Chi Cheng
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principal
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San Francisco
Dr. Cheng integrates financial, forensic, and cost accounting with corporate finance to analyze complex business transactions and valuations.
She specializes in working with complex, unstructured financial information as well as large-scale accounting system and database-level data, translating underlying transactional records into clear financial narratives. Trained in both US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Dr. Cheng leads financial analyses, conducts forensic investigations, and evaluates accounting issues in US litigation and international arbitration matters. She has served as a testifying expert in transfer pricing disputes and patent infringement cases.
Dr. Cheng is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and has passed Level I and Level II of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program. She also obtained an IFRS certificate from the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA).
University of California, Los Angeles
PhD in Management (Financial Accounting)
University of Warwick
MSc in Finance with Distinction
National Taiwan University
BBA in Finance
Forensic Accounting & Financial Investigations
In investigations of potential financial fraud, forensic analysis of financial records is often used to test for misstatements in accounts that could hide illicit activity, and reconstruction of account balances and restatements may reveal the effects of fraud.
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