FTI Consulting has announced a series of senior appointments and promotions aimed at strengthening its strategic communications segment across Asia. The moves come amid rising cross-border deal activity and tightening regulatory scrutiny in the region.
Justin Teh (pictured left) has rejoined FTI Consulting as a senior director, based in Singapore, where he will support clients on strategic investor relations programmes and advise asset and wealth management firms across the region on issues management and corporate reputation strategies.
Teh is a financial communications specialist with extensive experience advising on complex, multi-stakeholder transactions, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), initial public offerings (IPOs), activism defence and restructurings. He first joined FTI Consulting in November 2022 and most recently served as senior director of strategic communications before departing in June last year.
In Hong Kong, Rita Fong (pictured right) has been promoted to managing director. In this role, she leads financial communications engagements in the city, specialising in deal advisory, investor relations and crisis management for listed companies. Fong also advises clients on a broad spectrum of M&A and special situations, including shareholder disputes, activism, proxy fights, hostile takeovers and restructurings.
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These appointments build on Jason Leow’s arrival in December 2025 as a senior managing director. Based in Singapore, Leow has more than 25 years of experience in financial communications, C-suite advisory and stakeholder engagement across Asia, Europe and the US.
This also follows Kainoa Blaisdell’s return to FTI Consulting as a managing director, based in Singapore. In this role, he advises companies in highly regulated, policy-driven sectors on high-stakes transactions, restructurings and crisis situations. Blaisdell brings extensive experience advising leading companies and sponsors on complex cross-border capital markets transactions and fundraisings, and his background also spans investment management, private markets research and financial journalism.
Tom Evrard, head of strategic communications, Asia at FTI Consulting, said: “These appointments and the promotion of Fong underscore our commitment to building the strongest financial communications and special situations bench in Asia. Blaisdell and Teh both bring deep sector expertise and proven track records in advising clients through complex transactions and reputation challenges.”
“Combined with Leow’s market leadership and Fong’s extensive transaction experience, we are exceptionally well-positioned to help clients navigate Asia’s highly dynamic transaction landscape. With increasing deal complexity, cross-border activity, and heightened regulatory scrutiny, clients need advisors who truly understand – and that is exactly what this team brings,” Evrard added.
Mark McCall, global head of strategic communications, FTI Consulting, said: “In an environment of heightened deal activity, aggressive shareholder scrutiny and complex special situations, clients demand advisors who can move with precision, speed and deep market intelligence. This strengthened team in Asia significantly enhances our global M&A and activism offering, delivering seamless cross-border support and data-driven strategies that protect and create value for clients.”
“As Asia remains a critical driver of global deal flow, this integrated capability ensures clients receive regionally nuanced counsel across the full transaction lifecycle,” he added.
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