from Bulgaria, Iva enjoys traveling, and exploring nature.