Marc-Philip Ferzan

Marc Ferzan has more than 25 years of experience as a consultant, attorney and executive leader. Leveraging his deep understanding of dynamic policy and regulatory environments, Marc specializes in providing investigative, risk management and compliance advisory services on high-stakes matters to private and public sector clients, and leads engagements requiring independent monitoring, fiduciary oversight, mass claims administration and periodic court reporting.

Equipped with diverse corporate, law firm, private equity and government client experience, Marc has undertaken several leadership roles to advance organizational priorities. Currently, he serves as a member of FTI Consulting’s cross-disciplinary team to facilitate the strategic, regulatory-compliant and ethical application of emerging AI capabilities.

As a former federal prosecutor with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey, Marc held several leadership positions, including Chief of the Commercial Crimes Unit, Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division and Acting Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney. As such, he was responsible for managing the Office’s economic crimes program and worked on several corporate and individual prosecution matters involving violations of the healthcare, banking, securities, intellectual property, money laundering, tax and national security laws. Marc also established and supervised the Office’s first DOJ-designated Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property (“CHIP”) unit and oversaw cybercrime investigations and prosecutions. In addition, he previously served in Washington, D.C., as a Trial Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Tax Division and as Senior Counsel with the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement.

Marc’s public service experience includes an appointment to the New Jersey Attorney General’s executive team, where he provided legal and policy guidance on law enforcement, litigation and regulatory matters to the Attorney General, as well as to the Governor and cabinet. In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, he was appointed by the Governor of New Jersey to a newly-created cabinet position where he was responsible for developing a coordinated and accelerated approach to the State’s multibillion-dollar recovery and rebuilding, leveraging federal grants, as well as state and private sector resources. Central to these efforts, he implemented compliance protocols to enhance efficiencies and curb waste, fraud and abuse; facilitated independent monitoring and reporting; and coordinated agency audits and inquiries conducted by federal and state law enforcement and regulatory personnel.

Marc also previously held an appointment as a Lecturer at the University of Virginia’s Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and served as a Fellow at the Darden Business School’s Institute for Business in Society. Over the course of his career, he has received numerous awards, including the Director’s Award from the Department of Justice, the Inspector General’s Award from the Department of Health and Human Services and the Award for Excellence from the President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency.

Relevant Experience:

• Assisted in-house counsel for a global specialty pharmaceutical company with an internal investigation, coordination with external counsel and strategic engagement with government agencies regarding allegations of more than $1 billion in improper Medicaid program billings over multiple years related to one of the company’s most significant products
• Conducted an internal investigation in coordination with in-house counsel for a Fortune 100 financial services company into allegations that a significant volume of sensitive digital customer data had inadvertently been exposed on a proprietary web portal; developed a remedial plan in collaboration with external counsel based on the findings
• Provided fact-finding, governance and compliance advisory services to senior executives and board members of a Commonwealth government development bank in connection with the administration of grant proceeds and the liquidation and distribution of assets while under federal government oversight
• Performed a comprehensive risk assessment for a UK-based, publicly traded Fortune 100 advertising and public relations company with more than 100,000 employees and operations in 112 countries; developed a detailed action plan to address prioritized risks, strengthen internal controls and enhance compliance and ethics programming in anticipation of negotiations with U.S. government agencies investigating allegations of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) violations and other misconduct
• Conducted a comprehensive regulatory risk assessment for a U.S.-based global sports brand, including its clothing manufacturing and retail operations; developed a strategic action plan to mitigate key risks and enhance compliance and ethics programming to support the company’s go-public readiness efforts
• Assisted a high-profile, late-stage fintech startup with a regulatory risk assessment and compliance program gap analysis; led the development and implementation of responsive programming and controls to prepare for its planned IPO
• Conducted fact-finding and assessed the effectiveness of a compliance and ethics program in coordination with external counsel; provided program recommendations for a PE client with a majority ownership stake in a national physician practice facing allegations of federal program billing improprieties
• Engaged by a global, publicly traded Fortune 500 medical technology and device company to assess its internal compliance monitoring program and data analytics capabilities; provided detailed process and data tracking recommendations aligned with factual predicates, regulatory requirements and best practices
• Served as court-appointed Receiver in a $120 million Belize real estate development fraud scheme in connection with a civil enforcement action brought by the FTC; responsible for conducting fact-finding investigations to recover misappropriated investor funds, liquidating receivership estate assets and administering a claims program for lot-purchaser victims in accordance with FTC redress priorities; prepared periodic progress reports for the court and stakeholders
• Served as a court-appointed Independent Consultant for a large New York municipality in connection with the resolution of a civil enforcement action brought by the SEC related to alleged bond offering disclosure failures; responsibilities included reviewing the municipality’s policies, procedures and internal controls regarding its securities offerings, making recommendations to enhance compliance and ethics programming and preparing periodic progress reports for the court and parties
• Served as co-Trustee of the $11 billion Subrogation Wildfire Trust established as part of PG&E’s Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization to compensate insurance carriers for indemnity payments made in connection with the 2017 and 2018 California wildfires; responsibilities included overseeing the administration of tens of thousands of claims submitted by insurance companies and their assignees, assessing eligibility and determining awards, ensuring the timely distribution of Trust funds to eligible recipients, managing Trust operations and preparing periodic progress reports for stakeholders
• Served as court-ordered Independent Redress Administrator for a major publisher in connection with the resolution of a civil enforcement action brought by the FTC; responsibilities included validating the scope of impacted consumers entitled to restitution under the settlement agreement, developing and administering a claims program for 35,000 eligible consumers and drafting periodic progress reports
• Served in a court-appointed independent oversight and reporting role for a global automobile manufacturer’s multibillion-dollar remedial program, undertaken as part of the resolution of consumer protection and environmental matters arising from consolidated plaintiff class action litigation and civil enforcement actions brought by the DOJ, EPA, FTC and other government agencies; prepared periodic progress reports for the court and stakeholders
• Served as part of the agency-appointed independent monitor leadership team overseeing contractor compliance with regulatory and contractual requirements for a multibillion-dollar Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“MTA”) infrastructure project in New York City; prepared periodic progress reports for agency review and stakeholder oversight