Daniel Heywood

Daniel Heywood is a Senior Managing Director in the Forensic & Litigation Consulting segment at FTI Consulting, based in Brisbane. A Chartered Accountant, Mr. Heywood has more than 17 years of experience providing forensic accounting services in complex disputes and investigations. He advises clients and their legal teams on matters that regularly involve the C-suite, boards, regulators, law enforcement and the courts.

Mr. Heywood’s primary areas of focus are contract disputes, insurance claim preparation and litigation, professional negligence, post-acquisition disputes, class action litigation, insolvency litigation and internal and regulatory investigations. He acts as an expert witness, consulting expert and independent expert, providing quantification of economic loss, expert determinations, auditor negligence analysis, asset tracing, wage underpayment analysis and fraud and corruption investigations.

Mr. Heywood brings a distinctive perspective to his work. He spent five years at a top-tier law firm leading its in-house forensic accounting and investigations division and has worked at a global bank in its fraud and credit division. His experience includes preparing preliminary calculations of claim size or financial exposure, advising on claim preparation, developing and defending causation arguments, critiquing claims and expert reports, and evaluating settlement offers.

Mr. Heywood has worked with clients across a range of industries, including aviation, construction, consumer goods, financial services, healthcare, mining, real estate, shipping and transportation.