FTI Consulting, Inc. announced the continued expansion of its global Aviation practice with the appointment of Frank Martin as a Senior Managing Director within the Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment. Mr. Martin, who is based in Frankfurt, brings more than 25 years of experience in the aviation industry. He has advised commercial airlines, aircraft and engine manufacturers, businesses within the aviation supply chain, lessors and investors on a range of strategic issues, particularly in technical operations.

He also helps clients with value-creation projects, including cost reduction, process optimisation, contract negotiations, restructurings and workforce planning. Throughout his career, Mr. Martin has worked globally as a consultant and senior advisor for leading aviation industry companies. In his role at FTI Consulting, Mr. Martin will focus on expanding the firm?s aviation offering and providing clients with tech ops transformation advice to support the delivery of large-scale transformations and restructurings.

Before joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Martin was the global maintenance, repair and overhaul (?MRO?) lead for the aviation practice of a global management consultancy firm. Prior to this, Mr. Martin served as a Partner at Seabury Consulting and was a Vice President at the Swiss SR Technics Group, an MRO service provider to the aviation industry. He also worked for Airbus, Lufthansa and Iberia.

Mr. Martin?s appointment further builds on the firm?s investments in aviation industry talent, which includes a global cast of senior aviation professionals with restructuring, business transformation and merger integration expertise and in-depth functional capabilities in human capital, commercial, network, ground operations, capital raise, strategic communications for airlines, airline-related business entities and aerospace.