Key Takeaways
- • FTI Consulting appoints Jeffrey Hecht as Senior Managing Director to lead the firm's Private Equity Tax and Advisory Services division, leveraging his 30+ years of professional services experience in the alternative asset management sector.
- • Hecht brings institutional-scale leadership credentials: he previously led EY's Global Private Equity Tax practice with over 5,000 professionals across 145 countries and more than $2 billion in annual revenue, achieving double-digit annual growth.
- • His expertise spans complex domestic and international tax planning, regulatory compliance, transaction structuring, and portfolio optimization for private equity sponsors, multi-asset managers, and alternative investment firms across North America and international markets.
- • Hecht's career trajectory includes co-founding Wave Energy Capital (renewable energy investment platform), leading EY's Americas Private Equity Tax division with 1,000+ professionals, serving as New York Financial Services Real Estate Tax Leader at KPMG, and beginning his career at Arthur Andersen.
- • The appointment signals FTI Consulting's strategic commitment to expanding its alternative asset management advisory footprint, particularly in tax efficiency and compliance services for the private equity industry.
Summary
FTI Consulting has appointed Jeffrey Hecht as Senior Managing Director to lead its Private Equity Tax and Advisory Services business. Hecht brings more than three decades of professional services experience advising private equity firms, multi-asset managers, and alternative investment organizations on complex transactions, tax planning, portfolio optimization, and regulatory compliance across the investment lifecycle.
Hecht's most recent role was co-managing partner and founder of Wave Energy Capital, an energy investment firm focused on utility-scale clean energy projects. His prior tenure at EY demonstrates institutional-scale leadership: he served as Global Private Equity Tax Leader, overseeing a practice encompassing more than 5,000 professionals across 145 countries with annual revenue exceeding $2 billion. Under his leadership, the global practice achieved consistent double-digit annual revenue growth. Previously, as Americas Private Equity Tax Leader at EY, he managed a team of more than 1,000 professionals and helped establish private equity as one of the firm's fastest-growing sectors. Before EY, he held the position of New York Financial Services Real Estate Tax Leader at KPMG and began his career at Arthur Andersen.
In his current role at FTI Consulting, Hecht advises sponsors, portfolio companies, and other stakeholders on large-scale tax, regulatory, and compliance initiatives. His work encompasses transaction and investment structure optimization, domestic and international engagements, and portfolio performance enhancement across private equity, alternative investment, real estate, infrastructure, and renewable energy sectors. This appointment underscores FTI Consulting's strategic focus on building advisory capabilities for the alternative asset management sector, particularly in tax efficiency and regulatory compliance services for institutional investors and private equity operators.
Hecht's most recent role was co-managing partner and founder of Wave Energy Capital, an energy investment firm focused on utility-scale clean energy projects. His prior tenure at EY demonstrates institutional-scale leadership: he served as Global Private Equity Tax Leader, overseeing a practice encompassing more than 5,000 professionals across 145 countries with annual revenue exceeding $2 billion. Under his leadership, the global practice achieved consistent double-digit annual revenue growth. Previously, as Americas Private Equity Tax Leader at EY, he managed a team of more than 1,000 professionals and helped establish private equity as one of the firm's fastest-growing sectors. Before EY, he held the position of New York Financial Services Real Estate Tax Leader at KPMG and began his career at Arthur Andersen.
In his current role at FTI Consulting, Hecht advises sponsors, portfolio companies, and other stakeholders on large-scale tax, regulatory, and compliance initiatives. His work encompasses transaction and investment structure optimization, domestic and international engagements, and portfolio performance enhancement across private equity, alternative investment, real estate, infrastructure, and renewable energy sectors. This appointment underscores FTI Consulting's strategic focus on building advisory capabilities for the alternative asset management sector, particularly in tax efficiency and regulatory compliance services for institutional investors and private equity operators.
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