LONDON, Dec. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: FCN) today announced the appointment of four senior hires in its Transformation practices in London.
Jan Timmermann, Malvinder Singh and Rakhi Williams join the firm as Senior Managing Directors and Irina Bakanova joins as a Managing Director. Their arrival strengthens the firm’s investment in its operational performance and transformation capabilities across its global Private Equity and Financial Services practices.
“We are delighted to welcome Jan, Malvinder, Rakhi and Irina to the firm. They each bring valuable and complementary expertise across deal execution, transformation and value creation for our PE and financial services clients,” said Diederick van der Plas, EMEA Head of Corporate Finance & Restructuring at FTI Consulting. “We are ambitious about our growth and with stronger capabilities in financial, operational, carve-out and technology due diligence and value creation, we are now better positioned to support clients across the investment cycle.”
Mr. Timmermann brings more than 25 years of experience in industry and professional services and has led more than 80 private equity assignments across a wide range of sectors. He specialises in pre-deal operational and carve-out due diligence, with a focus on value creation and technology integration. On post-deal matters, Mr. Timmermann has a proven track record of leading high-impact value creation projects that help portfolio companies exceed their pre-deal targets and accelerate performance improvement.
In his role at FTI Consulting, Mr. Timmermann will lead the expansion and delivery of integrated operational due diligence solutions and post-deal value creation services for private equity clients. Prior to FTI Consulting, Mr. Timmermann was the European lead for private equity portfolio operations at Kearney, a global consultancy firm. He has previously worked in the private equity performance improvement practice at Alvarez & Marsal, and held roles at Deloitte, PA Consulting and in-house at Procter & Gamble.
Commenting on his appointment, Mr. Timmermann said, “FTI Consulting’s multidisciplinary support to private equity firms was a big draw for me. I am excited to build on the firm’s extensive capabilities and global reach to help our clients identify the game-changing opportunities that will unlock future value and drive success across their portfolio companies.”
Mr. Singh’s work leading technology, digital and operational transformation projects for private equity firms and their portfolio companies spans the UK and continental Europe. He brings deep expertise across the PE deal life cycle, with a particular focus on post-deal value creation, including rapid IT diagnostics, IT cost optimisation, carve-outs and technology-driven lead-to-cash business transformations.
