David Wheatley is a Chartered Management Accountant with over 25 years’ experience

and a CIMA Certified Specialist Forensic Accountant.

Experienced across a wide range of sectors, with strong endorsements and repeat instructions from solicitors.
Independently vetted for reliability.
Renowned for providing actionable financial insights in complex legal disputes and loss calculations.
Has prepared over 200 expert reports.

David specialises in expert witness services, forensic accounting, consulting, and advisory work. He produces clear, logically structured reports that deliver expert financial analysis on disputed issues.

Having worked across multiple sectors, David’s expertise has earned him many repeat instructions from solicitors, and his work is independently vetted to confirm his reliability.

His key areas of practice include loss of income, loss of profits, business interruption, pension, property and investment losses, as well as business and share valuations as a Court Appointed Single Joint Expert.

He has provided technical assessments and loss calculations for complex High Court class actions with values exceeding £250 million.

Additionally, David was a founder member of the FCA review into interest rate hedging product mis-selling and the Global Restructuring Group (GRG) Complaints Scheme. He contributed to the approval of the scheme’s methodology and provided expert determinations and loss reports for consequential loss claims against RBS/NatWest Group.

His forensic accounting expertise and trusted expert witness services are highly valued by legal and financial professionals seeking precise and authoritative financial analysis.

“David possesses a remarkable ability to assimilate complex information and distil it into clear, actionable insights”
“…always well prepared for the requests for clarification / challenges from the panel”
“…built an understanding of the business to assess the circumstances of the claim”