Kevin Mawer is an insolvency practitioner who is based in Leeds and apparently was sacked from 2 previous posts before working for Begbies Traynor where he is now. There are hundreds of complaints about him using underhanded, fraudulent, dishonest, unethical, threatening and uses improper techniques to conduct his business but in the process has allegedly badly treated people and used allegedly unethical attempts to misrepresent and to create cases which allows him to make money claims - even if they are untrue and when he gets caught out he amends claims or withdraws to get out of it, exploiting whatever loop holes he has bee accustomed to. He has ruined a lot of peoples lives (some of which were already ruined) and have acted as a parasite would, do draw whats left of them so he can take for himself and it concerns him and his creditors although the creditors normally get nothing after he has taken everything.
In my dealings he has been completely dishonest and the more people that share their honest experiences the better it will be so people are armed with the correct information that they need to inform them of the potential issues and how best to deal with errant IPs that cause misery and more less only for their own gain
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
Kevin has parted company from Begbies Traynor in August 2013 after they let him go. He didn't last long! Wonder why?
I attended a seminar with this guy last year and it was absolutely dreadful! I couldn't believe the organisers of the conference would book such a poor speaker among so many other great speakers in a high profile event for professionals. The session description looked great and that's why I booked it as I was interested to hear his views however the content was bad, the presentation worse and the speaker did not properly engage with the attendees. His delivery was substandard and speaking style leaves a lot to be desired. In short, he should not be doing public speaking.
Kevin Mawer clearly thinks that he is something special and his own sense of self importance was the only part of the lecture which resonated. How he can put himself out as an expert offering services to the legal profession beggars belief. Some of his strategies are questionable and the derogatory manner in which he referred to his opponents was less than impressive. I don't think he even knew he was doing it. Just force of habit.
I would not suggest going to any seminar he is taking unless you want a lesson in how not to do things. The comments on this page are not surprising and had I seen them first, I would have never have booked his session.
lawgrad,
At the seminar what exactly did Mawer say in regard to his opponents?
Did he mention any of them by name, and was he gloating?
Kevin was supposedly sacked by Begbies Traynor for not producing results. He went to them with promises of returns which did not come to fruition. By all accounts he was responsible for a large part of the losses suffered by BGT which was profitable until his arrival when it quickly became a loss making division. Since he departed they are hoping to recoup the losses and turn around the division. There were lots of IPs made redundant at the same time as his arrival, who were good IPs and generated income for the company. There was a lot of discontent when he was employed in an insolvency capacity but quickly damaged their reputation, created large complaints and caused significant loss by under delivering and wasting money. and achieved very little other than alienating people in the company, accrued lots of hours of recorded WIP with no results or prospect of results, empty promises at updates so they wanted to cut him out as soon as possible.
This is supposedly the reason he lasted just over a year with the company! There was far more management control than an earlier poster gave as the reason for him joining as they were quick to spot the deficiencies. BT allegedly did not like the drama he created whilst in office. A colleague tells me he has gone to set up on his own...as a one man band so he has no management to answer to and can be set free to act how he wants...probably until the law or his regulator steps in...or until he makes himself go bust by the same behaviour. Time will tell.
Unfortunately, setting up ‘on his own’ will only allow him more autonomy. Nobody – least of all his Ruling Body – has been able to control him. Ever. No matter how much exposure and vitriol is evidenced, he still manages to hold his own. He’s incapable of lying low. It’s not even financial reward that motivates him: as many of his victims can testify, he’s earned no monies from them, or recouped anything on behalf of their alleged creditors. No, instead, this ‘man’ who masquerades as a human being, loves the cut and thrust of his unfettered pursuits. He positively embraces the chase, and the kill. He’s like Mr Brooks without the fatal blow, but there’s many ways to take a life, and it doesn’t always end in death.
As for ICAEW, no one should hold out any hope. They’ve known about his behaviour for years. They’ve had complaints – dossiers even – and yet not only do they investigate him and do nothing, but also allow him the privilege of being a member on their Disciplinary Panel, elevating him to their Appeal Committee only recently. Imagine: a fellow accountant ‘appealing’ to another, but who has no soul?
Now he has no one to report to, no one to examine his deeds. All conducted whilst having the support of the ICAEW. This impunity is indeed mystifying: who knows, perhaps his relationship with someone at South Yorkshire’s Economic Crime Unit helps?
Unfortunately, setting up on his own will only allow him more autonomy. Nobody, least of all his Ruling Body, has been able to control him. Ever. No matter how much exposure and vitriol is evidenced, he still manages to hold his own. He is incapable of lying low. It is not even financial reward that motivates him: as many of his victims can testify, he has earned no monies from them, or recouped anything on behalf of their alleged creditors. No, instead, this man who masquerades as a human being, loves the cut and thrust of his unfettered pursuits. He positively embraces the chase, and the kill. He is like Mr Brooks without the fatal blow, but there are many ways to take a life, and it does not always end in death.
As for ICAEW, no one should hold out any hope. They have known about his behaviour for years. They have had complaints, dossiers even and yet not only do they investigate him and do nothing, but also allow him the privilege of being a member on their Disciplinary Panel, elevating him to their Appeal Committee only recently. Imagine, a fellow accountant appealing to another, but who has no soul?
Now he has no one to report to, no one to examine his deeds. All conducted whilst having the support of the ICAEW. This impunity is indeed mystifying. Who knows, perhaps his relationship with someone at South Yorkshires Economic Crime Unit helps?
South Yorkshire's Economic Crime Unit in Sheffield, founded the Yorkshire and Humber Fraud Forum.
Its founder director was the same person who held the position of Detective Chief Inspector at Sheffield's ECU.
After retiring, he returned as a civilian and is now a manager, at the same ECU, although all traces of his existence appear to have been wiped from YHFFs website.
The YHFF is affiliated with KPMG in Leeds and although its founder director from Sheffields ECU resigned earlier this year, it still has 5 members.
One, currently heads up the Investigation and Compliance unit, at KPMG in Leeds.
Its Chairman is a Fellow of the ICAEW, who was once a partner at KPMG in Leeds, where he worked with the forensic accounting teams.
The IP in question has appeared as a guest speaker at YHFF seminars.
Against all the odds, he remains a Fellow of the ICAEW, and defies logic, by being a current member on its Appeal Committee.
He does not know How to Win Friends, but to paraphrase Carnegie, he sure knows how to Influence People.
See...
http://chamber.strawberryadmin.co.uk/uploads/resources/Tackling%20Business%20Fraud%20Masterclass.pdf
We find it odd that this man has had no further comment since 2012. We have much to disclose. See you very soon.
There are lots but they're all on other forums
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Between [protected] BHS, Caroline Construction, BSC Group, Patisserie Valerie and many others had thousands of employees around the world with developments and businesses focused to support families, through job creation and ethical business.
Those busniesses operated successfully for decades with their founders and management.
With the financial banking crisis KPMG like many other insolvency practitioners were introduced by their bankers as a consultant to support businesses with these difficult times under a misleading banner of "Restructuring Services".
KPMG’s agenda under mainly David Costley-Wood, Richard Fliming, Kavin Roy Mawar and Andrew Wood "The group of corporate hijackers" so called Restructuring team at KPMG Leeds and Manchester.
Their aganda is to strip businesses of their assets and pass them over to their other connected clients at 20% of its assets market value.
Like taking a car worth £1000 and selling it to your friend at £200 inorder for your friend to take you out for free meals over the years.
A live example outlined by Ex CEO of BSC Group "a building worth £20 million (81, Del Street, Manchester) valued by Savills was sold by KPMG to one of their connections for £3.45 million" to defraud creditors and home buyers.
Equally GVA Grimley Mr Phillip Rogers insolvency practitioner sold BSC Group asset valued by CBRE International at £25 million to one of his connected clients for approximately £3 million pounds.
As GVA Grimley now known as Avison Young.
Has conducted similar behaviour towards
Devon Commercial Property Limited as their insolvency practitioners Robert Adrian Barnett Former Chief Executive Officer at GVA Grimley Ltd and tried to steal millions by their actions from the company creditors.
The high court judge HHJ Paul Matthews concluded:
In my judgment,
What I do accept is that, if the claimant "Devon Commercial Property Limited" proves a breach of duty, but the actions of the defendant "Robert Adrian Barnett GVA Grimley "prevent the claimant from adducing evidence to prove the value of his loss, the burden can properly be put on Robert Adrian Barnett GVA Grimley to show that the value was zero; otherwise it can be presumed to be the highest possible: compare Amory v Delamirie (1722) 1 Strange 505. https://youtu.be/PNK737XXicw
interesting history to learn from via youtube.
This shows clearly the law that the insolvency practitioners should not be allowed to sell assets at an under value without accountability.
Not withstanding the current court findings that KPMG team conducted a dishonest conduct in the hundreds of millions against the pension of old retired people, using the same tactics and under selling assets below their fair value in the hundreds of millions.
Their conflict of interest is another word given to professionals when they commit fraud.
They are white collar fraud gang, that operate to take down good companies to make fees for their benefit at the cost of others, no matter how vulnerable their victims are.
By selling many assets at an under value to market price, these so-called professionals collect substantial fees from the party they colluded with, in order to facilitate a fraud for their benefit.
Employees, creditors, home buyers, shareholders and pension holders, all suffer from their gross misconduct and fraud.
Those individuals go further, if any person oppose them and complain about their conduct, as Mr. Bashar Issa CEO of BSC Group did or Chris Marsh CFO of Patisserie Valerie, they use their police and tax connections to feed them any wrongful information "Dishonest Witness statements by Mr David Costley-Wood " with the aim to discredit their character and impose criminal charges against them, by doing so those individuals become distracted with new issues and stop highlighting KPMG fraudulent actions and gross misconduct, sorry so called "Conflict of Interest ".
The same tactics where used against the Chairman Mr Luke Johnsonof Patisserie Valerie, attempts where made to use the tax authorities for prosecution of tax fraud, he was forced to accept KPMG misconduct and step down from highlighting their so called conflict of interest manoeuvres.
Eventually KPMG had to admit their conflict of interest position and step down, also it was David Costley-Wood as the main administrator acting as the main partner for KPMG.
The likes of David Costley-Wood and his team at KPMG are singly responsible for billions of pounds sold at an under value towards the general public assets and by doing so, the likes of KPMG are one of the main reasons the UK economy has suffered major job losses and economical turmoil.
The likes of KPMG team actions creates further damage in the business world and promote an attitude that white collar insolvency practitioners can, commit perjury and fraud with no consequences to them, with a misleading title of "Restructuring Services" .
The insolvency practitioners in the UK industry are unaccountable and created in a way that allows firms to defraud companies and average people for the benefit of so-called professionals, wearing business suits and acting in despicable manner.
Today, the tribunals highlighted only one case out of many miserable stories.
The tribunal outlines at least how Mr David Castley Wood and his firm KPMG are DISHONEST and use practices of gross misconduct towards vulnerable pension holders at the amount sum in the hundreds of millions.
This places all KPMG and manily David Costley-Wood past testimonials given under oath to be a question towards its validity and highlights the danger of the power they had, and the other Dishonesty meanvours they have created towards many other businesses and vulnerable groups of people.
Today is the first step out of many to take in order to highlight those individuals’ action and misconduct.
For decades these insolvency practitioner live in multimillion pound houses and enjoy a rich lifestyle on the expenses of the pension holders, killing current and future employmen and businesses
in reality the money they make is called proceeds of crimes.
Only true criminal charges would strip these individuals " Ex KPMG partners and employees " from their ill gained money, through confiscation proceedings and or unexplained wealth orders.
As KPMG and their partners are so connected with the police and with the tax authorities, it is doubtful that the police or the tax authorities will take any actions against them to avoid harming their personal relationship with KPMG partners.
This is a complaint blog set up by all KPMG ex staff to highlight their ongoing behaviour. Its a must read.
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WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND : KARMA
Between [protected] BHS, Caroline Construction, BSC Group, Patisserie Valerie and many others had thousands of employees around the world with developments and businesses focused to support families, through job creation and ethical business.
Those busniesses operated successfully for decades with their founders and management.
With the financial banking crisis KPMG like many other insolvency practitioners were introduced by their bankers as a consultant to support businesses with these difficult times under a misleading banner of "Restructuring Services".
KPMG’s agenda under mainly David Costley-Wood, Richard Fliming, Kavin Mawar and Andrew Wood "The group of corporate hijackers" so called Restructuring team at KPMG Leeds and Manchester.
Their aganda is to strip businesses of their assets and pass them over to their other connected clients at 20% of its assets market value.
Like taking a car worth £1000 and selling it to your friend at £200 inorder for your friend to take you out for free meals over the years.
A live example outlined by Ex CEO of BSC Group "a building worth £20 million (81, Del Street, Manchester) valued by Savills was sold by KPMG to one of their connections for £3.45 million" to defraud creditors and home buyers.
Equally GVA Grimley Mr Phillip Rogers insolvency practitioner sold BSC Group asset valued by CBRE International at £25 million to one of his connected clients for approximately £3 million pounds.
As GVA Grimley now known as Avison Young.
Has conducted similar behaviour towards
Devon Commercial Property Limited as their insolvency practitioners Robert Adrian Barnett Former Chief Executive Officer at GVA Grimley Ltd and tried to steal millions by their actions from the company creditors.
The high court judge HHJ Paul Matthews concluded:
In my judgment,
What I do accept is that, if the claimant "Devon Commercial Property Limited" proves a breach of duty, but the actions of the defendant "Robert Adrian Barnett GVA Grimley "prevent the claimant from adducing evidence to prove the value of his loss, the burden can properly be put on Robert Adrian Barnett GVA Grimley to show that the value was zero; otherwise it can be presumed to be the highest possible: compare Amory v Delamirie (1722) 1 Strange 505. https://youtu.be/PNK737XXicw
interesting history to learn from via youtube.
This shows clearly the law that the insolvency practitioners should not be allowed to sell assets at an under value without accountability.
Not withstanding the current court findings that KPMG team conducted a dishonest conduct in the hundreds of millions against the pension of old retired people, using the same tactics and under selling assets below their fair value in the hundreds of millions.
Their conflict of interest is another word given to professionals when they commit fraud.
They are white collar fraud gang, that operate to take down good companies to make fees for their benefit at the cost of others, no matter how vulnerable their victims are.
By selling many assets at an under value to market price, these so-called professionals collect substantial fees from the party they colluded with, in order to facilitate a fraud for their benefit.
Employees, creditors, home buyers, shareholders and pension holders, all suffer from their gross misconduct and fraud.
Those individuals go further, if any person oppose them and complain about their conduct, as Mr. Bashar Issa CEO of BSC Group did or Chris Marsh CFO of Patisserie Valerie, they use their police and tax connections to feed them any wrongful information "Dishonest Witness statements by Mr David Costley-Wood " with the aim to discredit their character and impose criminal charges against them, by doing so those individuals become distracted with new issues and stop highlighting KPMG fraudulent actions and gross misconduct, sorry so called "Conflict of Interest ".
The same tactics where used against the Chairman Mr Luke Johnsonof Patisserie Valerie, attempts where made to use the tax authorities for prosecution of tax fraud, he was forced to accept KPMG misconduct and step down from highlighting their so called conflict of interest manoeuvres.
Eventually KPMG had to admit their conflict of interest position and step down, also it was David Costley-Wood as the main administrator acting as the main partner for KPMG.
The likes of David Costley-Wood and his team at KPMG are singly responsible for billions of pounds sold at an under value towards the general public assets and by doing so, the likes of KPMG are one of the main reasons the UK economy has suffered major job losses and economical turmoil.
The likes of KPMG team actions creates further damage in the business world and promote an attitude that white collar insolvency practitioners can, commit perjury and fraud with no consequences to them, with a misleading title of "Restructuring Services" .
The insolvency practitioners in the UK industry are unaccountable and created in a way that allows firms to defraud companies and average people for the benefit of so-called professionals, wearing business suits and acting in despicable manner.
Today, the tribunals highlighted only one case out of many miserable stories.
The tribunal outlines at least how Mr David Castley Wood and his firm KPMG are DISHONEST and use practices of gross misconduct towards vulnerable pension holders at the amount sum in the hundreds of millions.
This places all KPMG and manily David Costley-Wood past testimonials given under oath to be a question towards its validity and highlights the danger of the power they had, and the other Dishonesty meanvours they have created towards many other businesses and vulnerable groups of people.
Today is the first step out of many to take in order to highlight those individuals’ action and misconduct.
For decades these insolvency practitioner live in multimillion pound houses and enjoy a rich lifestyle on the expenses of the pension holders, killing current and future employmen and businesses
in reality the money they make is called proceeds of crimes.
Only true criminal charges would strip these individuals " Ex KPMG partners and employees " from their ill gained money, through confiscation proceedings and or unexplained wealth orders.
As KPMG and their partners are so connected with the police and with the tax authorities, it is doubtful that the police or the tax authorities will take any actions against them to avoid harming their personal relationship with KPMG partners.
By doing nothing only allows other insolvency practitioners to continue their use of power as they see fit without any further recurs.
By doing nothing only allows other insolvency practitioners to continue their use of power as they see fit without any further recurs.