Ms. Cynthia Romano

Cynthia Romano, CTP is a senior managing director at FTI Consulting, Inc. in New York, and she has specialized in transformations, turnarounds and transactions that enhance liquidity, profitability and enterprise value for more than 25 years. Her industry experience spans health care, manufacturing, technology, energy and oil and gas, distribution, restaurants, professional services and nonprofit engagements. Partnering with CEO-level management, Ms. Romano helps companies transform their bottom line to maximize value for owners, investors and other stakeholders. Her expertise includes liquidity management, profit improvement through operational restructuring, organizational and process redesign, capital-sourcing, and business and creditor workout and management. Ms. Romano has been recognized with multiple prestigious industry awards, including the 2021 Turnaround of the Year by Global M&A Network, the 2020 Turnaround and Transaction of the Year by the Turnaround Management Association, and the 2020 Out-of-Court Restructuring of the Year by Global M&A Network. In 2021, she was named one of the top women in asset-based lending by the ABF Journal. Ms. Romano is a frequent speaker for various industry associations on a wide range of topics and is regularly quoted in major news and business outlets, including Bloomberg, Debtwire, CFO.com, Accounting Today and Modern Healthcare. She received her B.A. in educational policy in 1993 and her M.B.A. in international management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management in 2002.