FTI Consulting Inc. announced the appointment of Dr. Stefan Heissner as a Senior Managing Director in its Forensic and Litigation Consulting segment in Germany, effective 1 July 2024. Dr. Heissner, who had a 15-year career with the German police force and spent five years as a detective in white-collar crime and corruption, will help clients investigate fraud and compliance matters and advise boards and senior leaders on corporate compliance and regulatory engagement. Dr. Heissner will lead the Forensic Accounting & Fraud Investigations offering and its growth in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, also known as the DACH region.

He will also lead the broader Forensic and Litigation Consulting segment in DACH, will sit on the segment?s Europe, Middle East and Africa leadership team and be a member of FTI Consulting?s EMEA leadership group. Dr. Heissner joins FTI Consulting in Düsseldorf from PwC, where he co-led the Risk and Regulatory Consulting practice in Germany and led Forensic Services in EMEA. After his service in the German police force, he joined KPMG, where he led Global Forensic Intelligence Services.

He also served as the Global Markets Leader and the German and EMEIA Forensics and Integrity practice leader at EY. Dr. Heissner has two degrees and a Ph.D. in Economics. He left the police as a Detective Superintendent and is a Certified Fraud Examiner of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners in the United States.