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FTI Consulting (NYSE: FCN) announced that Dr. Matthew Backus has joined its Compass Lexecon subsidiary as an affiliate. Dr. Backus, a professor at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business and Economics Department, brings expertise in antitrust, microeconomics, and industrial organization.

His research spans multiple industries including financial, manufacturing, retail, and technology sectors, with publications in prestigious journals like Econometrica and The Quarterly Journal of Economics. Dr. Backus is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and Research Affiliate of the Centre for Economic and Policy Research, with research supported by the National Science Foundation and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

FTI Consulting (NYSE: FCN) has announced the appointment of Steven Stein as Senior Managing Director within the Technology segment's Information Governance, Privacy & Security practice in North America. Based in Chicago, Stein brings expertise in data privacy and information governance leadership.

Stein specializes in developing data risk and compliance programs across financial services, healthcare, and energy sectors. His focus includes implementing defensible data disposition, privacy management, and litigation readiness solutions. He will help clients establish procedures to improve data usage, mitigate risks, and reduce costs, while supporting AI and analytics initiatives.

Prior to joining FTI Technology, Stein served as an Advisory Principal and Chief Confidentiality and Privacy Officer at a Big Four accounting firm. He has experience as a civil litigation attorney and technical consultant for discovery matters in federal and state litigation.

FTI Consulting (NYSE: FCN) has announced the appointment of Jorge Lacayo as Senior Managing Director in the firm's Business Transformation practice within its Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment in Mexico City. With over 25 years of experience, Lacayo specializes in growth strategy, commercial due-diligence, and market assessments across various industries.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Lacayo led EY Parthenon's Latin America Strategy practice for nine years and spent 12 years at McKinsey in Latin America. His expertise includes helping corporate and private equity clients identify growth opportunities, particularly focusing on Latin American companies accessing the North American market and international players entering Mexico.

The appointment aligns with FTI Consulting's global expansion strategy, particularly strengthening its presence in key Latin American markets.

FTI Consulting (NYSE: FCN) announced that Dr. Mehmet Ekmekci has joined its Compass Lexecon subsidiary as an affiliate. Dr. Ekmekci, a Professor of Economics at Boston College, brings expertise in industrial organization, platform economics, and artificial intelligence.

His experience includes serving as an expert in auction design and competitive procurements for satellite broadband, along with consulting on mergers and investigations across semiconductor, computer hardware, telecommunication, and internet platform industries. Dr. Ekmekci has received multiple grants in AI research, particularly focusing on algorithmic pricing and potential collusion.

His work extends to Standard Essential Patents and platform economics, with research published in prestigious outlets including American Economic Review and Econometrica. This strategic addition aims to enhance Compass Lexecon's capabilities in addressing technology-driven market challenges.

FTI Consulting (NYSE: FCN) announced that Dr. Ali Hortaçsu, the William M. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, has affiliated with its subsidiary Compass Lexecon. Dr. Hortaçsu is renowned for developing pioneering econometric methods applicable to industrial organization, financial markets, energy markets, internet, and various market clearing mechanisms.

The expert received the Koç University Rahmi M. Koç Medal of Science in 2021 for his contributions to empirical tests of market efficiency. His work has been published in leading academic journals and he authored 'Structural Econometric Methods in Industrial Organization and Quantitative Marketing' while serving as co-editor of the Handbook of Industrial Organization.

FTI Consulting (NYSE: FCN) has appointed Michael Herde as Senior Managing Director in their Forensic and Litigation Consulting segment. Based in Boston, Herde brings over 35 years of financial services experience, specializing in regulatory compliance and risk management.

Herde's extensive background includes chief compliance officer roles at prominent institutions like Charles Schwab, Fidelity Investments, GE Capital, and UBS Investment Bank. His expertise spans wealth management, asset management, fiduciary services, and banking sectors. In his new role, he will provide strategic compliance, risk management, and governance advice to financial services clients.

This appointment follows recent additions to FCN's Financial Services team, including Tom Anapolis as Senior Advisor, and Caitlin Holmes and Mark Sexton as Senior Managing Directors, demonstrating the firm's continued expansion in this sector.

FTI Consulting (NYSE: FCN) announced that Dr. William Rogerson has joined its subsidiary Compass Lexecon. Dr. Rogerson currently holds the Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Chair of Market Economics at Northwestern University and serves multiple director roles including the Center for Business Institutions and Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Industrial Organization.

His expertise spans antitrust, industrial organization, regulation, telecommunications, cost accounting and defense procurement. Dr. Rogerson's experience includes consulting for various government agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice. He previously served as Chair of Northwestern University's Economics Department (2010-2013) and as Chief Economist at the Federal Communications Commission.

FTI Consulting (NYSE: FCN) has announced the appointment of Dr. Mary T. Coleman as Head of the U.S. Antitrust practice at its Compass Lexecon subsidiary. Dr. Coleman, an Executive Vice President based in Boston, brings extensive experience in competitive analysis of mergers, acquisitions, and antitrust litigation.

As the former Deputy Director for Antitrust in the Bureau of Economics at the Federal Trade Commission (2001-2004), Dr. Coleman was involved in all FTC antitrust investigations and played a key role in enhancing empirical content in investigations and improving cooperation between economic and legal staffs.

In her new role, she will oversee antitrust activities across all U.S. offices and coordinate with international colleagues. Dr. Coleman, who joined Compass Lexecon in 2009, is currently serving as Vice Chair of the Finance Committee in the American Bar Association Antitrust section.

FTI Consulting (NYSE: FCN) has strengthened its Asia Business Transformation practice with key senior appointments. Zarif Munir joins as Senior Managing Director and Head of Southeast Asia Business Transformation, bringing over 20 years of experience in strategy transformation. Enqing Wang joins as Managing Director, contributing 12 years of consulting expertise in consumer products and retail.

These appointments follow the October 2024 addition of Sunny Yi as North Asia practice leader. The expansion demonstrates FTI Consulting's commitment to enhancing its Business Transformation capabilities within the Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment, particularly focusing on driving efficiency and growth opportunities in the Asian market.

The global Business Transformation practice specializes in growth, finance, operations, supply chain management, real estate optimization, technology, and transactions, operating across major financial centers worldwide.