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The Board of Directors is composed of nine members with diverse backgrounds and skill sets, all of whom are independent with the exception of our President and Chief Executive Officer.
The Board of Directors consists of three fully independent Committees: — Audit Committee: Responsible for providing oversight of the quality and integrity of the company’s financial reports, the company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, the independent auditors’ qualifications and independence, and t...
— Compensation Committee: Responsible for approving and administering executive compensation programs in furtherance of the interests of the stockholders, producing an annual report on executive compensation for inclusion in the company’s annual proxy statement and reviewing the company’s overall programs of employee b...
All Board members are elected on an annual basis by our shareholders and are also fellow FTI Consulting shareholders, illuminating the alignment of interests between the two groups.
This table highlights the skills possessed by each director upon which the Board particularly relies, and the absence of a specific skill or quality for a director does not indicate the director does not necessarily possess that skill or quality.
Code of Ethics and Business Conduct FTI Consulting seeks to adhere to the robust policies and procedures contained in the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct, which guides our employees, officers and outside directors.
All employees must also abide by other policies, including our Policy on Inside Information and Insider Trading, Anti-Corruption Policy, Policy on Reporting Concerns and Non-Retaliation, and Privacy Policy.
Further, employees are required to observe our UK Modern Slavery Statement, Human Rights Policy, Policy on Disclosure Controls and Global Health & Safety Policy.
Links to our policies can be found in the appendix.
To align with our desire to continuously refine our governance best practices, the company regularly revisits these policies and procedures as appropriate to assess their effectiveness.
By doing so, we believe we can continue to protect our employees and the interests of our stakeholders.
This exercise protects our license to operate and advances our commitment to creating sustainable value for our stakeholders.
Mica, a critical raw material in electronics, transportation and cosmetics, has a history of unsafe working conditions, as well as child labor and trafficking in the Indian states of Jharkhand and Bihar, where mica is mined.
In Consulting was engaged by the Responsible Mica Initiative (“RMI”), a global coalition for action composed of multiple organizations committed to establishing a fair, responsible and sustainable mica supply chain and eradicating child labor and trafficking by 2030.
In order to engage various stakeholders to develop a sustainable mica policy framework, FTI Consulting conducted a review of micarelated supply chain legislations in the states of Jharkhand and Bihar in India and developed an advocacy strategy for engaging with state governments.
OUR ROLE A team of experts from FTI Consulting’s Strategic Communications segment in India partnered with a top-tier law firm to review mica-related laws, evolve a relevant policy advocacy strategy and develop messaging and a stakeholder engagement plan that would lead to the first sustainable mica policy response.
The team drafted “Ranchi Principles for Sustainable Mica Mining,” the world’s first Mica Mining Policy Framework voluntarily developed by the industry and civil society, and presented it to multistakeholder workshops.
FTI Consulting then led engagement with the Office of the Chief Minister and the Chief Secretary, as well as State Mines and Labor Departments in the State Government of Jharkhand in India.
ELIMINATING CHILD LABOR FROM EXTENDED GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS  “Child labor in supply chains is a multi-faceted issue and is unlikely to be eliminated quickly.
We are proud of having made a small but relevant contribution to address this problem.
“The FTI Consulting team worked as part of the RMI team with deep conviction in being able to address the complex problem of poor working conditions and child labor in the mica supply chains.
OUR IMPACT — A team of FTI Consulting experts spent over hours supporting the drafting and advocacy of sustainable mica mining practices.  — Since 2020, recommendations from the Sustainable Mica Mining Policy Framework have been incorporated into the government response on addressing the issue of child labor in the mic...
— The policy advocacy effort in Jharkhand by the RMI has been reviewed by global multilateral agencies, civil society and industries.
In United Nations Development Programme-RMI joint consortium was awarded a grant of $4.5 million by the U.S. Department of Labor to replicate a similar framework in Madagascar, another global mica sourcing hub facing similar concerns.
FTI Consulting’s reputation, sustainable growth and market-leading position rely on our people and their professional conduct.
at and be held to the highest standards.
Our values — I CARE — are central to establishing and guiding our commitment to being a trusted and transparent advisor for our clients as a market-leading global consulting firm.
These values communicate a sense of personal accountability to and ownership of the company’s future trajectory and success, regardless of business segment, level or location.
FTI Consulting has formalized our commitment, including but not limited to policies, procedures, trainings and audits.
As our company grows and evolves, we work to identify new risk profiles and business needs.
Where needed, we adapt our approach and dedicate additional resources.
We also periodically review and enhance our policies and procedures, trainings and awareness initiatives to reflect regulatory changes and foster robust, ethical business conduct.
Our Chief Risk and Compliance Officer reports on ethics and compliance issues to both the President and Chief Executive Officer and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors on a quarterly basis and more frequently as needed.
FTI Consulting’s core values guide and inform our work and are codified into our Code of Ethics and Business Conduct, which applies to all employees, officers and outside directors.
Our Code of Ethics and Business Conduct covers many topics and is supplemented with policies that address specific issues in more detail.
FTI Consulting expects our agents, vendors, contractors, consultants, business partners and third-party representatives to uphold similar standards to those that are within our Code of Ethics and Business Conduct.
Additionally, FTI Consulting requires third-party contractors to acknowledge both our Anti-Corruption Policy and our Vendor Code of Conduct, which address expectations for ethics and compliance, as well as to undergo a background screening.
Integrity is at the core of our operations and is reflected throughout our Code of Ethics and Business Conduct.
Employees are required to participate in regular ethics and compliance trainings, and we routinely evaluate and update our policies, procedures, trainings and awareness initiatives to reflect the latest regulatory standards.
FTI Consulting recognizes that in order for our ethics and compliance programs to function effectively, our people must be empowered to raise potential concerns with the necessary training and accessible reporting mechanisms.
Therefore, the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct prohibits professional or personal retaliation.
Additionally, our Policy on Reporting Concerns and Non-Retaliation details how employees can raise or report concerns anonymously and confidentially, the protections provided to them and additional critical details about the process.
Specifically, employees have access to both a and internet hotline to express any concerns.
INTRODUCTION | ENVIRONMENT | SOCIAL | GOVERNANCE | APPENDIX Respect and Empathy are also core values to FTI Consulting.
These values extend to other employees, contractors and people in the communities where we live and work.
The Code of Ethics and Business Conduct details how FTI Consulting employees must respect our colleagues regarding diversity, nondiscrimination and equal opportunity, anti-harassment and human rights.
Our policies require employees to identify and disclose personal conflicts of interest, comply with laws of various types and jurisdictions when appropriate, protect confidential information, communicate carefully, report truthfully and accurately, and play a responsible role in the community.
We leverage a variety of educational tools to provide guidance on how FTI Consulting colleagues are expected to interact with one another and our broader communities.
To embody these values externally, we offer additional training for employees and teams who operate in more sensitive topics to guide employees, such as circumstances where our teams are operating in higher-risk areas or require education on how to address specific situations, that may arise in their daily work.
Additionally, our policies for social media and charitable giving and matching gifts are available to all employees and are routinely reviewed and amended as necessary to keep our practices up to date.
Risk assessments are regularly carried out through the collaboration of our Compliance and Internal Audit departments.
These assessments aim to help us identify and address relevant risk areas.
We also conduct deep-dive risk assessments into topics such as anti-corruption, as appropriate. https://www.fticonsulting.com/-/media/files/us-files/our-firm/guidelines/policy-statement-on-inside-information-and-insider-trading.pdf?rev=https://www.fticonsulting.com/-/media/files/us-files/our-firm/guidelines/policy-stat...
Client Selection One of the most significant ways our impact is felt is through the work we do with our clients.
with clients and the communities in which we do business on a regular basis.
FTI Consulting has a long-standing commitment to operating with integrity, a cornerstone of our values, which is reflected in our Code of Ethics and Business Conduct.
FTI Consulting’s Code of Conduct reflects our corporate values, outlines our collective intentions with respect to how we conduct global business activities, and addresses important laws and policies that apply to our day-to-day interactions with key constituents.
As part of this commitment, FTI Consulting undertakes a rigorous, multi-layered review of every client and client engagement that we accept.
Our client acceptance function, which is overseen by our firm’s General Counsel, reviews each new client and matter and, in that process, will identify potential issues that could affect our firm’s judgment about whether to accept a matter, including compliance with relevant laws, any potential reputation risks to our ...
Our final judgment on whether to accept a client or engagement is also informed and guided by dedicated risk management committees throughout the firm, as well as input from the company’s most senior leaders.
In addition, FTI Consulting has other policies and guidelines that guide our work for our clients.
Our employees are required to disclose all conflict of interests and are expected, when acting on FTI Consulting’s behalf, to always put FTI Consulting’s interests ahead of their individual interests.
Our employees are also expected to safeguard and protect confidential information that belongs to our clients.
To further maintain client confidentiality, FTI Consulting may institute ethical walls in situations to protect against the unauthorized access by, or disclosure to, persons who are not part of a client engagement team.
Data Privacy and Information Security FTI Consulting professionals are frequently engaged in matters that involve sensitive, confidential, proprietary or personal data.
To maintain the trust of our stakeholders and our reputation as a reliable partner, our data privacy and information security programs are designed to comply with data privacy laws and align with best practices.
FTI Consulting maintains a systematic commitment to protecting the privacy of a client’s information and underlying data.
The firm’s Global Cybersecurity and Privacy Division implements systems and network resources that protect data confidentiality to support the security priorities of our company and our stakeholders.
Status reports are led by our Chief Information Officer, who reports to our Chief Financial Officer and the Board of Directors on a quarterly basis and additionally as needed.
Data Privacy Our practices related to collecting, analyzing and retaining client data, website visitor data, or other individual or company data are described in FTI Consulting’s Privacy Policy.
FTI Consulting has permission or is legally required to do so.
FTI Consulting employees are required to support our efforts to: — Keep confidential information safe from loss, theft or accidental disclosure — Comply with all applicable data protection laws and regulations, as well as all applicable FTI Consulting policies regarding data processing and data transfer — Implement inf...
INTRODUCTION | ENVIRONMENT | SOCIAL | GOVERNANCE | APPENDIX including but not limited to cryptography, application development and forensic capabilities.
The division manages our Cybersecurity and Data Protection/Privacy Program, which, along with associated policies, is designed to guide us in safeguarding client trust and confidentiality.
The Global Cybersecurity and Privacy Program is informed by internationally accepted management frameworks, including: — The Control Objectives for Information Technologies — International Standards Organization (“ISO”) practice standards — HITRUST Common Security Framework (“CSF”) — US-NIST Cybersecurity Risk Framewor...
To support consistent and comprehensive efforts across the company, FTI Consulting requires our employees to complete the proper cybersecurity training annually to guarantee our experts are informed on cybersecurity risks and proactively prepared to address these concerns and, if necessary, react accordingly.
This training provides an overview of policies, standards and procedures for incident avoidance and response with a specific focus on information security and privacy awareness.
INTRODUCTION | ENVIRONMENT | SOCIAL | GOVERNANCE | APPENDIX and client data, we have implemented specific security testing and training programs with the goal of helping our workforce recognize threats such as phishing, social engineering and other evolving threats toward information security.
Our contractors are provided with our Vendor Code of Conduct, which requires them to take a similar approach toward these issues.
Finally, we conduct deep-dive risk assessments into cybersecurity and data privacy as appropriate.
Supporting Our Clients in Strengthening Governance Programs FTI Consulting’s professionals are trusted advisors with expertise and experience in a range of key governance issues.
As risks and compliance challenges arise, organizations must sometimes seek expert support to help them navigate the situation.
Effective risk management and compliance programs are critical to maintain that an organization’s ability to operate, corporate reputation and business relationships remain healthy and unrestricted.
Our clients rely on FTI Consulting to help them stay abreast of these challenges.
Our senior professionals focus on delivering enterprise-wide solutions to risk and compliance challenges to promote business transformation and growth and support ethical business behavior.
Our expert-led advisory offering includes end-to-end industry-specific services to support risk management and compliance programs, including advisory on antibribery and corruption, anti-money laundering, regulatory risk and compliance, and risk management.
Information Governance, Privacy & Security: Information Governance, Privacy & Security services from FTI Consulting’s Technology segment can support clients by developing and implementing information governance solutions that reduce corporate risk, cut storage costs, secure data, improve the e-discovery process, and en...
FTI Consulting works to provide innovative solutions to new discovery challenges, from collecting cloud-based apps and social media to evolving data privacy laws, as well as ongoing discovery challenges such as large data volumes, multilingual reviews and the need for rapid understanding of critical documents.
Topperforming organizations and law firms engage FTI Consulting and our Technology segment on a broad range of e-discovery and managed review services with defensible results for litigation, investigations and regulatory matters.
Cybersecurity: As more devices come online and interconnectivity increases, a company’s ESG commitments and assessments can be directly impacted by the ability to respond to and manage cybersecurity incidents and data privacy, such as the protection of critical infrastructure and governance of sensitive information.
FTI Consulting helps clients understand their own environments, harden their defenses, hunt threats with speed and precision, holistically respond to crises, and recover operations and reputation after an incident.
Investigations & Monitorships: When organizations face investigations involving allegations of regulatory issues such as corporate fraud and misconduct, money laundering, bribery and corruption or trade sanction violations, they often must address such claims or inquiries from regulators with a rapid and appropriately ...
FTI Consulting offers holistic client support to boards of directors, executive management, in-house counsel and external legal advisors at law firms around the globe through every step of an investigation.
This includes responding to an incident, uncovering critical facts, communicating with regulators, engaging in remediation efforts, and, ultimately, meeting the requirements of a settlement agreement and repairing reputational damage.
We All Code, a Chicago-based nonprofit that provides free coding classes to underserved youth to create more equity in the STEM fields, enlisted the skill sets of FTI Consulting’s Data and Analytics practice in the Forensic and Litigation Consulting segment to better understand the company’s existing data.
With limited visualization capabilities in place, the CEO wanted to advance the organization’s mission and effectively identify opportunities to expand, grow and better serve the community.
OUR ROLE The FTI Consulting team aimed to transform the organization’s survey and data aggregation infrastructure and develop dynamic reporting dashboards.
Our pro bono work with the organization included interviews with key board members and instructors to gain valuable insight into critical data, analysis of existing data in an open-source database, and development and deployment of a series of surveys for students and alumni.
Additionally, our team integrated several workflow automation tools that allowed survey data to automatically populate the organization’s preexisting data and update dashboards that visualize the data in real time.
The team also created a suite of demographic and performance monitoring dashboards that provided detailed information about students and their long-term development.