The Rt Hon Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury took office as President of The Academy of Experts on 3rd November 2021 having been appointed Deputy President on 18th May 2020.

After reading chemistry at Oxford and then spending three years as an investment banker, David Neuberger was called to the Bar in 1975 and practised largely in property law, taking silk in 1987. He was appointed a High Court Judge, sitting in the Chancery Division, in 1996, and was Supervisory Chancery Judge for Midland, Wales and Chester and Western Circuits from 2001.

In 2004, he was made a Lord Justice of Appeal, and a Privy Counsellor. In the same year, he was appointed Judge in charge of IT and modernisation. In 2007 he was promoted to be a Law Lord and became a peer. He was appointed Master of the Rolls in 2009. In 2012, he became the President of the United Kingdom Supreme Court, a position from which he retired in 2017.

In 2018, he started practising as an arbitrator and legal expert from One Essex Court in the Temple, London.

William is an IT and Outsourcing consultant and expert witness with Oareborough Consulting. His work includes assessment of fitness for purpose of services, analysis of delay, investigation of intellectual property issues, reporting in competition and class actions and procurement disputes. His work incorporates the application of Artificial Intelligence and software engineering.

He worked for IT suppliers for 20 years, before working client-side in the delivery of services and developing his expert witness and expert determiner practices. He also works in the operational recovery of distressed services.

Joe Skilton is a Managing Director at Secretariat International. He has more than ten years of experience as an economic and financial consultant. He provides advice and expertise to clients in large, high-profile litigation and international arbitration matters. He has worked across many sectors, including oil & gas, banking, mining, energy, manufacturing, financial services, construction, telecommunications, and IT. 

Stuart is a partner in the Taylor Wessing Disputes and Investigations group. He advises clients on a broad range of commercial disputes and investigations in the financial services sector. He has particular expertise in professional negligence actions, including claims and investigations in the accountancy profession, having acted on many high profile disputes and regulatory investigations.

Stuart also advises on corporate and commercial disputes, including contractual disputes, fraud and asset recovery actions and shareholder disputes.

Ben Johnson is a Managing Director in the Global Investigations and Strategic Intelligence practice of Berkeley Research Group LLC. Responsible for leading forensic accounting assignments on behalf of a range of clients, including regulators, law firms and corporates.

He has over 18 years experience in the field of forensic accounting and litigation, including financial and regulatory investigations, and commercial disputes and litigation.

Mr Michael Allen (Vice Chair & Executive Committee member)

Ms Bernadette Barker

Professor Charles Claoue

Mr Richard Cook

Mr George Doughty

Mrs Helen Gregory

Dr Gill Hunt (Executive Committee member)

MrAlan Jervis

Mr Dave Owen

Mr Michael Pogue

Mr Daniel Turner

Mr Shaun Walbridge  (Executive Committee member)

Dr Nigel Young (Deputy Chair & Executive Committee member)

Dr Robert Gaitskell KC  – Chair Fellows’ Vetting Committee (ex Officio Council Member)

Mr Minesh Tanna – Chair Members’ Vetting Committee (ex Officio Council Member)

Gareth Rees KC – Chair of the Investigations Committee