Julie Ryan

As vice president of talent, Julie is responsible for driving the implementation and achievement of all talent-related strategies to deliver a coordinated, connected, and positive experience for team members that supports profitability and creates competitive advantage. She provides talent guidance to the business and provides leadership for the organization’s talent function, including talent acquisition, talent services and operations, learning and development, workforce management and total rewards. Julie’s talent leadership philosophy is oriented around optimizing people-centered activities that attract, engage, develop, reward and retain top talent. She, along with the collective talent team, is responsible for linking the people-side to the business-side through building individual competence, team collaboration, leadership capabilities and enhancing organizational effectiveness that reinforce FTI’s people-focused culture, values and beliefs.

Julie was previously executive vice president and chief people officer at Brown & Brown Insurance prior to joining FTI. Her prior human resources experience spans the manufacturing, automotive and aerospace industries. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and SPHR and SHRM-SCP human resources professional certifications.