FTI Consulting Appoints Sophie Ross as Global Chief Executive Officer of the Technology Segment
October 11 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 appointment of Sophie Ross as
Global Chief Executive Officer of the firm’s Technology segment.
Ms. Ross will also lead the Technology Steering Committee and join
the firm’s Executive Committee, which is comprised of segment
leaders, regional leaders and heads of key corporate functions.
Ms. Ross, who is based in San Francisco, has more than 20 years
of experience in company management and operations in the United
States, Europe and Asia. Prior to her appointment as Global CEO of
the Technology segment, Ms. Ross led the segment’s Western Region,
as well as the managed document review business globally.
“Sophie is an incredibly sharp, experienced technology
operator,” said Steven H. Gunby, President and Chief Executive
Officer of FTI Consulting. “More exciting for me, she is a terrific
leader, one who loves collaborating with the technology teams and
has incredible enthusiasm about where we can take this business
going forward.”
Commenting on her appointment, Ms. Ross said, “I am honored to
take this role. We have long had a leading role in e-discovery, one
that I think we can advance significantly. But I also believe that
by virtue of the trusted relationships we have had with our
clients, we have enormous opportunities to extend our services into
adjacent areas and expand existing services such as information
governance. This is an exciting time to be collaborating with
colleagues to take this firm forward, and I very much look forward
to it.”
Ms. Ross joined FTI Consulting through its 2008 acquisition of
Strategic Discovery, a leader in the litigation discovery industry,
where she served as the Chief Operating Officer and was responsible
for data processing, IT and client support, human resources and
administration and accounting. Prior to Strategic Discovery, Ms.
Ross was Executive Vice President of Global Delivery &
Operations at Freeborders Inc., an application outsourcing and
software firm. Ms. Ross has also held strategic and operational
leadership roles at Revlon Inc./MacAndrews & Forbes and The
Boston Consulting Group.
In addition to her leadership role in the Technology segment,
Ms. Ross will continue to serve on the Global Steering Committee of
FTI Consulting’s Women’s Initiative, FTI WIN, a company-wide
program to attract, retain, develop and promote highly talented
female professionals.
Ms. Ross has served in the Israeli Navy Intelligence and is
fluent in four languages. She earned a bachelor of science in
industrial engineering from Tel Aviv University and a master’s in
business administration from Harvard Business School.
FTI Consulting’s Technology segment has a comprehensive
portfolio of e-discovery software, services and consulting that
helps clients streamline reactive, risk-prone processes and more
confidently control the risk and expense of e-discovery events. The
segment’s global professionals, including e-discovery experts,
software developers and forensic specialists, are industry leaders
experienced in many of the largest e-discovery matters of the past
decade. Professionals work directly with corporations and their law
firms on the front line, helping clients with challenges such as
collection from the cloud, multinational discovery and e-discovery
cost control. For more information, visit
www.ftitechnology.com.
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
on Twitter (@FTIConsulting), Facebook and LinkedIn.
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