Nardello & Co. launches financial investigations and forensic accounting practice
Nardello & Co., a New York-based investigations consulting firm, has launched a financial investigations and forensic accounting practice with the hiring of a trio of veteran forensic accountants: Jean Chow-Callam, Alberto Orozco, and Paul Nash.
The new practice will be led by Warren Feldman, Nardello & Co.’s chief legal officer. The practice will deliver a full suite of services in financial investigations and risk assessments, including independent monitorships, M&A financial risk due diligence, anti-bribery and corruption, asset tracing, and fraud.
“Financial issues are central to nearly every substantial legal dispute, in addition to high-stakes business situations such as bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings,” Feldman said. “The new team is ideally suited to meet clients’ rising financial investigations needs by providing them with a one stop shop for support.”
Chow-Callam, Orozco, and Nash join the firm as managing directors.
Chow-Callam is based in Los Angeles and brings over 25 years of experience providing consulting services in forensic accounting, auditing, fraud investigations, internal controls, compliance, governance, and other financial statement–related matters.
She was previously a senior managing director at J.S. Held, a managing director at Alvarez & Marsal, and a senior managing director at FTI Consulting.
Chow-Callam is a certified public accountant (CPA) and certified fraud examiner (CFE).
Orozco is based in New York and has over 25 years of experience in audit, forensic accounting, compliance, and operations. He has completed engagements in financial fraud, anti-bribery, asset misappropriation, vendor fraud investigation, due diligence, and compliance review in 20+ countries.
Orozco previously spent 24 years with PwC, where he was a partner in the financial advisory services practice. Earlier in his career, he was a senior associate in the assurance and audit services practice of Arthur Anderson Mexico.
He has an MBA the University of Texas at Austin and a bachelor’s degree from the Ibero-American University in Mexico, and is a licensed CPA.
Nash is based in London and has more than two decades of experience investigating financial fraud and corruption. He has extensive experience leading cross-border, government-focused corruption investigations in emerging markets.
Nash was previously a managing director at Baker Tilly, a managing director at Kroll, and an assistant director at PwC and EY.
He is a fellow chartered certified accountant (FCCA).
“Our decision to offer top tier forensic investigations and accounting services alongside our existing practices stems from our clients’ requests and will enable us to meet their growing multidisciplinary needs,” said Dan Nardello, executive chairman.
Nardello & Co. has practices in investigations (anti-corruption, fraud, and internal), disputes, special situations, bankruptcy, due diligence, reputation defense, physical security, and digital investigations and cyber.
The firm was founded in 2003 and has more than 100 employees listed on LinkedIn. Nardello & Co. has eight locations across the US, UK, UAE, China, and Singapore.
