Lisa M. Collura, CPA, CFE, CFF

Lisa Collura has more than 30 years of experience in accounting, auditing and litigation consulting services, including forensic accounting and fraud investigations. Ms. Collura specializes in providing complex forensic accounting and financial fraud investigative services in connection with internal investigations on behalf of Trustees, Boards of Directors, Special Committees and creditors of both public and private companies. Her engagements have involved tracing significant flows of funds among accounts and related entities in connection with fraud investigations and bankruptcy-related matters. In many of these matters, Ms. Collura has traced funds through commingled accounts by applying widely accepted tracing methodologies.

Among her areas of professional expertise, Ms. Collura directs and manages large-scale forensic accounting and financial fraud investigations, including examinations into matters involving alleged Ponzi schemes, diversions of funds and fraudulent financial reporting. She has assisted in the investigation of several of the largest fraud cases in the United States. She is currently managing a team of FTI Consulting professionals providing investigative services and litigation support to the court-appointed trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, serving as an expert witness in the trustee’s efforts to recover billions of dollars of funds for the victims. In addition, Ms. Collura led the investigation into the facts surrounding the fraudulent activities at Refco Inc. and, in connection with the investigation, testified as a witness in the criminal trial against former executives of the company.

Ms. Collura also has experience in matters involving technical accounting and restatements of financial results. She has conducted internal investigations on behalf of Audit Committees and Special Committees of the Board in connection with whistleblower allegations and accounting misstatements.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting in 2001, Ms. Collura was the Assistant Corporate Controller for an information technology services company in Denver, Colorado. Ms. Collura was responsible for SEC reporting requirements and all internal financial reporting. Ms. Collura began her career as a Senior Auditor for Deloitte & Touche.

Ms. Collura holds a B.S. in Business Administration from John Carroll University. She is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Fraud Examiner and is Certified in Financial Forensics. Ms. Collura is a recurring panel member for accounting programs offered by the Practicing Law Institute and has been a guest lecturer at Fordham University.