Clara Chin

Clara Chin, CPA, CFE is a managing director in the Forensic & Litigation Consulting segment at FTIConsulting, Inc. in New York. She has more than 14 years of experience in providing consulting services related to solvency, fraudulent conveyances, breach of contract, due diligence review of fund managers, accountant malpractice, ability-to-pay analyses, audit assistance, fraudulent financial reporting, regulatory investigations and other litigation matters. Ms. Chin is a national instructor for FTI Consultingand teaches a two-day course on economic damages. She also is a co-instructor for the AICPA ExpertWitness Skills Workshop and AICPA Business Damages Concepts and Calculations course. Ms. Chin’s litigation consulting assignments have included solvency analysis, piercing the corporate veil, recalculation of management fees, operational due diligence of fund managers, audit malpractice, bankruptcy litigation, post-acquisition disputes and breach-of-contract claims. Her financial investigative assignment shave included fraudulent accounting investigations, embezzlement of corporate funds and government subsidy payments, fraudulent trade allocations, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations. Ms. Chin has experience in a range of industries, including financial services, banking, investment management, financial derivatives, consumer products, retail, aerospace, health care and energy. Prior to joining FTI, she was a senior associate in PwC’s Assurance practice in New York, during which time she supported audit engagements of investment-management companies with securities pricing and portfolio valuations. She also worked as an associate in PwC’s International Tax practice in New York. A member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Ms. Chin received her B.A. in economics from BarnardCollege and her M.S. in accounting from Queens College.