Scott W. Carnahan

Scott Carnahan is a Senior Advisor to FTI Consulting, previously Senior Managing Director through March 2023, and is based in Irvine, California. Mr. Carnahan has more than 40 years of accounting, consulting and management experience in the financial institutions industry. He is a Certified Public Accountant with a focus on various types of financial institutions, including banks, non-banks, mortgage banking companies, independent finance companies, investment companies and captive finance companies which participate in commercial and consumer lending. While serving as a Partner at KPMG LLP from 1982 through 2007, he was responsible for the firm’s structured finance practice and assisted in the issuance of more than $2 trillion in structured transactions. In addition, Mr. Carnahan served as acting CFO at a publicly traded mortgage company and President of a national mortgage lender.

At KPMG Mr. Carnahan served as a Partner based in Southern California with responsibilities that included Audit Engagement Partner and specialized consulting for numerous large and small banks, captive finance and other financial institutions. He also served as a National Director of KPMG’s Advisory Services, directing audit and consulting resources on major projects nationally. He has significant SEC reporting experience including IPOs, debt and equity offerings and restatements. His clients have included many bank and consumer finance companies. He has specialized in all types of commercial and consumer finance including mortgages, auto, credit card and unsecured personal loans.

Mr. Carnahan has provided financial, regulatory compliance and accounting consulting services to a variety of financial institutions. He has also served as an arbitrator, expert witness and litigation consultant regarding accounting, financial reporting, complex securities, derivatives (swaps), loan loss policies/practices, factoring, complex/structured transactions and damages matters. He is currently a Board of Trustee member for a public mortgage REIT (PMT).