West Palm Beach, Fla., Jan. 4, 2012 — FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: FCN), the global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations protect and enhance their enterprise value, today announced that Michael (Mick) Tuohy has joined the firm as a Senior Managing Director in the Corporate Finance/Restructuring practice.
In his role, Mr. Tuohy will lead the firm’s Commercial Due Diligence offering, which will help clients reduce risk and prioritize opportunities to increase value. He will also be responsible for overseeing the firm’s Transaction Advisory Services market growth in New York.
“This key addition to our practice helps us to address the growing need for commercial due diligence services among corporations and private equity firms,” said Robert Duffy, Global Co-Leader of the Corporate Finance/Restructuring practice for FTI Consulting. “In our Transaction Advisory Services group, our clients are increasingly focused on the strategic, market and commercial aspects of their transactions. Mick’s expansive transaction experience, particularly with global companies and the foremost firms in private equity, makes him a significant source of intellectual capital to our clients.”
Mr. Tuohy added, “FTI Consulting is a leader in corporate finance and transaction advisory services, and I am pleased to join such a talented team of seasoned professionals. In addition, we have a unique combination of quality resources available to assist our clients, including experts in economic strategic communications and forensic consulting that we can leverage to achieve a level of rigorous analysis and fact based insights, providing our clients an edge in their deal decisions.”
Mr. Tuohy has more than 24 years of experience in consulting, advising both corporate and private equity clients in financial and commercial due diligence; strategic evaluation; market entry strategy; post close assessment; business plan review and performance improvement. His professional career includes nearly two decades in strategic M&A advising, including complex and international transactions ranging from market and target screening to due diligence, integration planning and business improvement.
He joins FTI Consulting from PricewaterhouseCoopers, where as a partner he built and led the firm’s U.S. Transaction Services Strategy group. While at PwC, he consulted on a wide range of deals ranging from $50 million to $15 billion, as well as a significant number of complex multi-national transactions. Prior to that, Mr. Tuohy held senior positions with Coopers & Lybrand for several years, working out of its Dublin and then Zurich offices. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accounts, Ireland.
About FTI Consulting
FTI 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 3,800 employees located in 23 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 $1.4 billion in revenues during fiscal year 2010. More information can be found at www.fticonsulting.com.
