Frank L. Dery
CPA, CFE, CFF
Position
Mr. Dery is Director with the PwC Forensics practice in Chicago.
Experience
PwC
July 2003 – Present
Mr. Dery specializes in forensic accounting investigations across a variety of industries, including medical devices, healthcare, manufacturing, government contracting and agricultural products. Mr. Dery's range of experiences includes working on multiple investigations involving financial statement restatement, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations, asset misappropriation, agricultural compliance, and stock options backdating. In addition to leading investigations in the United States, Mr. Dery has managed investigations in Russia, Brazil, Switzerland, France, Slovakia, Greece, Monaco, Saudi Arabia, and Abu Dhabi. Additionally, Mr. Dery has developed and taught several investigations related training courses within PwC.
Mr. Dery also specializes in providing litigation support services for both public and private clients. Mr. Dery's litigation case experience focuses on transaction related disputes, including purchase price disputes and earn-out disputes. Additionally, Mr. Dery's litigation experience includes engagements involving agricultural compliance, damages calculations, assessing material adverse change in the construction industry, and evaluation of appropriate accounting treatment.
Mr. Dery is also a member of the Illinois CPA Society Accounting Principles Committee. As a member of this committee, his duties focus on reviewing exposure drafts of proposed accounting standard revisions and providing timely responses to the relevant standard setting organizations (i.e. FASB, SEC, etc.).
From 2007 – 2012, Mr. Dery served as a co-instructor for "Detecting and Investigating Financial Fraud", a graduate student course at the University of DePaul.
Education
Master of Accounting
June 2003
University of Michigan
Bachelor of Business Administration, Highest Distinction
May 2002
University of Michigan
Certifications
- Certified Public Accountant
- Certified Fraud Examiner
- Certified in Financial Forensics (AICPA)
Languages
Proficient in French
Professional Memberships
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
- Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)
- Illinois CPA Society
Speeches
- "Investigate!" - Central Iowa Chapter of Internal Auditors, October 2011
- "After Closing - Resolving the Inevitable Purchase Price Dispute" - Jenner and Block Law Firm, September 2011
- "Fighting Fraud" - Midwest Sign Association, June 2009
- "Basics of Accounting" - McDermott Will and Emery, January 2009
- "Securities Litigation and Investigations, The SEC and beyond…", November 2007
- "Avoiding Investigative Pitfalls and Blunders" - Indiana CPA Society, August 2007
- "Introduction to Forensic Accounting" - McGuire Woods Law Firm, July 2007
- "Internal Investigations" - John Marshall Law School, July 2007
- "Investigations and Forensic Services" - University of Missouri, October 2005
- "Investigations and Forensic Services" - University of Michigan Accounting Club, September 2005