Katharine Toney

Katharine has worked internationally throughout her career on cross-border disputes and investigations. She has led financial and accounting reviews related to allegations of fraud, false accounting and misappropriation of assets; and she has supported clients with resultant litigation proceedings and asset recovery undertakings. Katharine has submitted written evidence for private prosecution proceedings in the High Court of Justice in England. She has also assisted with the preparation of expert witness reports and the calculation of lost profits and damages on post-acquisition disputes, shareholder disputes and class action litigation.

Prior to Kroll, Katharine was an Associate Director in the forensic practice of an advisory firm in Australia, where she worked with legal counsel, restructuring practitioners and forensic technology specialists on some of the largest disputes and investigations in the Asia-Pacific region, including the forensic investigation into the multi-billion-dollar collapse of an Australian listed mining and materials company. She commenced her career in London, where she worked on the global investigation into Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi Scheme and assisted the Financial Reporting Council to investigate the audits of several large corporates that failed in the wake of the global financial crisis. She has also worked in-house within the global investigations team of a top-tier UK law firm.

Katharine holds an M.A. in natural sciences, with a major in physics, from the University of Cambridge. She is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.