FTI Consulting adds four senior leaders to European team

FTI Consulting has beefed up its senior European team with new Senior Managing Directors in Germany, France and Italy.

In Germany, business transformation expert Christoph Söhngen and restructuring expert Sebastian Rudow have been welcomed as Senior Managing Directors in the firm’s Corporate Finance & Restructuring division in Frankfurt.

Söhngen brings more than 16 years of business transformation experience to FTI Consulting, having successfully led large projects in the financial services sector. His expertise includes delivering programmes focused on customer experience enhancement, operational efficiency and cost optimisation for banks, insurance companies and other financial service providers.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Söhngen was a partner at Porsche Consulting. He previously worked at GE Capital and the technology consultancy Computacenter.

Rudow brings extensive experience in finance and restructuring, having previously served in leadership roles in mid-sized European businesses where he focused on operational and financial turnaround. His portfolio includes positions as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Finance Officer and Chief Restructuring Officer, where he has driven organisational change.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Rudow was a Managing Director and the CFO at private equity-owned ICG Group. He began his career as a lawyer at the German law firm Wellensiek.

Meanwhile in France, Timothée Fraisse has joined as a Senior Managing Director. He also is a member of the Corporate Finance & Restructuring division.

Fraisse, who is based in Paris, brings more than 20 years of experience advising clients on growth strategies and operational turnarounds. He specialises in topics including business transformation, restructuring and performance improvement.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Fraisse was a partner at McKinsey & Company, where he led private equity initiatives in the healthcare sector. He has a wealth of experience in the healthcare sector, having previously worked as a surgeon and researcher in university hospitals across France, the United Kingdom, Canada and Switzerland.

Fraisse also has experience in the aerospace sector: he previously founded and led Mecapole, an industrial group specialising in aerospace subcontracting, and worked on several supply chain transformation in the space.

In Italy, Giuseppe Farinacci has joined the Business Transformation practice as a Senior Managing Director. Based out of Milan, Farinacci will provide strategic advice to corporations and investors on financial and operational turnaround strategies.

Farinacci brings 27 years of consulting experience in financial and operational transformations, turnaround management and restructuring projects, including those involving special situations transactions. He advises corporations and investors on transformation projects across a diverse range of industries, such as retail, aerospace, energy and business services.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Farinacci was a partner and director at Boston Consulting Group. He previously worked for AlixPartners in Milan and London and Arthur Andersen in London.