Josie Corbett

Josie Corbett is a Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting and is based in London. Ms. Corbett works in the Strategic Communications segment and leads the Consumer Industries practice.

Ms. Corbett specializes in enhancing and protecting corporate reputations within the retail, leisure and consumer goods sectors. Her areas of expertise include reputation management, thought leadership, media and stakeholder relations, purpose and narrative positioning, financial communications, M&A, IPO and issues and crisis management.

From large multinationals to unlisted domestic players, Ms. Corbett’s clients have included many of the world’s leading consumer brands, including: M&S, Hyatt Hotels, Amazon, Unilever, Fever-Tree, MSC Cruises, AEG, Kingfisher, The Foschini Group, Abercrombie & Fitch, UNIQLO, Moleskine, Sky Bet, Air India, Wizz Air and the Tata Group.

Ms. Corbett is a regular contributor to PR Week and has been a guest lecturer on corporate reputation for a variety of university programmes, including INSEAD and University of East London. She pioneered the FTI Consulting annual Retail Barometer, a research tool that takes the temperature of the retail sector and assesses consumer, media and city sentiment toward the world’s leading retail brands. She also established the FTI Consulting Corporate Brand & Narrative Workshops and has advised on a range of recent UK retail and leisure IPOs. Ms. Corbett began her career in the Crisis Communications practice at Financial Dynamics, followed by stints in its respective Corporate and Private Equity practices.

Ms. Corbett earned a Certificate in Net-Zero Business & Climate Change at the University of Cambridge’s Sustainability Institute.