Howard Silverstone MBE, CPA, CFF

Howard Silverstone has a BA (with Honors) in accounting from London Metropolitan University (formerly known as City of London Polytechnic), London, England. He is a licensed certified public accountant in Pennsylvania as well as a chartered accountant (UK) and a certified fraud examiner. He also holds the AICPA's Certified in Financial Forensics designation.

He has presented various programs to the legal, accounting and insurance industries on the calculation of damages in financial disputes, corporate fraud and other financial matters.

Howard has concentrated his practice in the field of forensic accounting since 1985. Howard is a Managing Director of Forensic Resolutions, Inc., which he co-founded in 2004. He was previously with an international forensic accounting firm and prior to forming the Philadelphia office for that company in 1993, he was a director in another forensic accounting firm and worked for five years at an international accounting firm as both a financial investigator and auditor. He began his career at a public accounting firm in the United Kingdom.

Howard has testified in many different jurisdictions and has also provided testimony at Grand Jury hearings and overseas. Howard has been quoted in many national and international publications and has appeared in the media both in the United States and the United Kingdom.

He has also co-authored three books on fraud and forensic accounting, and has authored many articles on fraud and related subjects for a variety of publications.

In June 2018, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II appointed Howard as a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the United Kingdom's 2018 Birthday Honours list. This was awarded in recognition of Howard's service to British business in the USA.

Howard is a past member of the AICPA's National Forensic and Litigation Services Committee, was Chair of its Fraud Task Force and is currently on the AICPA's Forensic and Valuation Services Executive Committee. He is also currently serving his third term as president of the British-American Business Council for the Philadelphia region, is a member of the board of the Philadelphia Union Foundation and has held other board positions with organizations in the Philadelphia area.