FTI Consulting Expands Its Forensic Accounting & Advisory Services Practice with Five Key Hires
September 13 2016 - 07:30AM
FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE:FCN), the global business advisory firm
dedicated to helping organizations protect and enhance their
enterprise value, today announced the appointments of five
professionals in the Company’s Forensic Accounting & Advisory
Services (“FAAS”) practice within the Forensic & Litigation
Consulting segment.
The expansion of the practice includes the addition of Senior
Managing Directors Stephanie Lhomme, Patrick Pericak and Nigel
Webb, and Managing Directors Irumire David Okhumale and Jack
Schwager.
“Finance and accounting teams face a growing list of challenges
and regulatory requirements, especially as they operate in multiple
jurisdictions,” said Neal Hochberg, Global Leader of the Forensic
& Litigation Consulting segment at FTI Consulting. “The
addition of this group furthers our commitment to enhancing our
capabilities in the marketplace and providing our clients with
access to experts around the world, wherever they may do
business.”
Ms. Lhomme has nearly 20 years of experience in financial and
risk consulting worldwide. She joins FTI Consulting from Control
Risks, where she was the Head of the Compliance, Forensic and
Investigation department for Europe and Africa, as well as the
Managing Director of the French entity. She has led a variety of
complex engagements for corporations and governments, including
fraud investigations, worldwide asset searches, anti-money
laundering projects and business intelligence assignments, and
anti-bribery and corruption due diligence. Ms. Lhomme also has a
decade of experience in mergers and acquisitions as well as in
financial restructuring. Ms. Lhomme will be based in Paris.
Mr. Pericak joins FTI Consulting from the U.S. Department of
Justice (“DOJ”), where he was a prosecutor in the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act (“FCPA”) Unit of the Fraud Section. He has more than
15 years of experience handling white-collar matters across various
subject areas, including FCPA, fraud, securities, commodities,
False Claims Act, money laundering, healthcare and tax. He has
more than a decade of experience as a federal
prosecutor. Before joining the DOJ, Mr. Pericak was a senior
trial attorney for the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission,
and prior to that he was a special counsel at the law firm
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP. Mr. Pericak will be based in
Washington, D.C.
Mr. Webb brings more than 25 years of experience working with
financial institutions and in technology and business roles. He
joins FTI Consulting from Baringa Partners LLP in London, where he
focused on risk and regulatory matters, including MiFID II, conduct
risk and foreign exchange remediation. He has worked for
institutions ranging from investment banks to interdealer brokers
and securities firms. As a former Big Four partner, Mr. Webb brings
in-depth consulting skills and line management experience with
clients. He will be based in London.
Mr. Okhumale, who joins from Deloitte’s risk and regulatory
practice, has more than 10 years of experience advising domestic
and international clients on matters relating to anti-corruption,
forensic accounting, data analytics, dispute resolution and
litigation support. He has performed investigations related to
contract disputes, financial statement fraud and various asset
misappropriation schemes. Mr. Okhumale also has overseen multiple
cross-border FCPA matters in response to DOJ and U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proceedings. He has served clients
in several industries, including sports and entertainment,
financial services, life sciences, consumer products, hospitality
and gaming, manufacturing, and oil and gas. Mr. Okhumale will be
based in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Schwager has more than 15 years of experience in forensic
accounting and investigations, litigation consulting, and public
accounting. He rejoins FTI Consulting from Burgess-Norton
Manufacturing Co. He specializes in financial and accounting-based
disputes, forensic accounting and investigations, and the
measurement of economic damages and business valuation in general
commercial litigation. Mr. Schwager will be based in Chicago.
Across a global platform, FTI Consulting’s FAAS professionals
assist clients with responding to allegations involving the
propriety of accounting and financial reporting, fraud, regulatory
scrutiny and anti-corruption inquiries. Multidisciplinary experts
address a variety of accounting and compliance issues; analyze and
reconstruct corporate books, records and electronic information;
and participate in fact-finding interviews. The practice also
assists clients in addressing complex accounting, regulatory and
auditing issues, including all phases of SEC and Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board actions and litigation.
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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