About us

Nadia Asgeirsdottir 

Nadia graduated in 2007 with a BSc in Biology from the University of Toronto, Canada. She gained Advanced Specialty Certificates in Forensic Investigation and in Crime Scene Analysis from the British Columbia Institute of Technology in 2010. In 2018 Nadia was awarded an MSc in Forensic Science from the University of Strathclyde, her research project being titled ‘The identification of individuals by observational gait analysis using closed circuit television footage: comparing expert and non-expert ability and confidence levels’. Nadia is an Professional Member of the Chartered Society of Forensic Science, holds the Society’s certificates of professional competence in both Forensic Gait Analysis and Barefoot/Foot in Shoe Analysis. She is a member of the International Association of Identification, both the parent body as well as the European Division. She is a founding member of the Forensic Gait Analysis International organisation as well as a member of the Forensic Podiatry Special Advisory Group.

FGA Services was founded by Professor Ivan Birch, now retired. He was a Consultant Expert Witness in forensic gait analysis with FGA Services and Emeritus Professor of Human Sciences. Ivan graduated in 1978 with a BSc Joint Honours in Science from the University of Salford, gained an MSc in Human Biology from the University of Loughborough in 1980, and was awarded a PhD in Biomechanics by the University of Brighton in 2007. He has extensive experience of teaching biomechanics, anatomy, physiology and research methods, and is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Podiatry. He was a Member of the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences from 2012 to 2024, and held the status of Chartered Scientist, awarded by the Science Council for his work in gait analysis as evidence, from 2015 to 2024. Ivan has more than 40 years' experience of gait analysis.