FTI Consulting Launches Geopolitical Intelligence Practice
September 12 2016 - 7:30AM
FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE:FCN), the global business advisory firm
dedicated to helping organizations protect and enhance their
enterprise value, today announced the launch of its Geopolitical
Intelligence practice. The practice, which includes professionals
from the Company’s Forensic & Litigation Consulting and
Strategic Communications segments, provides high-end political and
policy analysis, bespoke consulting and corporate advisory
solutions for a wide range of corporate and financial clients.
“Companies are increasingly faced with the threat of
unprecedented political risk and instability, impacting how they
operate,” said Neal Hochberg, Global Leader of the Forensic &
Litigation Consulting segment at FTI Consulting. “In this climate,
it is critical that companies understand the politics and policies
behind these threats in order to effectively prepare and respond.
Our Geopolitical Intelligence practice advises clients with
political risk analysis and forward-looking insights that decipher
what elections, policies, regulations, ideas, conflicts and
demographics mean for business.”
The Geopolitical Intelligence practice will offer solutions for
clients in two key forms:
- Corporate Advisory Service: A premium offering
that emphasizes the impact of political developments on commercial
outcomes, focusing on the issues of greatest concern to
multinational corporations. The practice’s Corporate Advisory
Service will provide clients with the full breadth of FTI
Consulting’s global political risk capabilities in the form of
notes and reports, a Web dashboard, indices and rankings, custom
briefs, and in-office briefings. Clients will also have access to
the Geopolitical Intelligence team and FTI Consulting experts
around the world.
- Bespoke Consulting Solutions: Customized
intelligence solutions to answer almost any regional or industry
question. Bespoke projects can range from short-term
transaction-specific due diligence to long-term analyses for
institutions with ongoing exposure in specific regions. These
include in-country sector, legislation or industry monitoring
engagements; stakeholder mapping, scenario analysis, strategic
planning or country risk assessments for market entry and
transaction-related due diligence; and other strategic advisory
services.
Mitch Silber, a Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting, will
lead the Geopolitical Intelligence practice. Mr. Silber, who is
based in New York, has more than 20 years of experience as a global
political risk and intelligence analyst and is the former Director
of Intelligence Analysis for the New York City Police Department’s
Counterterrorism efforts where he was responsible for building out
its intelligence analysis unit and monitoring, tracking and
preventing terrorist threats to New York City. He is a regular
commentator on political risk and terrorism-related issues for both
print and broadcast news outlets, a visiting lecturer at Columbia
University’s School for Public and International Affairs, and a
member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
John Green, a Managing Director at FTI Consulting, will serve as
the practice’s Director of Research. Based in New York, he
brings more than 15 years of experience in political risk
consulting and spent more than a decade at the consultancy Eurasia
Group, where he conducted and managed research and served on the
firm’s management committee. Mr. Green was directly involved in the
development of Eurasia Group’s advisory services. In addition, he
led Eurasia Group’s Asia and Africa teams and was extensively
involved in the firm’s Europe and Latin America coverage.
“Mitch and John have more than three decades of combined
experience in providing high-end intelligence and political
consulting for a wide range of corporate, financial and
governmental decision makers,” said Edward J. Reilly, Chief
Executive Officer of the Strategic Communications segment at FTI
Consulting. “Joined with the depth of our network of professionals
in every major hub internationally, our Geopolitical Intelligence
team will help clients connect major events to commercial outcomes
and navigate the intersection of political developments with
corporate and investment environments.”
Mr. Silber and Mr. Green will be supported by a wider network of
FTI Consulting experts spanning 82 cities around the world, with
research hubs and dedicated specialists in New York, Washington,
D.C., Brussels, London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing, Buenos Aires
and São Paulo. These political analysts are supported by a global
platform of more than 3,400 FTI Consulting professionals in key
markets around the world.
“Our competitive advantage lies in FTI Consulting’s experience
and presence in the most important global markets,” Mr. Silber
said. “Our Geopolitical Intelligence experts carry solid
backgrounds in nearly every area impacting corporate executives.
This gives us distinctive access and perspective on political
events and their commercial implications, allowing us to provide
unparalleled and actionable analysis of political risk and its
commercial implications.”
For more information on the FTI Geopolitical Intelligence
practice, please visit
www.fticonsulting.com/fti-intelligence/geopolitics.
About FTI ConsultingFTI Consulting, Inc. is a
global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations
protect and enhance enterprise value in an increasingly complex
legal, regulatory and economic environment. With more than 4,600
employees located in 28 countries, FTI Consulting professionals
work closely with clients to anticipate, illuminate and overcome
complex business challenges in areas such as investigations,
litigation, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory issues, reputation
management, strategic communications and restructuring. The Company
generated $1.78 billion in revenues during fiscal year 2015. For
more information, visit www.fticonsulting.com and connect with us
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