Alexandra Peterson joined Ankura Consulting as a managing director based in New York. Peterson will practice with the firm’s Investigations & Accounting Advisory group.

Peterson joins Ankura with more than nine years of experience directing large-scale investigations, conducting due diligence and providing litigation support across multiple industries. She has compliance and monitor-ship experience, including assessment of internal controls and review, as well as the creation and implementation of compliance procedures and training programs at multinational companies and financial institutions. She has also managed internal investigations related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

Before joining Ankura, Peterson was manager of Monitoring and Investigations at Guidepost Solutions, where she focused on regulatory compliance and corporate integrity monitoring. Previously, she practiced law in New York.

Philip Daddona, Ankura co-president, stated, “Alexandra’s background is a strong addition to our collective investigations and accounting advisory services group as well as our growing independent services practice. She is a natural fit to Ankura’s core values of culture-based integrity, collaborative instincts, interdisciplinary depth and proven experience.”

Ankura Consulting is an independent business advisory firm with practices in Investigations & Accounting Advisory, Litigation & Disputes, Regulatory & Contractual Compliance, Risk, Resilience & Geopolitical and Turnaround & Restructuring.