FTI Consulting expands risk capabilities with Dylan Ryan and Jerome Nyssen
FTI Consulting has expanded its risk capabilities in Australia with Dylan Ryan and Jerome Nyssen, who together bring nearly five decades of experience to the firm.
Appointed a Senior Managing Director in the Risk & Investigations practice, Dylan Ryan is a financial crime risk specialist with extensive experience advising organisations across banking, funds management, superannuation, insurance, media and telecommunications. He has deep expertise in anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorism financing (CTF), sanctions, compliance, fraud, scam risk, and anti-bribery and anti-corruption topics.
Ryan most recently served as Head of Financial Crime Risk at ANZ Bank, overseeing financial crime risk management across the Retail Bank, Business & Private Bank, and the Institutional Bank.
In his role at FTI Consulting, Ryan will support clients with financial crime matters, strengthening frameworks, responding to regulatory expectations and managing complex risk environments.
Commenting on his appointment, Ryan said, “I am excited to join FTI Consulting and begin this next chapter of my career. The firm’s reputation for helping clients navigate complex business, regulatory and risk challenges makes it an outstanding global platform to support organisations facing an increasingly dynamic financial crime landscape.”
Jerome Nyssen, meanwhile, has been named a Senior Managing Director in the Risk Advisory practice. He has in depth experience in risk, compliance and governance transformations in the financial services sector.
His career spans consulting, industry and technology, including as a Partner at Deloitte, Chief Strategy Officer at ReadiNow and Head of Risk at Resolution Group. “Jerome brings a rare combination of skills, having held senior leadership roles as a Big Four partner, an industry executive and a technology leader. That depth of perspective is exactly what our clients need right now,” said Mark Dewar, Australia Leader at FTI Consulting.
At FTI Consulting, Nyssen will focus on transforming risk, compliance and governance frameworks to meet heightened regulatory expectations, including those set by local regulators such as APRA and ASIC; digitising risk, compliance and governance capabilities through AI-enabled solutions; and designing AI strategies, risk and governance frameworks that give boards, regulators and executives confidence to embrace AI responsibly.
“Boards, executives, and the risk and compliance leaders who advise them are under real pressure: economic and political volatility, intensifying regulatory and accountability expectations, and an AI transition moving faster than most governance frameworks can keep pace with,” said Nyssen.
“When risk capability is genuinely tested, after a major incident, a regulatory intervention, or a high-stakes decision, what these leaders need is a senior, independent voice they can trust. What drew me to FTI Consulting is exactly that: deep expertise, real independence free from audit conflicts and software incentives, and a commitment to standing alongside risk leaders with experienced human judgment when the stakes are highest.”
