Daniel M. Kokini is a senior managing director with FTI Consulting, Inc. in New York and specializes in restructuring. He has experience in mergers and acquisitions, leveraged finance, and equity and debt capital markets. Mr. Kokini has served as an advisor in many aspects of strategic, financial and operational restructuring on behalf of companies, creditors and shareholders, advising clients across a diverse range of industries that include consumer products, retail, restaurants, media, health care, manufacturing, real estate, gaming and transportation. He joined FTI Consulting with its acquisition of CDG Group in 2017. Prior to joining CDG Group, he had held positions in investment banking with Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. Mr. Kokini previously held FINRA Series 79 and 63 licenses. He serves on the board of directors of California Pizza Kitchen, where he chairs its Audit Committee, and he is an ABI member. Mr. Kokini received his B.S. cum laude in finance with a concentration in financial accounting from the Pennsylvania State University, where he was awarded the prestigious Ralph H. Wherry Smeal Student Service Award.