Elia commenced his professional career with KPMG in its Management Consulting and Corporate Finance Divisions and has also acted as Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of an unlisted public company in which he was a shareholder. He has in excess of 17 years of relevant experience.

Elia possesses Bachelor of Commerce and Masters of Business Administration degrees from the University of Queensland and is a Member of CPA Australia and a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia. He has received a number of academic prizes during the course of his studies.

Elia has provided expert witness testimony and opinion for matters conducted in numerous jurisdictions including the District and Supreme Courts of Queensland, the Federal Court of Australia, the Family Court of Australia, the Retail Shop Leases Tribunal of Queensland, the District Court of New South Wales and the Supreme Court of Western Australia.

Stuart has prepared expert evidence for the Federal Court of Australia, Supreme Court of Queensland, Supreme Court of New South Wales, District Court of Queensland, Queensland Commercial & Consumer Tribunal and Queensland Shop Leases Tribunal.

Stuart’s background includes corporate advisory services, information technology management, systems controls analysis, financial accounting and tax return preparation. He regularly presents on a range of topics, most particularly regarding intellectual property valuation and litigation.

Stuart has over 17 years professional accounting experience including eight years with PricewaterhouseCoopers in its Business Services and Global Risk Management Solutions divisions in Brisbane.  He was also in a commercial manager role with a multi-national firm based in Brisbane.

Stuart holds a Bachelor of Business with Distinction, a Masters of Business Administration from the Queensland University of Technology and is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. He has received a number of academic prizes during the course of his studies.

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Lytras & Benjamin is a specialist accounting firm based in Brisbane, Queensland practising solely in the fields of forensic accounting, business valuation and corporate advisory services.

The partners of the firm, Elia Lytras & Stuart Benjamin have both built a reputation for delivering high quality professional advice and services.

They have particular expertise in working with the legal profession and in the provision of expert witness testimony and opinion within the Australian Courts system.

They also work closely with other accounting firms who are seeking to provide an ancillary service to their existing clients and with businesses and individuals seeking to outsource specialist advisory services.

They pride themselves on a ‘hands on’ approach to matters and in delivering a true personalised service to clients.

In forensic accounting matters they are particularly aware of their duties as experts to the Courts.

They have launched a new website at http://www.lytrasbenjamin.com.au