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| Dan Hunter |
Dan Hunter, who was head of corporate communications for the Americas at Deutsche Bank, has joined FTI Consulting’s strategic communications unit as Americas head of financial services.
He also will lead a multidisciplinary team to help clients navigate the rapidly changing financial regulations environment, enforcement actions, litigation and economic challenges.
Hunter also was managing director of Prosek Partners and did an eight-year stint at Barclays in London.
At the British financial services giant, he led external communications for investment/corporate banking, wealth management and consumer banking.
Hunter also handled communications for the acquisition and integration of Lehman Brothers into Barclays.
Citing his roles as working for two of the world’s biggest banks in London and New York, Brian Kennedy, head of the stratcomm’s financial unit, said Hunter will “provide the kind of unique, global and client-centric insights and perspectives that management teams in highly regulated industries truly value.”
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