Dr. Tim KlatteHead of Shanghai Forensic Advisory Services, Grant Thornton China

Dr. Tim Klatte joined Grant Thornton in July 2016 and is the Head of the Shanghai Forensic Advisory Services practice of Grant Thornton China. He has extensive leadership experience in business & competitive intelligence, due diligence investigations, and China macro/micro-economic forces that shape boardroom decisions and foreign policy. Since joining GT, he has conducted over 500 investigations, and due diligence projects across multiple industries and in all regions of China and holds expertise in multi-industry compliance operations (including policy management, monitoring, training, and communications, whistleblower hotline, integrity due diligence, security issues, eDiscovery, cybersecurity, forensic investigations, data analytics & executive reporting).

Tim holds over 26 years of China-related experience, of which 14 years have been working in Shanghai with another accounting firm and a leading Chinese investment management firm. Before working in China, Tim served in the U.S. State Department, and his last diplomatic post was at the United Nations in New York, focused on US-Sino economic relations.
Tim is a seasoned international professional providing timely and accurate risk analysis to develop, manage, and enhance compliance programs. He holds both an MBA and DBA, with concentrations in International Business. His Doctoral Dissertation is titled “U.S. Manufacturing Sector Strategies for Effective Offshoring to China.” Tim speaks Mandarin Chinese and Japanese, in addition to his native English.