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Daniel Thorpe is an Executive Vice President in our Forensic Accounting - Insurance Services Practice, based in Dubai, UAE. He has over 19 years of experience, having specialised in Forensic Accounting since 2006. Before joining J.S. Held, he opened and led the regional office of another forensic accounting firm in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and has been based in Dubai for over 12 years. He has quantified some of the largest business interruption (BI), delay in start-up (DSU), and advanced loss of profit claims across the Middle East and Africa. Prior to that, he was based in London and Asia with extensive involvement in catastrophe losses in Japan following the Tohoku earthquake and extensive flooding in Thailand in 2011.
Daniel specializes in quantifying BI losses resulting from physical damage (e.g., fire, flood, wind, earthquake), machinery breakdown, cyber incidents, and product recalls. He has managed hundreds of COVID-19-related non-damage claims across diverse industries, involving notifiable disease, prevention of access, and civil authority coverage. His expert reports on loss of profits and BI have been prepared for proceedings in the UK, South Africa, and the UAE, including the DIFC, Abu Dhabi Commercial Conciliation and Arbitration Centre (ADCCAC), and the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). Daniel has also provided oral testimony as both an expert and fact witness in arbitration hearings in London and Dubai.
Daniel has presented at regional energy conferences in Dubai and to insurers, reinsurers, independent adjusters, and legal counsel on issues related to BI quantification, on topics such as PPA/PWPA use across the region, deductible application, increased cost of working, repair versus replace economics, BI overlap in stock quantification, saved/brought forward maintenance, and depreciation as a saving, to mention just a few. Some topics have also been featured as articles in regional industry publications.
Daniel is a graduate of Nottingham Trent University with a BA (Hons) in Business Studies (Accounting and Finance). He also worked at HJ Heinz both during his industrial placement year and following graduation.
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