Marc-Philip Ferzan

Marc-Philip 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 fiduciary oversight, mass claims administration, independent monitoring, and periodic court and stakeholder reporting.

Equipped with diverse corporate, law firm, private equity and government client experience, Marc has also undertaken several leadership roles to advance organizational priorities. As part of a dynamic start-up PE-backed consulting firm, he led what became the global Risk, Forensics & Compliance business group. He also co-chaired the firm’s management committee, recruited top-tier professionals, evaluated acquisition targets and helped integrate businesses. Also in this role, Marc led town halls and other firmwide meetings and contributed to the implementation of several culture-based growth and development initiatives. Now at FTI Consulting, Marc serves as a member of the firm’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 banking, securities, healthcare, 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 cyber crime 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 front office 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 governance and compliance protocols to enhance efficiencies and curb waste, fraud and abuse; facilitated independent monitoring and reporting under legislative requirements; 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.