Ben Thompson

Benjamin “Ben” Thompson is a Managing Director in FTI Consulting’s Telecom, Media & Technology (“TMT”) practice, specializing in commercial due diligence, dispute advisory, valuation modeling, digital infrastructure securitizations and back-up manager services.

Mr. Thompson has more than 10 years of experience providing big-data analytics, dispute advisory, economic forecasting, advanced modeling and strategy consulting services to corporate, finance and private equity clients, with a focus on telecom and finance.

Mr. Thompson has successfully led digital infrastructure securitization transactions, advising clients on multipronged workstreams, including planning and deal structuring, to valuation and understanding the competitive and sociodemographic dynamics impacting market size, to due diligence and bank-side support for investors and rating agencies. He also supervises backup manager services, including fee assessments, and “cold” responsibilities from post-deal close to evaluate changes in the securitization over time.

Mr. Thompson is also a part of FTI Consulting’s Disputes Advisory practice for complex TMT litigation matters, where he supports expert witness testimony, reports and non-testifying consulting services. He has handled matters concerning contractual disputes, antitrust analyses, consumer disputes and DOJ, FCC and state regulatory investigations. Mr. Thompson’s work also involves leveraging his telecom knowledge to analyze and evaluate client financial, geospatial and billing systems.

Before joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Thompson developed economic models and pricing and promotion strategies with a boutique data analytics consulting firm.