Christopher Amerasinghe

Christopher Amerasinghe is a Managing Director at FTI Consulting. Mr. Amerasinghe specializes in enterprise risk management and governance, financial and credit risk oversight, operational and IT risk management, regulatory compliance and bank supervision, as well as technology and innovation risk. He advises banks, fintech, payments companies, trust institutions and other regulated financial services organizations on governance, operational resilience, technology risk, regulatory readiness and strategic growth initiatives.

Mr. Amerasinghe has extensive experience evaluating emerging banking activities and strategic initiatives, including banking-as-a-service programs, digital asset custody, stablecoin-related activities, fintech partnerships and chartering and licensing matters. He has led multidisciplinary examination teams, conducted risk assessments across multiple risk disciplines and overseen remediation efforts to strengthen governance and control environments.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Amerasinghe served as a National Bank Examiner and Information Technology Specialist with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. In that role, he led and participated in supervisory examinations of financial institutions ranging from community banks to large regional organizations, advising executive management teams and boards of directors on risk management practices and regulatory expectations.

Mr. Amerasinghe holds a B.A. in Economics, an M.B.A. in Business Administration and an M.Sc. in Finance from the University of Maryland. He is certified in Enterprise Risk Management ("ERM") from the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations ("COSO") and holds certifications in Information Systems Auditor as well as Risk and Information Systems Control designations from the Information Systems Audit and Control Association ("ISACA").