Brett Witherell

Mr. Witherell has managed currency exposure both in an international currency hedging program for a Fortune 200 company and within a commercial banking environment. He also has significant restructuring experience, having restructured over $900 million in non-performing commercial real estate loans and helping to lead a $15 billion mortgage lending and servicing company through the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process.

Mr. Witherell’s experience ranges across a variety of finance areas, from treasury and cash management to FP&A and strategy. Sample engagements include:

• Responsible for cash management, collateral segregation, and liquidity reporting for a $15 billion mortgage servicing company throughout the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process
• Redesigned the corporate cost allocations structure for a $10 billion auto rental company, improving transparency, reducing complexity, and removing more than $2 billion in annual allocated costs
• Completed a business plan review of a $700 million grocery retailer, including an analysis of operational and liquidity enhancing initiatives, store-by-store profit and loss analyses, and enhancements to working capital
• Conducted an earnings, business plan, and operational review of a $30 million newspaper publisher in advance of a private equity buyout

Before consulting, Mr. Witherell was employed as a vice president at Anglo Irish Bank, where he was heavily involved in the operation to wind down the bank’s entire $9 billion US loan portfolio, and in 2011 he helped close the sale to multiple buyers. He also has over seven years of experience working in finance positions for a large Fortune 200 technology company.

Mr. Witherell is a CFA Charterholder and is a member of the Boston Security Analysts’ Society, Turnaround Management Association, American Bankruptcy Institute, and CFA Institute.

Employment History

FTI Consulting
Senior director
2011 – 2016

Anglo Irish Bank
Vice president
2007 – 2011

EMC Corporation
Senior treasury analyst
2000 – 2007

Professional Affiliations

CFA Institute

Boston Security Analysts Society

Turnaround Management Association

American Bankruptcy Institute