We have a unique skill base within the assembled team and are able to offer this as a significant point of difference from our competitors.

Russell has been a chartered accountant in public practice for over 35 years and specialises in the area of forensic accounting and corporate finance. He has been involved in the preparation of over 1200 valuation reports and has given evidence as an expert witness in a number of jurisdictions including the Family, County, Supreme and Federal Courts.

CA ANZ have nominated Russell to make independent expert determinations on a number of assignments. Russell is also well experienced in matters involving professional negligence, financial investigations and quantification of damages. He has presented on the subject of “Business Valuations” on numerous occasions such as at the CPA Australia’s Congress, for Legal & Accounting Management Seminars Pty Ltd and at the Leo Cussen Institute.

He was the founding chair of the Melbourne branch of the Forensic Accounting Special Interest Group of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and is a member of the Business Valuation Special Interest Group. He chaired the Institute of Chartered Accountant’s Forensic Accounting Discussion Group in Melbourne between 1998 and 2003.

Joshua has experience in business services and taxation, as well as in commerce.

He started his accounting career in a Chartered Accounting Firm in Sydney where both Partners had branched out from one of the larger Mid-Tier firms and started their own business. This granted Joshua the benefit of having small firm hands on exposure to Mid-Tier clients and a strong foundation in Tax and Business Services.

Joshua made the move from Sydney to Melbourne in 2014 and leveraged his experience to move his career into commerce. From there Joshua quickly climbed the ranks, landing himself a role at a Global 500 company.

Joshua joined Munday Wilkinson in 2019 after deciding to use his knowledge and experience to return to his passion of Public Practice and has specialised in Forensic Accounting since, undertaking forensic investigations and preparing reports for the quantification of economic loss.

He has been certified by CA ANZ as a CA Business Valuation Specialist, and has prepared valuation reports for businesses in a variety of industries for family law, commercial litigation, shareholder disputes, tax restructuring, and sales and acquisitions. He has prepared reports for numerous jurisdictions including and prepared expert reports for matters in various jurisdictions including the Supreme Court of Victoria, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, County Court of Victoria, and the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

Joshua was a presenter at the inaugural SV Partners Accounting Forum and regularly presents to law firms on Business Valuations for Family Law matters.