David Bannister is executive vice president and chairman of the North American region. He joined the firm in 2005 as senior vice president of business development. He also has served as executive vice president of corporate development and as chief financial officer of FTI Consulting.
Experience
For more than 30 years, Mr. Bannister has served clients in the financial services, transportation, industrial manufacturing, automotive and consumer/specialty retail industries.
Prior to joining FTI Consulting, he was a general partner at private equity firm Grotech Capital Group Inc., acting as lead director in all investments. Grotech was the lead investor in the initial funding of FTI Consulting.
Prior to Grotech, Mr. Bannister was a managing director of investment banking at Deutsche Bank Alex Brown, where he led the banking team in more than 50 public offerings, raising more than $3 billion; led negotiations in approximately 30 merger and acquisition transactions with an aggregate value of more than $5 billion; and led the restructuring of 10 distressed companies.
He currently is on the board of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and also is a board member and chair of the audit committee of Landstar System Inc., a $3 billion transportation services company. He has served on several corporate boards, including Allied Holdings Inc., Phoenix Services, Simon Delivers and TriVirix International,.
Management Philosophy
“In order to be our clients’ most trusted advisor, we will continue to build FTI Consulting so that we can provide world-class expertise and service, wherever and whenever they need us.”