Tim is a partner at Stonetrough Data Mining LLP a niche data mining company he founded. Tim is a qualified chartered accountant and has delivered data mining and investigations services for the last seventeen years. He has been involved in large litigation cases in the financial services sector and has has worked with directors, compliance departments, internal and external audit, insolvency practitioners, corporate finance teams, law firms, forensic accountants, and investigation services teams and regulators on IT and data mining related matters, particularly on fraud cases. Data Mining and Investigation ServicesIn this context data mining is the application of software to investigate a specific claim, allegation, dispute or concern over the integrity, or completeness, of the financial data within the business’s accounting or MIS applications. Tim through experience has found one of the most effective software tools for such assignments to be IDEA. He has used IDEA since its launch in the 1980s to analyse financial data. Specialties: Sector Specialisms • Data analysis• Fraud• Financial Services regulatory work• Warranty and Contractual dispute• Information Technology • Professional negligence actions• Insurance litigation and investigations• Financial Services• Telecoms