Personal bio
Braden Billiet is a Senior Managing Director in the Economic and Financial Consulting practice of FTI Consulting. He is based in Seoul, where he leads FTI’s Economic and Financial Consulting practice in Korea. Braden joined FTI Consulting in 2010 and previously worked in the London and Singapore offices. Braden specializes in valuation and the assessment of complex damages in cases of litigation and international arbitration. He has been appointed as an expert in M&A, joint venture, business interruption, manufacturing / distribution, and licensing disputes, and he has given oral testimony. In addition, he has managed valuations and prepared reports for a range of other matters, contentious and non-contentious. Braden is recognized as a leading expert witness in Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration (2019-2022), in which he has also been selected as a Thought Leader. He is described as “by far the strongest quantum expert based in Korea, and one of the best in all of Asia” and “very bright, sharp on his feet and extremely knowledgeable” (WWL 2021). Braden has worked across a wide range of industries including automobiles, banking, chemicals, computer games, construction, consumer goods, energy & power, hospitality, infrastructure, insurance, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals, telecoms, and tobacco in cases before the courts of Bahrain, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Singapore, and the UK as well as in CIETAC, HKIAC, ICC, ICSID, JCAA, KCAB, PCA, SIAC, and UNCITRAL arbitrations and in mediations. Braden holds a BA in Economics with a minor in International Relations from Cornell University. As part of his undergraduate studies, he spent one year on the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics course at the University of Oxford. Braden also holds an MPhil in Finance from the University of Cambridge. Braden is a CFA Charterholder, a CAIA Charterholder, a CVA Charterholder, and a Member of CIArb.