Bio

Simon Oddy is a principal with Baker Tilly’s forensic, litigation and valuation services practice. Working with clients and lawyers, Simon has handled engagements in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. Simon focuses his work on the field of economic and financial damages. He acts as an expert witness, providing financial damages testimony on cases in litigation. In recent years, he has concentrated on crisis management, managing a global team of professionals who handle financial damages projects resulting from cybersecurity and product recall issues. He and his team are also heavily involved in high profile complex liability matters for the casualty industry. Simon provides financial loss opinions in litigated and non-litigated matters on cases related to high profile food contamination and nonfood related losses impacting the U.S. and global food supply chains. He and the team also assist clients in developing complex analytical models for damage measurements and loss exposure analysis. He has worked with clients addressing risk management issues in cybersecurity, product recall and liability issues. In the area of liability cases, Simon has worked on food manufacturing and distribution claims, automobile products manufacturing, breach of contract, medical products liability and construction defect liability cases. He has been involved as a damage’s expert in the recent wave of sexual abuse claims and other significant class action matters. He has handled claims for the pre-launch satellite business, marine losses and the jewelry and precious stones industries. Simon has handled government work on behalf of the United States Department of Justice, performing transaction analysis in cases of fraud. He has experience acting in an expert witness capacity in fraud and asset misappropriation related cases. In addition to clients in the U.S., Simon works with clients in the London insurance market, syndicates in Lloyds and handles cases globally. He has handled matters for both claimants and defendants. Bachelor of Arts (Hons) University of Huddersfield;