Roger Carlile is the Founder and Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ankura Consulting Group, LLC (“Ankura”), a global business advisory company with more than $550 million in revenue and more than 1,500 employees based in Washington, DC. He has more than 35 years of professional services experience, including more than 20 years in senior leadership positions for both publicly-owned and privately-held businesses.
Carlile founded Ankura in 2014 with the vision of providing senior-level counsel to its clients based on an understanding of the challenges and opportunities faced by them. As a result, Ankura offers a wide range of business advisory services focused in the areas of legal, risk and compliance, and corporate strategy and performance.
Carlile’s board and executive leadership positions have included responsibilities for setting strategy, growing and leading businesses, and helping clients overcome complex business challenges involving investigations, litigations, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory issues, reputation management, strategic communications, and corporate restructurings.
Prior to founding Ankura, Carlile served as the Chief Financial Officer at FTI Consulting from April 2010 to September 2014, where he was responsible for the finance, accounting, tax, treasury, and investor relations functions for the global public company. In addition to his position as a CFO, Carlile retained the duties of his previous roles as Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Human Resources officer at FTI Consulting. In this capacity, he oversaw the global administrative and infrastructure functions that supported the business and its employees — including facilities, technology, and procurement — as well as all other responsibilities for the global human resources function. Carlile also previously served as the global leader of FTI Consulting’s forensic and litigation consulting practice.
Prior to FTI Consulting, Carlile was the global and Americas Leader of KPMG’s forensic services practice. He also held positions at Pricewaterhouse, Rauscher Pierce Refsnes, and Deloitte Haskins & Sells.