Our People
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Our team has all the experience you need.
Being the best is more than what we do, it is who we are. The industry-leading reports we produce are created by our team of expert Managers, Occupational Therapists and Forensic Accountants who research, assess, peer review and expert witness every report.
Management Team
Renée Watt LLB
A lawyer with many long years’ experience in the corporate world, Renée brings to Evidex an understanding of the demands of legal practice. Having also worked in Indigenous communities in the Top End and for many pro bono organisations, Renée is experienced in dealing with vulnerable people in difficult situations. As such, she is ideally placed to liaise with both solicitors and their personal injury clients.
Renée manages all Evidex’s Australian offices and is based in Evidex’s Sydney office.
Contact Renée on 1300 11 89 88
Occupational Therapists and Expert Witnesses
Diane Prattley
30 years of Occupational Therapy experience in public, private and community sectors, with extensive knowledge of children and adults in acute and long term facilities and unique experience in medico-legal report preparation. Diane is extremely experienced in ADL reports, Vocational Assessments and Life Care Plans.
Melissa Sale
With over 11 years experience in injury treatment and rehabilitation management in both public and private sectors Melissa has conducted a variety of medico-legal reports. Melissa specialises in MVA injuries and ADL reports.
Kayleen Engelsman
13 years of Occupational Therapy experience in public, private and community sectors,
specialising in children and adults with burns and plastic surgery injuries. Kayleen has specialist
skills in ADL Assessment, functional education, rehabilitation, assistive equipment, home
modifications and report writing.
Lynette Keenan
Lynette has 20 years’ experience as an OT working in public and not-for-profit sectors, including in a variety of specialty areas such as spinal injury, neurological conditions, paediatrics, orthopaedics, elderly care and community rehab. Lynette also has specialist knowledge of assistive technology for clients with complex needs, including paediatric clients.
Lucinda Smith
A Senior OT with around 20 years’ experience across the corporate world, with employers, as a consultant, with rehabilitation providers and insurers, and around 15 years’ experience in medico-legal work across ADLs, Vocational Assessments and Life Care Plans. Lucinda is well versed in working with legal firms and vulnerable people from diverse backgrounds, is an excellent communicator and report-writer; and ideally placed to meet the needs of both solicitors and their personal injury clients.
Forensic Accountants
Alex Wallace
Alex Wallace is a forensic accountant with expertise in damages quantification, modelling and legal writing. Alex strives to make complex accounting issues understandable for clients, and the Court, to assist in expediting resolution of disputes. He is currently completing his studies in law.
Rachael Crane
Rachael is a CPA with over 20 years’ accounting experience. She commenced her career working in tax at KPMG, before moving into the corporate world where she held a number of senior finance roles across the Manufacturing and Wholesale Retail industries. These included positions as the Finance Director for Mars Inc based in Taiwan, the CFO of Ripcurl Australia/NZ and as a Senior Consulting CFO at CFO Strategic. More recently Rachael has worked as a Forensic Accountant who is experienced in damages and loss quantification. She is undertaking specialist studies in Forensic Accounting through the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.
Abinash Dhungel
Abinash is a Qualified Public Accountant with 20 years of experience in the provision of Public Accounting services in Australia. He has completed a Master of Commerce with an Accounting major – the professional program of the Institute of Public Accountants, one of the three major professional accounting bodies recognised in Australian legislation – and has attained Fellowship status with the Institute. Abinash also holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a specialisation in financial management, a Graduate Diploma of Applied Taxation Law, and has completed the Forensic Accounting Certificate Program from the American Institute of CPAs .
