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Joe Aldous is an Assistant Managing Director at J.S. Held with approximately 25 years of experience quantifying large, complex business interruptions, loss of profit, stock, inventory, and financial losses arising from fire, flood, windstorm, fraud, theft, pandemic, and cyber-attacks across Europe, Asia, the United States, Canada, and South America. He has also prepared expert witness reports and court, mediation, and arbitration calculations.
Joe has handled losses worldwide across various industries, including agriculture, construction, energy, food and beverage manufacturing, hospitality and leisure, industrial manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, livestock, mining, power generation, professional services, retail, and warehouse and distribution. He has published articles in trade journals and contributed to multiple editions of Riley on Business Interruption. Joe has also given numerous presentations on consequential loss topics and provided business interruption masterclasses for the Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA). He was involved in the FCA test case regarding COVID-19-related business interruption losses on behalf of one of the defendants.
As an expert forensic accountant, Joe has acted for a single joint expert, claimants, and defendants. He has prepared expert reports for mediation, arbitration, and adjudications and has given evidence in civil and criminal courts.
Based in London, Joe leads the UK forensic accounting team at J.S. Held and oversees all financial investigation services in the region for matters involving business interruption/loss of profits, delayed start-up (DSU)/soft costs, inventory loss, fraud, and economic damages.
Joe has a Bachelor of Science in Construction Management with honors from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.
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