Kevin Hellard

Head of Global Recovery and Reorganisation at Grant Thornton

Speaker

Kevin Hellard is the Head of Global Recovery and Reorganisation at Grant Thornton. With over 33 years’ experience, he is an expert in investigation corruption, fraud and asset tracing across multiple jurisdictions, including but not limited to, the BVI, Cayman Islands, South America, Singapore, Dubai, Hong Kong, Switzerland, and Eastern Europe.

Kevin is routinely appointed by lawyers, government and other regulatory agencies - both in the UK and globally - over structures that have suffered losses caused by corruption or fraud, to trace and recover stolen funds from the perpetrators. He has given evidence in court on numerous occasions, has presented internationally on corruption and asset tracing, and is the past President of the Insolvency Practitioners Association, the leading regulatory of insolvency activity in the UK.

He is a licensed insolvency practitioner who pioneered the use of insolvency powers as a tool to trace and recover assets on an international basis, having recovered substantial sums for creditors worldwide. Under Kevin’s leadership, Grant Thornton’s asset recovery practice has become the largest dedicated contentious insolvency and asset recovery practice, incorporating resource across key offshore financial centres. A host of complementary services have been developed including director services, corporate intelligence, and funding solutions including the Asset Recovery Fund – a specialist enforcement fund established to provide third-party financing for large and complex asset recovery claims.