FTI Consulting, a global business advisory firm has hired three professionals to its Operational Transformation practice.
Cornelius Mauch and Bjorn Thomas join the firm as Senior Directors and Markus Gutberlet joins the firm as a Director. They will be based in Frankfurt.
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These professionals add to the continued growth of the Company’s Operational Transformation practice within the firm’s Corporate Finance/Restructuring segment in Europe, Middle East and Africa ("EMEA"), expanding the team’s international experience and expertise in operational improvement, interim-management and supply chain management.
The Operational Transformation practice in EMEA specialises in the industrial, automotive, renewables, fast moving consumer goods ("FMCG") and aerospace sectors, and is servicing a growing number of private equity funds, corporates and lenders.
Mauch brings deep cash management and process improvement experience and a specialised understanding of business turnaround across several industries, including consumer goods, industrial products and business services to the firm. Mauch joins FTI Consulting from Alvarez & Marsal, where, amongst other roles, he coordinated the cash management of over 30 production facilities and capital and process improvements, for a major European producer of fresh and processed meat. Prior to this, he was a member of the management team of a family owned automotive producer of precision safety components.
Thomas has deep supply chain management and operational expertise in the FMCG and automotive industries.Thomas joins FTI Consulting from AlixPartners where he initiated the Supply Chain Practice. Prior to this, Mr. Thomas worked as a Senior Consultant for Management Engineers and Capgemini, and as the Supply Chain Head in Europe for Faurecia. To date, he has served a number of high profile clients, including AVON Cosmetics, Beiersdorf, Volkswagon, Jaguar Land Rover and General Motors. Mr. Thomas started his career at Proctor & Gamble, with a technical focus on machine development, production and supply chains.
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By GlobalDataGutberlet’s expertise lies in combining industry and consultancy experience. He joins FTI Consulting from the global manufacturing company, Oystar Group, where he was responsible for improving operational performance on a production site and steering the global restructuring programme. Prior to this, Mr. Gutberlet spent three years at Deloitte, during which he delivered a number of performance improvement projects.
"Cornelius, Bjorn and Markus expand the depth of our operational expertise across the EMEA region. We continue to seek-out senior operational experts with in-depth functional and industry expertise driven by the demand of our clients," said Dr. Andreas von Keitz, Head of the Operational Transformation practice in EMEA.
