Andrew Scruton

Andrew Scruton is a Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting in the Corporate Finance practice. With more than 30 years of experience as a financial advisor to both companies and creditors, Mr. Scruton has an extensive background managing distressed or troubled corporate situations, both in and out of court. He has significant experience in the energy, shipping, telecommunications, manufacturing, and retail and consumer product industries.

Mr. Scruton has considerable expertise in analyzing critical strategic, operational and financial factors, including business plan assessment, financial performance, forecast evaluation, and financing and capital structure evaluation. He also specializes in designing and developing restructuring theories and solutions, using refined analytical techniques, assessing business prospects and credit risk in a diverse range of situations, and issuing recommendations based upon syntheses of relevant factors. These include industry outlook, cyclicality, maturity and competitive dynamics.  

Mr. Scruton has restructuring transaction experience in bankruptcy proceedings in the United States, Europe and Caribbean. He has designed and developed sophisticated financial models to assist in the assessment of potential recoveries to constituencies. He has also written expert reports and testified in numerous high-profile Chapter 11 proceedings, including Adelphia; Energy XXI; Fabrikant; JL French; Motors Liquidation (formerly GM); Nextel International; Sanchez Energy; SmarTalk TeleServices; Talen Energy Services; and TerreStar.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Scruton was a founding managing director of Giuliani Capital Advisors and a managing director at a Big Four accounting firm. He spent eight years working in London and gained considerable experience in the financial services and insurance sectors. Mr. Scruton holds an M.A. in mathematics and management studies from Cambridge University and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Additionally, he previously held NASD registered licenses 7, 24 and 63 from December 2004 to June 2006 with Giuliani Capital Advisors.

Mr. Scruton has acted as financial advisor to a host of restructuring and reorganization engagements involving the following companies: 23andMe; 360networks; Adelphia; Advanta; AEI Resources; AES Eastern; Battle Ridge Companies; Bermuda Fire & Marine; Borden Chemical & Plastics; Brazos Electric Power Coop; Breen Capital; Brightmark Plastics Renewal; California Resources Corporation; Calpine Generating; Capital BanCorp; Carlson Wagonlit Travel; Core Scientific; Corus Bancshares; Costain Coal; Delavau; Diamond Sports; Dow Corning; Eagle Capital; Edison Mission Energy; Energy Future Holdings; Energy & Exploration Partners; Energy XXI; Entrust Energy; EXCO Resources; Exela Technologies; Fabrikant; First Energy Solutions; Franchise Retail Group; Fruehauf Trailer; GenMa; Graphic Packaging; GulfMark; ICF Kaiser; Instrumentation Lab SpA; Intermedia Communications; JL French; KMC Telecom; LTL; Legacy Resources; Marelli Holdings Co. Ltd; Modus Media; Momentive Performance Materials; Motor Coach Industries; Motors Liquidation (formerly GM); Municipal Mutual Insurance; Nellson Nutraceutical; Nextel International; Northwestern; NRG Energy; Oakwood Homes; Overseas Shipholding Group; Pacific Crossing; Pacific Gas & Electric; Parmalat; PSINet Consulting; Refco Group; Revlon; Robertshaw; Rutledge Contracts; SAETA Airlines; San Juan Coal Trust; Sanchez Energy; Scan Re; Seadrill; SmarTalk TeleServices; Solutia Europe S.A./N.V.; Swift Energy; Talen Energy Services; TC Coombs; Tee Comm Electronics; Teligent; TerreStar; Texfi Industries; The Allen Partnership; Tidewater; Touch 1 Communications; Valaris; Vanguard Natural Resources; WaMu; Williams Communications; and WOM.