Mr. Crittenden’s expertise includes review, analysis, investigations, adequacy assessments and mock inspections and examinations of regulatory functions. Mr. Crittenden’s experience includes developing and building the compliance infrastructure of firms to ensure compliance with U.S. federal securities laws. Having been on the operating and management side of the securities business, he offers a unique company-side and practical approach to securities compliance.

Mr. Crittenden advises insurance, retail and institutional broker dealers and investment advisers, including hedge funds, in the development of reasonable and adequate compliance policies and procedures, infrastructures and internal processes and controls. He has been engaged as regulatory compliance advisor, where his work includes litigation analysis, reporting, and expert witness testimony supporting law firms in SEC, FINRA and NYSE matters. His recent notable matters include election as director for failed Bear Stearns hedge funds to investigate and maximize recoveries; independent consultant for Wachovia Securities as a result of a NYSE order for electronic communications; lead member of the TPG regulatory compliance team evaluating electronic communications and litigation preparation; industry expert for mutual fund class action v. Ameriprise on payout structures; industry expert in NYSE arbitration v. Prudential Securities in registered representative wrongful termination.

Prior to joining FTI, Mr. Crittenden was the president and chief compliance officer for Marsh & McLennan’s MMC Securities. There he restructured, developed, implemented and managed the 350 person national securities platform as a professional resource to provide securities-based solutions to middle market clients in directed brokerage and transition management, corporate finance, merger and acquisition advisory, pension consulting, executive benefits and retail securities. Earlier in his career, Mr. Crittenden was widely known for creating and implementing securities sales divisions within several D.C. area financial institutions, including Citizens Bank of Maryland and Riggs National Bank.

Mr. Crittenden holds a B.S. in business management from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Mr. Crittenden is one of the very first graduates of the FINRA/Wharton Institute, where he was awarded the designation of certified regulatory and compliance professional.