Four former managing directors of FTI Consulting have set up Claremont Partners to guide financial communications and issues management out of New York and Chicago.
 Clockwise from top left: Barker, Kettman, Ryan, Sivrais. |
Hugh Barker, cross-border M&A leader at FTI, Chris Kettman, who led capital markets for FTI's energy & natural resources unit, and Victoria Sivrais, deputy head of FTI's capital markets practice, are founding partners. Barbara Ryan, who led FTI's healthcare & life sciences capital markets practice, is also a partner.
The firm will tackle assignments like shareholder activism, public capital raises, M&A counsel, crisis training and IR, among other issues.
The partners are also blogging at http://clermontpartners.com/clermonts-view/.
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