bob knottBob Knott, who led the Americas corporate practice at giant FTI Consulting, moved to MWW in January as executive VP in the corporate offering. He's based in the Washington outpost of the Jersey-headquartered firm.

At MWW, Knott focuses on issues management, corporate social responsibility and sustainability work.

While at FTI, he handled client engagement for Bain Capital, Allstate, Ace Hardware and Dow Chemical.

Knott's a veteran of Edelman, where he did a 13-year stint during which he advised Morgan Stanley, DuPont, American Red Cross, General Electric, Chevron, JPMorgan Chase and Walmart. He exited as global practice chairman and client relationship manager.

MWW chalked up 2014 fees of $51.4M and employed 248 staffers at yearend to rank as a Top Ten firm on O'Dwyer's list of independents.