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    What FTI Consulting (FCN)'s CFO Succession Plan Means For Shareholders

    Simply Wall St·08/14/2025 07:57:11
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    • FTI Consulting recently announced that Chief Financial Officer Ajay Sabherwal will leave the company on September 12, 2025, with Paul Linton, Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer, to serve as interim CFO while a search for a permanent replacement is underway.
    • This leadership transition has prompted discussion about the impact of CFO stability on investor confidence and the company’s long-term financial direction.
    • We’ll explore how the appointment of an interim CFO could affect FTI Consulting’s investment narrative and future outlook.

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    FTI Consulting Investment Narrative Recap

    To be a shareholder in FTI Consulting, you need to believe in the firm’s ability to capture ongoing demand for regulatory, forensic, and crisis advisory services as global complexity rises. The recent CFO departure and interim appointment is sparking some volatility but does not appear likely to change the company’s most important near-term catalyst, new regulatory-driven demand, nor does it substantially increase the key risk around talent integration and cost management for now. While leadership stability is always important, the immediate impact on business fundamentals seems limited.

    A closely related announcement is the recent appointment of Martin Tupila as Senior Managing Director in Singapore to strengthen FTI’s forensic and investigations offering in Asia. This reinforces FTI’s ongoing expansion into international markets, which aligns with catalysts like rising compliance demand and the need to diversify revenue streams, and may help smooth out risk from earnings volatility in cyclical segments.

    However, in contrast, investors should be aware that uncertainty around key executive transitions can create...

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    FTI Consulting's narrative projects $4.3 billion in revenue and $358.3 million in earnings by 2028. This requires 5.3% yearly revenue growth and a $108.6 million earnings increase from the current $249.7 million.

    Uncover how FTI Consulting's forecasts yield a $185.00 fair value, a 9% upside to its current price.

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    FCN Earnings & Revenue Growth as at Aug 2025
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    Simply Wall St Community fair value opinions total just one, clustering at US$185 with no range, suggesting consensus on current valuation. Yet the open question of leadership continuity and its effect on integrating new talent highlights why your view on FTI’s management stability could drive very different conclusions.

    Explore another fair value estimate on FTI Consulting - why the stock might be worth as much as 9% more than the current price!

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