Khavinson new CEO of Capital Forensics

Capital Forensics Inc. announced that Vadim Khavinson has become the firm's chairman and CEO.

Established in 1993 by Jay Rosen, CFI in Arlington Heights is a litigation consulting and expert testimony firm that helps financial institutions, Fortune 500 companies and their legal advisers avoid and resolve complex, high-stakes legal and regulatory challenges.

Rosen will remain actively engaged at CFI as the firm's chairman emeritus, and will continue to provide advice and counsel to clients, and to serve as an expert witness.

"Vadim has served as CFI's guiding force and a respected leader for the last several years," Rosen said. "He has long demonstrated his talent and character, internally and externally, on both a professional and personal level. I continue to have the highest regard for him, both as a business partner and friend. I could not have found a more suitable person to own, manage and grow the firm going forward."

Khavinson joined CFI in 2002 as an analyst, and has assumed increasingly higher levels of responsibility, playing a significant role in growing the firm's capabilities, which currently include more than 60 professionals. Most recently, he has served as president of CFI for more than 8 years.

Khavinson specialized in regulatory compliance, reconstruction of accounts, and suitability across a broad range of asset classes and investment strategies. He has extensive experience as an expert witness. In addition to overall management of the firm and providing litigation strategy and expert testimony for a wide range of industry segments, he also spearheads CFI's commitment to leveraging technology to uncover new and innovative approaches to analyze data and more effectively represent client interests.