Michael McGillicuddy, CPA, CFE

Mike McGillicuddy is a Managing Director in FTI Consulting’s Risk & Investigations practice and brings more than 28 years of experience leading complex financial crime investigations, assessing economic damages and supporting litigation matters across the public and private sectors.

Mr. McGillicuddy is a former Supervisory Special Agent and senior leader with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where he investigated a broad range of economic crimes, including securities and commodities fraud, investment fraud, cryptocurrency-related schemes, bank fraud, mass marketing fraud, elder fraud, money laundering and public corruption. In this role, he provided testimony in grand jury proceedings, pre-trial hearings, trials and sentencings and worked closely with the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Offices, regulators and domestic and foreign law enforcement agencies. During his tenure at the FBI Headquarters, Mr. McGillicuddy established the Bureau’s first dedicated money laundering unit and managed national programs focused on money laundering, financial institution fraud and asset forfeiture. He also led initiatives related to virtual currency and bank outreach, including the development of centralized virtual asset capabilities and the implementation of cryptocurrency tracing tools across FBI field offices.

Prior to his law enforcement career, Mr. McGillicuddy was a Director at Charles River Associates, where he provided valuation and litigation support services to domestic and international clients in intellectual property and complex commercial disputes. His work included lost profits, reasonable royalty analyses, price erosion and other economic damages calculations. He has also authored expert reports and provided deposition and trial testimony as an expert witness.

Mr. McGillicuddy has significant experience managing large, data-intensive engagements, translating complex financial and transactional data into clear, defensible findings for counsel, courts, regulators and corporate stakeholders. He is also an experienced trainer and speaker, having presented at financial crime and banking conferences and served as a guest lecturer in undergraduate, graduate and law school programs.

Mr. McGillicuddy holds a B.B.A. in Accountancy from the University of Notre Dame, magna cum laude, and is both a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Fraud Examiner. He has received multiple honors, including the U.S. Attorney’s Office Public Service Award and the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award.