Navigant Appoints Kevin Blakely, Financial Services Executive, to Its Board of Directors
May 20 2016 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Navigant (NYSE:NCI) announced today the appointment of Kevin
Blakely to its Board of Directors. Blakely brings more than 40
years of financial services experience to Navigant’s board, having
held several senior positions, including Chief Risk Officer at
KeyCorp and Huntington Bancshares, and CEO of the Risk Management
Association. Blakely is highly regarded as one of the country’s
leading financial risk management experts.
Most recently, Blakely served as Senior Advisor and a member of
Oliver Wyman’s Advisory Board of Directors, where he provided
strategic input for the organization’s Financial Institutions
practice. He was also a Senior Advisor to Deloitte, where he served
Systemically Important Financial Institutions (SIFI) by providing
risk management, governance, regulatory enforcement, compliance and
Dodd-Frank implementation consulting services.
Blakely is a member of the Board of Directors of HSBC’s North
American subsidiary, where he serves as Chair of the Compliance
Committee and is a member of both the Fiduciary and Risk
Committees.
“Kevin’s wealth of relevant experiences, strategic insights and
relationships within the regulated financial services sector will
serve us well as we continue to grow our market leadership in
advising companies addressing the challenges of regulatory pressure
and related transformational impacts to their operating models,”
stated Julie Howard, Navigant’s Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer. “We are pleased to welcome Kevin, and we look forward to
his contributions as a member of the board.”
Blakely holds a bachelor's degree in finance from Southern
Illinois University and a master's degree in business
administration from Case Western Reserve University.
About Navigant
Navigant Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: NCI) is a specialized, global
professional services firm that helps clients take control of their
future. Navigant’s professionals apply deep industry knowledge,
substantive technical expertise, and an enterprising approach to
help clients build, manage and/or protect their business interests.
With a focus on markets and clients facing transformational change
and significant regulatory or legal pressures, the Firm primarily
serves clients in the healthcare, energy and financial services
industries. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing,
and technology/analytics services, Navigant’s practitioners bring
sharp insight that pinpoints opportunities and delivers powerful
results. More information about Navigant can be found at
navigant.com.
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the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
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the date of this press release. The Company cautions readers that
there may be events in the future that the Company is not able to
accurately predict or control and the information contained in the
forward-looking statements is inherently uncertain and subject to a
number of risks that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those contained in or implied by the
forward-looking statements including, without limitation: the
success of the Company’s organizational changes and margin
improvement initiatives; risks inherent in international
operations, including foreign currency fluctuations; ability to
make acquisitions and divestitures; pace, timing and integration of
acquisitions and separation of divestitures; operational risks
associated with new or expanded service areas, including revenue
cycle management; impairment charges; management of professional
staff, including dependence on key personnel, recruiting, attrition
and the ability to successfully integrate new consultants into the
Company’s practices; utilization rates; conflicts of interest;
potential loss of clients or large engagements; clients’ financial
condition and their ability to make payments to the Company; risks
inherent with litigation; higher risk client assignments;
professional liability; potential legislative and regulatory
changes; continued access to capital; and market and general
economic conditions. Further information on these and other
potential factors that could affect the Company’s financial results
are included under the “Risk Factors” section and elsewhere in the
Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC), which are available on the SEC’s website or at
www.navigant.com/investor_relations. The Company cannot guarantee
any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievement
and undertakes no obligation to update any of its forward-looking
statements.
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