Mr. Andrew Scruton

Andrew Scruton, CTP is a senior managing director with FTI Consulting, Inc. in New York in its Corporate Finance/Restructuring segment. He has more than 25 years of experience as a financial advisor to both companies and creditors, and he has an extensive background managing distressed or troubled corporate situations, both in and out-of-court. Mr. Scruton has experience in the energy, shipping, tele-communications, manufacturing, retail and consumer product industries. He also has expertise in analyzing critical strategic, operational and financial factors, including business plan assessment, financial performance and forecast evaluation, and financing and capital structure evaluation. He also specializes in designing and developing restructuring theories and solutions, using refined analytical techniques, assessing business prospects and credit risk in a diverse range of situations, and issuing recommendations based on syntheses of relevant factors, which include industry outlook, cyclicality, maturity and competitive dynamics. Mr. Scruton has restructuring transaction experience in bankruptcy proceedings in the U.S., Europe and Caribbean. He has designed and developed sophisticated financial models to assist in the assessment of potential recoveries to constituencies. He also has written expert reports and/or testified in numerous high-profile chapter 11 proceedings, including Energy XXI, Motors Liquidation(formerly GM), Nextel International and Adelphia. Mr. Scruton is a Fellow of the Institute of CharteredAccountants in England and Wales, and previously held NASD-registered licenses 7, 24 and 63 fromDecember 2004 to June 2006 with Giuliani Capital Advisors. He received his M.A. in mathematics and management studies from Cambridge University.