Paul Fontanot is the National Practice Group Leader of the Forensic and Technology Services team.
He is a Chartered Accountant and licensed forensic investigator. As a Forensic Accountant, Paul has worked on multiple regulatory investigations, financial statement fraud investigations, fraud/corruption investigations, misconduct investigations, breach of contract matters, quantified loss of profits in many contractual disputes, assisted in asset tracing, and provided expert evidence in various disputes.
He has extensive experience in finance and business management, communication, and corporate governance across Asia-Pacific, USA, Canada, UK, Germany and Africa, where he has worked with Boards and Audit Committees. He has also assisted legal teams with financial analysis, accounting interpretation and quantification of economic damages during civil and criminal proceedings.
Paul is also a member of ICAA and AICD and an associate member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (USA). He also holds other positions as the Chairman of Abbotsleigh School for Girls (Wahroonga) and the ex-officio Director for Abbotsleigh Foundation.