Full Name
Sophie Ross
Job Title
CEO
Company
FTI Consulting
Speaker Bio
Sophie Ross is a renowned executive in legal transformation, digital risk, and the strategic implementation of technology and AI to drive operational efficiencies and competitive advantage. She advises Fortune 1000 legal teams and their law firms, helping them harness the power of advanced technology to achieve their goals. Throughout her entrepreneurial career, Sophie has successfully built and led teams and businesses at the forefront of technological innovation in the legal industry, spanning emerging data and discovery to cutting-edge Agentic AI solutions.
Sophie Ross is Global CEO of FTI Technology, driving expertise and solutions in Digital Forensics, E-Discovery, Data Analytics/AI, Information Governance, Privacy, and Security, Compliance & Risk, Digital Assets & Blockchain, and Legal Operations offerings. Since her appointment to the role in 2016, she has led the growth and strategic transformation of the business through a more client-centric solutions to market, recruited leaders and launched new practices to address emerging digital risk needs, initiated innovation programs to test and adopt advanced technology, and expanded the company’s footprint across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. She is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.
Sophie joined FTI Consulting through its 2008 acquisition of Strategic Discovery Inc., a leader in the litigation discovery industry, where she served as the Chief Operating Officer. Prior to Strategic Discovery, she was Executive Vice President of Global Delivery & Operations at Freeborders Inc. (acquired by Symbio), an application outsourcing and software firm. She has also held strategic and operational roles at Revlon Inc. /MacAndrews & Forbes, and The Boston Consulting Group.
Sophie possesses an international and European background and is fluent in four languages. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Tel Aviv University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Sophie Ross is Global CEO of FTI Technology, driving expertise and solutions in Digital Forensics, E-Discovery, Data Analytics/AI, Information Governance, Privacy, and Security, Compliance & Risk, Digital Assets & Blockchain, and Legal Operations offerings. Since her appointment to the role in 2016, she has led the growth and strategic transformation of the business through a more client-centric solutions to market, recruited leaders and launched new practices to address emerging digital risk needs, initiated innovation programs to test and adopt advanced technology, and expanded the company’s footprint across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. She is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.
Sophie joined FTI Consulting through its 2008 acquisition of Strategic Discovery Inc., a leader in the litigation discovery industry, where she served as the Chief Operating Officer. Prior to Strategic Discovery, she was Executive Vice President of Global Delivery & Operations at Freeborders Inc. (acquired by Symbio), an application outsourcing and software firm. She has also held strategic and operational roles at Revlon Inc. /MacAndrews & Forbes, and The Boston Consulting Group.
Sophie possesses an international and European background and is fluent in four languages. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Tel Aviv University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
