FTI Consulting, Inc. announced the expansion of its global insurance services practice within the firm’s forensic & litigation consulting segment with the addition of Michael Flagiello and Alex Unterkoefler as senior managing directors.
At FTI Consulting, Mr. Flagiello and Mr. Unterkoefler will help global insurance companies address operational and financial challenges, accounting investigations, disputes and litigation matters. Both Mr. Flagiello and Mr. Unterkoefler will be based in New York.
Mr. Flagiello has more than 30 years of leadership experience building infrastructure and solving operational and finance challenges for middle-market and large, global companies. He has led multidisciplinary teams on transformation projects in complex environments and has led business strategy projects for boards of directors and executive management. Mr. Flagiello has spent a significant portion of his career in chief financial officer roles, creating profits and corporate alignment through projects that enhance operating efficiency. Before joining FTI Consulting, he was a Partner at Mazars USA and a Senior Manager at SMART Business Advisory and Consulting.
Mr. Unterkoefler has 25 years of experience in business consulting for the insurance and reinsurance industries. His recent client engagements have involved forensic accounting investigations, dispute resolution and support for arbitrations and litigation matters, including fact and expert reports for client management and legal counsel. Mr. Unterkoefler has led projects covering process change and transformation; finance operation planning, analysis and improvement; complex reconciliation; contract compliance and analysis; fraud investigations; data integrity; internal audit; and statutory and financial accounting initiatives. Prior to joining FTI Consulting, he was a Partner at Mazars USA and a Senior Managing Director at SMART Business Advisory and Consulting.