UP CLOSE: Jeffrey Cornwell
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SAN DIEGO-BASED DIRECTOR OF FORENSIC ADVISORY SERVICES AT CUNNINGHAM LINDSEY GROUP LTD.
PREVIOUS POSITION: San Diego-based partner with Cornwell Downey Associates L.L.P.
LOOKING FORWARD TO: Above all, I'm looking forward to building a successful team that offers high levels of expertise and customer service to our clients.
GOALS FOR NEW POSITION: Our goals are centered on providing our clients with the best financial expertise and forensic analysis. The complexity of claims is going to keep growing, and that requires us to work with accuracy, fairness and efficiency.
CHALLENGES FACING INDUSTRY: I view the explosive growth in technology as a great benefit to the industry as a whole. However, I also feel that it has brought and will continue to bring with it increased exposure that can be difficult to underwrite, given the speed of development, and additional costs.
INDUSTRY OUTLOOK: I see technology and globalization as something that can improve everyone's working lives, and that includes our industry.
FIRST INDUSTRY JOB: Staff accountant with Laventhol & Horwath
ADVICE: Try to meet new people constantly. Be excited and energetic for your client but don't lose the objectivity they need from you. Be honest and demonstrate integrity. Learn another language.
OUTSIDE THE INDUSTRY, A DREAM JOB: Anything to do with cool cars and getting overpaid for it.
THING MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME: My singing is much better than it sounds.
WHEN I RETIRE: I want to spend time with my wife and our anticipated grandkids. Share what little I've learned with people struggling with life. Ride a Harley. Sail.
FAVORITE MEAL: Too much red meat at a Brazilian churrascaria.
BEST CITY: Paris.
