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Protiviti Strengthens Litigation, Restructuring and Investigative Services Practice With Strategic Hire of Former Gordius Consulting Principals

Posted on: Wednesday, 25 February 2009, 14:35 CST

Michael Thompson, Wayne Wilson and staff join Protiviti in Houston

HOUSTON, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The Houston office of Protiviti Inc., a global business consulting and internal audit firm, announces that Michael Thompson and Wayne Wilson have joined the company as managing directors in the Litigation, Restructuring and Investigative Services (LRIS) practice. In their new roles, Thompson and Wilson will help Protiviti meet increasing client requests - both in Houston and across the country - for services such as forensics, electronic discovery, litigation consulting, merger and acquisition due diligence, fraud risk management, financial investigations and international arbitration.

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Michael Thompson has more than 20 years of accounting and forensics experience in financial and engineering services. Serving clients throughout the world, he has provided fraud investigation, crisis management accounting, claims consulting, and expert testimonial services with a focus in accounting and finance.

Thompson joins Protiviti from Gordius Consulting, a boutique consulting firm in Houston that he co-founded and that specialized in litigation and investigation services for the energy and financial services industries. Prior to Gordius, he was a managing director with Alvarez & Marsal, a turnaround and bankruptcy consulting firm, where he performed a variety of forensic accounting services. Thompson also served as president and CEO of Engineering and Fire Investigations, a forensic engineering and environmental services firm. Thompson began his forensics career with Crawford & Company, where he performed forensic accounting services such as insurance claims, vendor compliance and fraud investigations in the United States, Europe and Africa.

Thompson received a bachelor's of business administration degree in accounting from Georgia Southwestern University. He is a CPA and holds the Accreditation in Business Valuation designation from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). Thompson is also a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and a member of The Institute of Internal Auditors, the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the AICPA.

Wayne Wilson has more than 16 years of experience in public accounting, consulting and finance. He has served a broad array of organizations, providing international consulting services and expert testimony with a focus in accounting and finance within the energy industry. Wilson's expertise includes damages calculations, valuations, lost profits analyses, SEC and fraud investigations, and other regulatory and internal inquiries.

Before joining Protiviti, Wilson was also a co-founder of Gordius Consulting and a managing director with Alvarez & Marsal. Prior to that, he was a director at Navigant Consulting, where he helped build its Houston operation. Previously, Wilson worked at a Big Four firm.

Wilson earned a master of science degree in accounting from the University of Illinois and a bachelor's degree in accounting from Cameron University. He is a CPA and a member of the Houston World Affairs Council, the Institute for Transnational Arbitration, Transnational Dispute Management, the American Society of International Law, and the Institute for Energy Law.

Three other staff members of Gordius Consulting have also joined Protiviti's Litigation, Restructuring and Investigative Services practice. Casey Ballard comes aboard as an associate director and Sandra Weisbrod and Meredith Alfred join as a senior manager and a senior consultant, respectively.

About Protiviti

Protiviti (www.protiviti.com) is a global business consulting and internal audit firm composed of experts specializing in risk, advisory and transaction services. The firm helps solve problems in finance and transactions, operations, technology, litigation, governance, risk, and compliance. Protiviti's highly trained, results-oriented professionals provide a unique perspective on a wide range of critical business issues for clients in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East.

Protiviti has more than 60 locations worldwide and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Half International Inc. Founded in 1948, Robert Half International is a member of the S&P 500 index.

Protiviti is not licensed or registered as a public accounting firm and does not issue opinions on financial statements or offer attestation services.

SOURCE Protiviti Inc.

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