FMG Leading Appoints Head of Human Capital Due Diligence and Value Creation Leadership Practices
November 19, 2025 – Human capital advisory firm FMG Leading has expanded with the addition of seasoned healthcare consultant and executive leader Wayland Lum as managing director. The move broadens FMG Leading’s ability to serve its expanding base of investors and private equity-backed clients dedicated to improving the quality and affordability of the U.S. healthcare system. Mr. Lum will further strengthen the firm’s capabilities in executive assessment, growth strategy, and leadership effectiveness, and its offerings supporting pre-investment due diligence and post-investment organizational integrations.
Mr. Lum will head FMG Leading’s human capital due diligence and value creation leadership practices, focused on three interconnected areas that impact the firm’s growing private equity client base: optimizing leadership for measurable business outcomes; building direct connections between leadership investments and enterprise value; and exploring how emerging technologies can amplify human capability.
“At FMG Leading, we’re helping our clients position their firms ahead of market shifts,” said Matt Brubaker, chairman and CEO of FMG Leading. “To do so, they need leadership strategies as sophisticated as their deal structures. The addition of Wayland further enhances our clients’ ability to bridge the gap between human insight and business outcomes, allowing them to build organizations where leadership and performance are measurably linked and continuously driving value creation.”
As founder and former CEO of leadership advisory Copperbox, Mr. Lum brings to FMG Leading experience accelerating transformation, building scalable organizational infrastructure, and unlocking enterprise value for private equity investors and growth-oriented healthcare leadership teams. Mr. Lum previously served as a key member of Korn Ferry’s CEO and executive development practice, where he advised Fortune 500 executives and led global engagements focused on executive assessment, succession, and enterprise-wide leadership development.
“The FMG Leading team is uniquely positioned to set a new standard for healthcare value creation, quantifying human capital performance drivers to help clients assess and accelerate growth throughout their portfolios, ultimately leading to higher multiples at exit,” said Mr. Lum.
Related: FMG Leading Expands Healthcare Advisory Capabilities
FMG Leading is a human capital advisory firm that works alongside executives, boards and investors. The firm helps clients maximize human capital initiatives, drive transformative change and accelerate growth.
New President
Earlier this year, FMG Leading named Will Busch as president. In this new position, he leads FMG Leading’s growth and transformation efforts, positioning the firm to further expand its client reach. “Today’s healthcare leaders must heighten their focus on human capital to stay ahead of evolving, disruptive market forces,” said Mr. Brubaker. “With Will in the president’s seat, our team will be able to help even more organizations synchronize their talent and strategy, generating clinical, financial, and operational improvements that will, in turn, drive positive impacts across the healthcare system.”
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Mr. Busch first joined FMG Leading in 2020 after holding consulting leadership positions at large professional services firms, including Gallup and Korn Ferry. where he developed a unique approach to business transformation that incorporates strategy execution, behavioral economics, change management, and customer analytics to create and capture value. Specializing in growth-focused firms and investors, Mr. Busch’s expertise leverages human capital and organizational growth levers to drive revenue generation and enhance operational efficiency. In 2022, Mr. Busch assumed the role of managing director, head of transformation at the private equity firm Tilia Holdings, where he helped the firm identify, acquire, and scale portfolio companies operating at the intersection of food and health.
“I am proud to return to FMG Leading, a world-class advisory firm with an impressive track record in the healthcare ecosystem,” said Mr. Busch. “We have a unique opportunity to collaborate with human capital focused providers, payers, and investors to drive meaningful outcomes for patients within the evolving healthcare environment. I am honored to help advance this important work alongside our colleagues and clients.”
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Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief and Dale M. Zupsansky, Executive Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media
