Graham Massie

Director of Consultancy

E-mail: gmassie@cedr.com

Direct dial: +44 (0) 20 7536 6050

Graham, a Chartered Accountant, is CEDR’s Director of Consultancy responsible for its international development and conflict management consultancy initiatives.

Graham has been working with CEDR since 1996. He has managed many national and international ADR projects during this time, including: Project director (operations) for a DfID project to support the introduction of ADR systems into the Slovakian civil justice system (2003); Consultant to the Home Office on the development and operation of the Compact Mediation Scheme for dealing with disputes between government and the voluntary/community sector; Project director for a World Bank project to support the introduction of mediation into the Pakistan court system (2006).

As an accredited mediator, Graham’s specialist areas of mediation practice include: commercial issues confronted by owner-managed businesses; financial disputes arising out of corporate mergers and acquisitions, particularly issues relating to completion accounts, valuations, pre-and post-acquisition trading accounts; professional negligence issues, particularly auditors and accountants.

After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with a medium-sized city firm, Graham spent ten years with KPMG London where, as Senior Manager, he ran a professional services department of approximately 40 staff responsible for a broad cross-section of clients ranging from major PLCs to small owner-managed businesses. During this period he also spent two years in the USA, initially as a manager in KPMG’s Chicago office and thereafter as seconded finance director to a leasing industry client, based in New Jersey.

Upon leaving KPMG, Graham established his own business consultancy and audit practice specialising in helping owner-managed businesses find creative solutions to one-off problems (including systems development, corporate mergers and acquisitions, strategy and planning, and litigation support). He also acted as an independent expert and investigating accountant for the Accountants’ Joint Disciplinary Scheme, reporting on the conduct of accountants involved in major corporate collapses.

In addition to his responsibilities as company secretary and chief financial officer at CEDR, Graham is also a Board member of the International Dispute Resolution Centre and The Negotiation Competition.

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