Biography

Carlyn R. Taylor has been a director since June 2022. Ms. Taylor has been the Chief Growth Officer at FTI Consulting, Inc. (“FTI”), a global business advisory firm, since 2023. In that role she is responsible for the firm’s AI and cross segment technology strategies as well as other growth initiatives such as its Private Equity practice. Ms. Taylor also is the Global CoLeader of Corporate Finance, the largest division of FTI, since 2016, and has also served on FTI’s Executive Committee since 2011. Within Corporate Finance, Ms. Taylor leads the global Business Transformation, Strategy and Transactions practices and has led hundreds of engagements helping companies improve their strategy, enhance their financial performance and execute on M&A transactions. Ms. Taylor is also responsible for the firm’s Industry specializations, of which Food & Beverage and Consumer Products are two of the dozen industry groups reporting to her. Since 2017, Ms. Taylor has also served as a Chairperson of FTI Capital Advisors, an investment banking subsidiary of FTI Consulting. From 2002 to 2016, she held various leadership roles at FTI Consulting and its affiliates. Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Ms. Taylor spent 12 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers, first as a consultant in Price Waterhouse from 1990 to 1998 and then as a partner from 1998 to 2002, where she founded and led the Telecommunication industry practice within the Financial Advisory Services group. Ms. Taylor is a licensed CPA and an ABV (valuation credential) and used to hold investment banking licenses from FINRA.