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Melissa Bates 

Associate Director, Forensic & Litigation

Contact

Email Melissa (07) 3228 4089 Brisbane

Expertise

  • Chartered Accountant Australia & New Zealand (CA ANZ)
  • Bachelor of Business – Queensland University of Technology

  • Chartered Accountant Australia & New Zealand (CA ANZ)
  • CA ANZ, Forensic Accounting Special Interest Group (FASIG) – Subscriber

Expertise

Mark has published and presented many papers on a variety of forensic accounting issues for various professional organisations including Australian Lawyers Alliance, NSW College of Law, Queensland Law Society, ACT Law Society, Women in Insurance and Lexis Nexis.

Background

Melissa has extensive experience across the area of forensic accounting in the commercial group. Melissa joined the forensic division of Vincents in 2002, starting in economic loss assessment and personal injury matters before moving to commercial litigation.

Prior to Vincents, Melissa worked at Pilot Partners in business and taxation services.

Melissa has provided training and presentations to assist solicitors and claims officers in understanding the assessment of damages in personal injury matters.