Phillip Sykes

Phillip is a chartered accountant and authorised insolvency practitioner, specialising in corporate restructuring since 1980.  He started his career at BDO Binder Hamlyn, which subsequently merged with Arthur Andersen, when he advised the Thai and Indonesian governments during the 1998-9 banking crisis.  From 2000 - 2014 he was Head of Corporate Advisory at Moore Stephens and in 2015 he moved to head up RSM Restructuring Advisory in London. 

His experience includes most sectors of the economy, and he has worked on projects throughout Europe, Southeast Asia, the US, and the Caribbean.

From 1997 - 2009 he served on the Investigation Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW), and subsequently on the ICAEW’s Insolvency Licensing Committee and Professional Standards Board as well as the Joint Insolvency Committee.

In 2011 Phillip was elected to the Council of R3 (the Association of Business Recovery Professionals), serving as President during 2015-16.

As a senior figure in the restructuring market, Phillip has acted as an expert witness on over 20 cases covering regulatory proceedings, insolvency, professional negligence, sales at undervalue, wrongful and fraudulent trading and misfeasance