Sean Qiao

Sean Qiao is a member of the Corporate Finance & Restructuring practice at FTI Consulting and is based in Shanghai, China. Mr. Qiao has more than 12 years of experience advising multinational companies and investors in the United States and China. Areas of Mr. Qiao’s experience include transaction advisory, restructuring, interim management, investment banking and capital solutions. He is fluent in Mandarin and English.

Mr. Qiao has led and participated in a wide range of transactions across the deal lifecycle. He has served as an advisor on all aspects of M&A transactions, including identification of acquisition targets, analysis of financial and operational synergies, due diligence and buy- and sell-side mandates. His experience not only covers strategic and financial planning prior to the transaction close, but also post-merger integration and business transformation to help investors implement investment strategies. His diversified experience makes him a unique advisor to assist investors in making investment decisions and realizing expected returns. Some of the private equity investors and lenders that Mr. Qiao has worked with include TPG, Oaktree, Fortress, Apollo, Chatham Asset Management, Platinum Equity, Antares, BNP Paribas and Goldman Sachs.

Mr. Qiao is also experienced in advising companies and creditors in corporate restructuring with responsibilities including business plan review and development, cash flow forecast and management, the development and preparation of plans of reorganization, identification and implementation of cost reductions and distressed assets marketing and sales.

Prior to moving back to Shanghai, Mr. Qiao had spent more than a decade in the United States to provide strategic, financial and operational solutions to enterprises and their related stakeholders. He has served as interim CFO for a media company and led the finance transformation office for a Fortune 500 company in the United States.

Mr. Qiao holds a B.S. in Finance from Sun Yat-sen University and an M.B.A from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is a CFA Charterholder, a U.S. Certified Insolvency & Restructuring Advisor, a Certified Financial Planning and Analysis Professional and licensed with HKSFC (Type 1).