Ali Karami-Ruiz

Ali Karami-Ruiz is a Senior Managing Director and leads FTI Consulting’s Global Issues practice, which translates external consumer and regulatory developments and the drivers behind them into corporate growth strategies.

Mr. Karami-Ruiz regularly partners with general counsel, corporate affairs groups, and strategy and risk executives to grasp how the interaction among global trends, influencers and platforms impact operations across markets. He advises on the cross-functional design and implementation of enterprise-level strategies spanning highly regulated sectors including health, financial services, luxury and consumer goods, and technology.

The Group of 20 (“G20”), Group of Seven (“G7”), United Nations (“UN”) and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) are some of the platforms where Mr. Karami-Ruiz has brokered high-impact interventions for business success. As a former business spokesperson, he defended various industries in international settings with ministers and regulators from more than 50 countries, consumer groups, trade unions and social influencers.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Karami-Ruiz was a Senior Director and Member of the Executive Committee at “Business at OECD,” the business group that represents the private sector at the OECD. He also previously held international roles in Geneva on crisis communications and corporate affairs.