Maria Tsennykh

Maria Tsennykh, Ph.D., FCCA, has more than 15 years of experience in valuation, litigation, investigations and audit, including serving as an expert witness and 11 years at a Big Four firm. In addition, having worked on two continents, she combines her economic, accounting, corporate finance, valuation and investigation backgrounds to advise clients in a variety of complex circumstances in the U.S. and internationally. Her experience includes damages analysis, assessment of corporate governance practices and internal controls, business and intangible assets valuation, and international arbitration advisory. She also regularly directs large-scale financial investigative assignments including forensic accounting investigations, financial fraud investigations, financial reporting investigations, white-collar crime investigations, corporate governance investigations and investigations involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

Maria is a Fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) in the United Kingdom. She has authored several articles for publication in journals such as Global Investigations Review (GIR) and Consulting Magazine, and she has been featured prominently in various news publications, including The Sunday Times. Maria holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in economics and a master’s degree in world economics and international economic relations from Plekhanov Russian University of Economics in Moscow, Russia, with highest honors.