Alexandria, Va. — ABI announces that Rachel Chesley of FTI Consulting, Inc. (New York) has been selected as one of ABI’s “40 Under 40,” ABI’s award program that recognizes 40 of the top insolvency industry professionals under the age of 40. The honorees will be recognized at a special ceremony on Dec. 1 at ABI’s 2023 Winter Leadership Conference at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Chesley is a senior managing director with FTI Consulting, Inc. and leads the restructuring offering within the company’s Strategic Communications segment, providing counsel to companies, boards of directors, lenders, creditors and buyers as they prepare for, execute and emerge from financial restructuring or reorganization. She frequently leads complex mandates involving international operations, workforce reductions, litigation-related cases and/or transactions executed through § 363 sale processes. Chesley co-chairs the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation’s New York Chapter, and in 2021 she received an Emerging Leaders Award from The M&A Advisor. She also has been listed as one of Business Insider’s 15 Top Financial Public Relations Experts for 2020 and one of Consulting Magazine’s “Rising Stars of the Profession” for 2020, and she received PR Week’s Outstanding Young Professional award in 2018. Outside of restructuring, Chesley has led strategic transactions, merger-integration processes, executive transitions, workforce reductions and issues-management across a variety of industries and companies. Before entering the restructuring field, she was a high school English teacher in Newark, N.J., through Teach For America.

Chesley coaches four team members and spends a lot of her spare time in the office mentoring her team, which is largely comprised of young women. She also has continued her interest and support of education in client work for independent schools in New York City and Chicago, philanthropic and volunteer work with organizations like the Bubble Foundation (now Edible Schoolyard), and pro bono projects for clients.

“The members of the 2023 class are an inspiration for the commitment, creativity and ingenuity that they demonstrate in both their careers and communities,” said ABI Executive Director Amy Quackenboss. “This diverse collection of honorees is comprised of future leaders that will drive ABI and the insolvency community forward.”

The “40 Under 40” winners are distinguished by professional achievements and service and were selected by a group of experienced professionals from ABI’s current leadership. Now in its seventh year, the goal of ABI’s “40 under 40” award program is not simply to create a one-time ceremony, but to fully engage those selected as future leaders in the insolvency profession and to build on the initiative each year.

Click here to view the full list of the 2023 “40 Under 40” honorees.

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