brian@brianforensics.com
Excellence is an achievable standard when one makes a serious personal commitment to its attainment. That’s what firm founder and managing partner Brian Onyango believed when he opened the doors to his public accounting and national forensic investigation firm office, and it’s what he still believes today.
This commitment to excellence, along with Brian’s entrepreneurial spirit, permeates every aspect of the firm’s culture and serves as the foundation for the teamwork and dedication it takes to provide the best possible service to every client.
Brian has a broad range of forensic expertise, testifying as an expert witness in Kenyan courts on matters involving complicated financial transactions, including fraud, economic damages, business valuation, bankruptcy, and accountants’ malpractice. He works closely with plaintiff and defense lawyers, corporate boards and audit committees, bankruptcy trustees and creditors’ committees, insurance company special investigation units, government inspector generals, and government entities. Brian’s trial experience is extensive, including appearances in Kenyan courts. He is qualified as an expert witness as a Certified Public Accountant, (CPA), and a Certified Fraud Examiner, (CFE).
Brian lectures nationally and internationally on fraud risk assessments, fraud investigation, fraud prevention and detection, and fraud schemes perpetrated on companies. He regularly speaks at fraud conferences.
He has provided more than 50 days of fraud training to organizations around the world. He has led internal audit departments and his knowledge of internal controls and fraud prevention theory is vast.
Brian graduated from the University of Nairobi with honors, receiving a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting Option). He also holds a Master of Commerce (Forensic Accounting Option) from Strathmore University Business School. Brian is currently a PhD candidate at Strathmore Business School where he is undertaking a PhD in Accounting Research.
He is a member in good and regular standing of the Institutes of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya and Rwanda (ICPAK, ICPAR), the worldwide Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), and the Economic Crime Research Group, Centre for Cybercrime and Economic Crime at the University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
