Shaun O’Callaghan is a senior managing director in the FTI Corporate Finance practice and is based in London. Mr. O’Callaghan has more than 20 years experience as an advisor, executive and board director in the management of change in difficult and uncertain circumstances. He has worked with companies to resolve difficult lending situations and at board level to deliver complex, cross-border restructuring assignments. He works with both public and sponsor-backed companies on preparing for refinancing and debt advisory issues.
Experience
Mr. O’Callaghan also advises international companies on how they can lead their people through changing economic conditions. Clients include the Carlsberg Group and two of the top five FTSE 100 companies.
Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. O’Callaghan was an executive director and interim chief financial officer of a listed international retailer and manufacturer, which had suffered a major operational crisis, requiring stabilization and a rebuilding of trust with investors and creditors. The group employed over 13,000 people and operated stores and manufacturing sites in Europe, the U.S. and China.
Mr. O’Callaghan was previously the lead partner for KPMG’s strategic and operational restructuring practice, based in London. He helped international companies build robust restructuring plans and advised lenders on the validity of the business and finance assumptions in plans submitted to support a refinancing. He led major projects in the airline, retail and technology sectors.
In financial services, Mr. O’Callaghan was part of a three person team responsible for the restructuring of a life assurance business prior to its $7 billion floatation on the London stock exchange.
Mr. O’Callaghan is the published author of “Turnaround Leadership: Making Decisions, Rebuilding Trust and Delivering Results after a Crisis,” Kogan Page, 2010.
Mr. O’Callaghan holds an M.A. from Oxford University. He is a chartered accountant and a graduate of the advanced management program at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and the senior executive programme at London Business School.