MONTREAL – BDO Canada is pleased to announce that François Auclair has joined the firm as a Partner in the Advisory practice.
With more than 20 years of professional services experience, François has led complex forensic accounting, investigations, litigation support, and forensic data analytics engagements.
He works with legal counsel, corporations, financial institutions, regulators, and law enforcement agencies on matters involving fraud, financial crime, corruption, and other financial misconduct. His practice spans civil and criminal investigations, regulatory matters, and disputes involving significant financial and reputational risk. He has prepared forensic accounting analyses and expert reports and has been recognized by Canadian courts as an expert in forensic accounting and forensic data analytics in civil and criminal proceedings.
His litigation and dispute experience includes class actions, shareholder disputes, oppression remedies, insurance litigation, breach of contract claims, and financial damage quantification.
François also specializes in forensic data analytics, directing the development of innovative analytical approaches that extract and process large volumes of data to identify relevant facts, quantify financial impact, and uncover relationships and patterns.
François is a frequent speaker on fraud, forensic accounting, data analytics, and the use of technology in investigations, and holds the CPA, CPA·IFA, CFE, and CFF designations.