Anita Patel, CPA, CFE, DIFA, CFF, CAMS

Anita Patel is a Senior Managing Director in FTI Consulting’s Forensic & Litigation Consulting segment and is based in Toronto. Ms. Patel brings more than 20 years of professional experience providing consulting and expert services in forensic and investigative accounting, internal investigations, financial crime and anti-money laundering, the quantification of complex economic damages and expert litigation support.

Ms. Patel is highly sought after by clients and regulators as she has conducted complex forensic investigations on a broad range of matters, including financial statement fraud and misstatements, securities fraud, tax evasion and money laundering schemes, alter-ego schemes, cryptocurrency frauds, construction frauds and disputes, and bribery and corruption matters. At FTI Consulting, she applies her extensive risk expertise and investigations experience to serve clients in Toronto and across Canadian and international borders. Her experience and casework cross a wide range of industries, including privately owned and publicly traded companies, public sector, regulatory bodies and not-for-profit organizations.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Ms. Patel conducted high-profile public inquiries, compliance audits and special investigations. Her noteworthy cases include the Gomery Commission of Inquiry (“Sponsorship Scandal”), the Oliphant Commission of Inquiry (“Mulroney – Schreiber Inquiry”) and the Listeriosis Investigative Review.

Ms. Patel’s professional experience includes boutique and Big Four forensic investigation and dispute consulting, international management consulting and investigative and compliance advisory in a regulatory environment. She has experience in dispute matters providing both consulting and expert services in areas such as shareholder disputes, intellectual property infringement matters, class actions and other civil matters. Her experience includes assistance with civil matters, including examination for discovery, trial, mediation, arbitration and settlement discussions. Additionally, she has extensive regulatory experience whereby she was appointed as an expert conducting numerous complex investigations into serious allegations of professional misconduct and performing specialized regulatory compliance reviews.

Ms. Patel holds a B.Com. with a specialization in Accounting from the University of Ottawa. She is a Chartered Professional Accountant in Ontario and a Certified Public Accountant in Illinois. Ms. Patel is also a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, a Certified Fraud Examiner, a Diploma in Forensic and Investigative Accounting holder and Certified in Financial Forensics. She frequently speaks at Canadian and international forensic and valuation conferences and presents to the legal community about forensic accounting and investigative matters.