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Ivor Gottschalk Ivor Gottschalk, CA·IFA, CBV, has 18 years experience in financial litigation support. Before founding Gottschalk Inc. in 2003, Ivor was a partner of the international CA firm, Grant Thornton LLP, and also gained valuable skills and experience in his previous positions with Ernst & Young as well as KPMG Lindquist Holmes.

Ivor has lead hundreds of financial litigation support assignments, including high profile matters in Canada and abroad. He has been accepted as an expert witness by both the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Justice.

Ivor has been at the core of the development of standards of practice in forensic accounting in Canada since its inception, and is currently the Chair of the Standards Committee of the CICA’s Alliance for Excellence in Investigative and Forensic Accounting (IFA Alliance). He has held a variety of positions with the Toronto Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and is also the Treasurer of the Toronto Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Ivor Gottschalk is a regular public speaker, frequent author, and has co-authored publications for the IFA Alliance, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and the Association of Certified Forensic Investigators of Canada.

Contact Ivor Gottschalk at ig@gfav.com, (416) 322-2912

Brendan Cape Brendan Cape, CMA, has seven years progressive experience in both public accounting and the private sector. Brendan’s background in financial litigation support includes:
  • Quantifying damages for a multi-million dollar commercial real estate dispute
    (The Toronto-Dominion Bank  ATS. Goldberger, et al.);
  • Participating in a high profile investigation of suspicious land transactions
    (Ontario Realty Corporation  VS.  P. Gabriele, et al.);
  • Preparing a detailed valuation for a matrimonial matter;
  • Estimating losses suffered in a professional negligence case;
  • Investigating allegations of revenue diversion made by a minority shareholder; and
  • Researching the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) Act for a financial institution.

Brendan has also conducted financial statement audits and, in a recent position with a marketing communications firm, was responsible for managing the company's financial systems, tax matters, annual audits and due diligence investigations.

In addition to being a Certified Management Accountant, Brendan holds a Bachelor of Commerce and is currently enrolled in the Chartered Business Valuator (CBV) program.

Contact Brendan Cape at bc@gfav.com, (416) 322-2912
Simon Zhong Simon Zhong is a graduate of McGill University in management and computer science, and is currently enrolled in Certified General Accountant (CGA) program.

Simon has participated in several financial litigation support assignments including an estate matter, several royalty disputes, and an alleged diversion of funds by a foreign affiliate.