HKA adds 15 new team members in US offices

HKA, a global risk and disputes consulting firm, has hired 15 new employees across its US offices.

The London-headquartered firm also welcomed 10 additional employees across the rest of its international operations. 

Samapti Barua (associate consultant, Washington, DC) graduated this year from the University of Virginia with a bachelor’s degree in finance and management. She interned with HKA last summer.

James Cheng (associate consultant, New York) joins the forensic accounting and commercial damages (FACD) group. He has over five years of experience in the accounting industry, working in financial reporting and tax compliance. He has a bachelor’s degree in accounting, a master’s degree in taxation, and is a CPA.

Chase Cohen (associate consultant, Washington, DC) graduated this year from The George Washington University with a bachelor’s degree in business and finance.

Dennis David (associate consultant, Philadelphia) joins the FACD group with four years of external and internal auditing experience, with expertise in the healthcare and farm credit industry. He has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Bloomsburg University.

Milton Detty (associate director, Washington, DC) brings over twelve years of professional experience in financial management, auditing, cost accounting, and regulatory compliance for government contractors. He has significant experience analyzing federal contractor indirect rate cost structures and preparing incurred cost proposals, cost impact analyses, business system implementations, and reviews.

Kevin Gnadt (associate consultant, Washington, DC) recently graduated from Indiana University Kelley, where he majored in finance and business Law. Prior to starting at HKA’s FACD group, Kevin interned in advisory and tax roles.

Peter Ju (senior associate consultant, Los Angeles) previously spent two years in the audit practice of a Big Four accountancy. He has a bachelor’s degree in business economics from UCLA and is a CPA.

Madison Jurgovan (associate consultant, Chicago) joins HKA after completing dual bachelor’s degrees in chemistry and chemical engineering from Saint Mary’s College and the University of Notre Dame.

Kathy Nguyen-Ly (associate consultant, Los Angeles) graduated from UCLA with a double major in political science and statistics/data science. Prior to joining HKA, she specialized in database analysis and program management support.

Bumsu Park (associate consultant, San Francisco) has a professional background in management consulting and urban design; he has recently made a career pivot through HKA, working with intellectual property. He has a bachelor’s degree in management information systems from Santa Clara University, CA.

Ravi Patel (associate consultant, San Francisco) has a bachelor’s degree in business from UC Berkeley. He is joining HKA as a full-time employee after an internship last summer at recently acquired TM Financial Forensics.

Mahir Jamal Pradhan (associate consultant, New York) joins HKA after graduating from NYU with a bachelor’s degree in finance and computing & data science. He interned with HKA for a year (since last June) before joining as an associate. He also previously interned at a variety of companies, from non-profits to art companies and the Big Four.

Julia Rowell (associate consultant, Los Angeles) recently graduated from UCLA with a bachelor’s degree in public affairs.

Derek Schmitz (associate consultant, San Francisco) is a recent graduate from Santa Clara University with a bachelor’s degree in finance. He is joining the HKA office in San Francisco as a full-time employee after interning with TM Financial Forensics last summer.

Josh Topor (associate consultant, Chicago) graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business from Indiana University in May and joins HKA’s FACD practice. He was previously an intern at a software company, but ultimately chose to pursue his interest in litigation consulting.