FTI Consulting makes statement with nine new Managing Directors
It’s been a bumper 2018 for FTI Consulting, which has won numerous awards and added significantly to its professional headcount. Now the firm has announced that investment in its Business Transformation practice has paid off and revealed the names of the nine new Managing Directors set to take the practice to the next level.
Widely known in the industry for its legal, transactional, organizational, and regulatory advisory services, FTI Consulting has continued to expand its service offering to clients in recent years. One practice which has enjoyed substantial investment is Business Transformation – which covers a wide range of areas, from HR to Operations, Transactions, and Finance.
Nine new Managing Directors have been hired to help push the practice forward. They are spread out over functional areas and locations. Each will be expected to advise clients on their own area of expertise and deliver practical solutions right across the value chain. FTI’s Business Transformation practice focuses on both short and long-term challenges, and the consultants will work closely with boards of directors, private capital investors, and senior management.
The new MDs charged with executing these duties are J. Dale Belt, Russ Cooper, Stephen Hamilton, Ashwin Iyengar, Richard Jordan, Gary Long, Amy Palladino, Mukesh Shah, and Kimberly Stukenborg. Although FTI Consulting is headquartered in Washington D.C. none will work in the capital. Instead they will be spread across offices from London to Houston, testament to the firm’s global and national reach.
Working with clients’ Finance departments will be J. Dale Belt (Phoenix) Mukesh Shah (New York), and Kimberly Stukenborg (Houston). Belt is the most experienced of the lot, with 35+ years in the industry advising on financial transformation, including an early spell at PwC. Shah is a former technology strategist at Grant Thornton and brings 15 years’ experience advising on the digital transformation of financial systems. Stukenborg is a former Director at PwC and a well-regarded finance transformation expert.
Four MDs will focus on boosting clients’ Operations & Revenue Growth. Rus Cooper (Cleveland) is a supply chain strategy expert with three decades’ management consulting experience. Stephen Hamilton (Houston) is a change architect with practical experience leading three startup consulting firms. Richard Jordon (Miami) brings 25 years’ experience advising on global logistics and formerly held a leadership position at AlixPartners. Gary Long (New York) has worked at A.T. Kearney, KPMG, and Accenture and has expertise in procurement, sales, and operations.
Assisting clients with Operations & Transactions is Ashwin Iyengar (London) – a former Senior Director at Alvarez & Marsal. He has substantial experience in cost reduction and technology diligence. Leading the Human Capital side of the Business Transformation practice will be Amy Palladino (New York) a highly experienced consultant with expertise in driving employee productivity after major changes.
“Most of today’s business leaders are dealing with massive disruption to their core businesses from new technologies, new competitors, and new business models,” said Carlyn Taylor, Leader of the firm’s Business Transformation practice.
“FTI Consulting is a trusted partner in business transformation — our strength in supporting mature and stressed companies is rooted in our restructuring heritage and hands-on, senior expert-led teams with deep expertise in industries undergoing disruption. This continued investment demonstrates our commitment to bringing expert-driven thinking punctuated with a passion for solving challenges and seizing future opportunities for our clients.”
The nine new MDs join a global network of almost 5,000 consultants operating in dozens of countries worldwide. More than $1.8 billion in revenues were generated last year and the consulting firm saw its stock rise significantly during the first quarter of 2018.
FTI Consulting was also declared the top service provider in the Crisis Management and Global Risk & Investigations Consultant fields by the National Law Journal. Paul Linton, the firm’s Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer was recently named one of the Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America by Savoy Magazine.
