Rex Homme

Rex Homme is a Senior Managing Director at Ankura, based in Chicago. Throughout his career, he has served major law firms, C-suite executives, audit committees, and governmental entities, applying his forensic accounting and data analytic skills in high-profile, complex accounting investigations and litigation matters.

Rex has deep experience with investigations relating to fraud, white collar crime, accounting errors, financial restatements, securities, compliance, mass torts, and bankruptcy. Prior to joining Ankura, he led complex accounting investigations at a global accounting firm.

A selection of Rex’s professional experience includes:

• Regularly worked with top law firms to support government forensic accounting and data analytics for clients facing government allegations of accounting misstatement, executive misconduct, investor fraud, and bribery.
• Investigated whistleblower reports at numerous corporations, determining financial statement impact and working with regulators, criminal authorities, and external auditors to resolve the issues and present the findings.
• Investigated allegations of employee malfeasance, including embezzlement, bribery, kickbacks, conflicts of interest, and misuse of company assets.
• Assisted monitors, clients, and counsel with the review and evaluation of compliance programs in response to regulator settlements.
• Provided expert witness testimony in state and federal cases. Rex has been a financial expert on behalf of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ).
• Assisted clients with quantifying insurance losses as a result of floods, fires, hurricanes, cyber intrusion, and other catastrophic events.

Since 2017, Rex has been recognized in Lexology Index as a top forensic accountant.