Ellen Zimiles to Lead Navigant’s Financial Risk & Compliance Segment
July 22 2015 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
New role creates additional practice alignment and brings
broader solutions to financial institution clients
Today, Navigant (NYSE: NCI) announced Ellen Zimiles as the
Firm’s Financial Risk & Compliance (FR&C) segment leader in
addition to her position as the Global Investigations &
Compliance (GIC) Practice leader within the FR&C segment.
By bringing Navigant’s consulting and compliance offerings to
financial institutions under Zimiles’ direction, the Firm will
provide a more leveraged and collaborative set of solutions for
clients facing challenges related to market changes, regulatory
compliance and risk, and the related operational challenges for
financial institutions.
“This new leadership role demonstrates Navigant’s continued
commitment to helping our clients succeed in building, managing and
protecting their business by maximizing the expertise and
capabilities we have resident in the company,” stated Lee Spirer,
Executive Vice President & Global Business Leader. “Leveraging
Ellen’s long-standing focus on serving financial institutions, her
new position at the helm of our FR&C segment will allow us to
broaden our impact on these complex organizations.”
Zimiles joined Navigant in 2010 through the acquisition of
Daylight Forensic & Advisory, an international consulting firm
where she was the founder and Chief Executive Officer. She has more
than 30 years of litigation and investigation experience. Before
starting Daylight Forensic & Advisory in 2006, she served as
practice leader for the financial services industry at KPMG.
Additionally, she coordinated the forensic practice across all
industry segments during her KPMG tenure. Earlier in her career,
Zimiles was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern
District of New York for ten years, where she served in the civil
and criminal divisions and was chief of the forfeiture unit for
more than six years. During that time, Zimiles was responsible for
many high-profile money laundering, fraud and forfeiture cases and
received the United States Department of Justice’s John Marshall
Award for Outstanding Service and the United States Department of
Health and Human Services’ Integrity Award.
“I have seen Navigant’s FR&C segment grow and evolve during
my tenure here. I am honored to leverage the deep industry
expertise and unique capabilities of this expanded team to provide
enhanced services to clients and broader opportunities to
employees,” commented Zimiles.
Zimiles is a leading authority on the Foreign Account Tax
Compliance Act (FATCA) and her experience also includes the
development of anti-money laundering programs, corporate
governance, regulatory and corporate compliance, fraud control, and
public corruption matters. She has worked with a multitude of
financial institutions preparing for regulatory exams, developing
remediation programs and assisting organizations as a regulatory
liaison and serving as an independent monitor, as well as advising
organizations that are the subject of a monitorship.
About Navigant
Navigant Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: NCI) is an independent
specialized, global professional services firm that combines deep
industry knowledge with technical expertise to enable companies to
defend, protect and create value. With a focus on industries and
clients facing transformational change and significant regulatory
and legal issues, the Firm serves clients primarily in the
healthcare, energy and financial services sectors which represent
highly complex market and regulatory environments. Professional
service offerings include strategic, financial, operational,
technology, risk management, compliance, investigative solutions,
dispute resolutions services and business process management
services. The Firm provides services to companies, legal counsel
and governmental agencies. The business is organized in four
reporting segments – Disputes, Investigations & Economics;
Financial, Risk & Compliance; Healthcare; and Energy. More
information about Navigant can be found at navigant.com.
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