NEW YORK, December 9, 2013 – Courtney Adante today joined Teneo Consulting as a Managing Director based in New York. Prior to joining Teneo, Ms. Adante worked for Accenture in the Capital Markets practice managing global client account teams. Her project work was primarily in the Investment Bank Trading and Operations space, specifically managing multi-million dollar projects in operational risk, trading supervisory enhancements, operational effectiveness, OTC Derivatives trading and middle office operations, regulatory reform, target operating models, and organizational design. Ms. Adante also supported the Capital Markets practice as the Finance, Risk and Regulatory (FRR) lead, developing the go-to-market strategy for FRR sales and thought leadership around operational risk and OTC Derivatives regulatory implementation challenges.

Before joining Accenture, Ms. Adante worked for the electronic trading system division of Instinet (INET) formerly known as Island ECN in New York, where she ran the FIX operations group and was the key account manager for all equity trading for US and European based client groups.

Before joining Island ECN, Ms. Adante was a Fixed Income Senior Market Supervisor at Eurex in Frankfurt, Germany, the electronic trading division of Deutsche Boerse. There, her primary role was to supervise electronic trading in German fixed income derivatives products. She monitored the markets for price aberrations and negotiated trade breaks between counterparties outside market. She speaks fluent German, and also executed trades on behalf of global traders.

Her career started at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) directly out of college, where she was a Senior Trade Fraud Investigator. Ms. Adante spent those early years standing in the trading pits conducting surveillance and monitoring markets for suspicious trading activity. When issues were discovered, she conducted interviews with traders and analyzed trading documents for further review and investigation with the Board.

During her final year at the CBOT, Ms. Adante completed her MBA at Loyola University in International Business and Finance.
Ms. Adante is an active member of the American Council on Germany and the Women’s Bond Club of New York. She is also a member of the volunteer organization Girls, Inc.

NEW YORK, January 29, 2014 – Teneo today made several new additions to Teneo Capital, expanding its regional presence in Dubai and its coverage capabilities across the firm.

• Karim Shariff: Mr. Shariff, formerly a Senior Advisor to Teneo, joins Teneo Capital Dubai as Vice Chairman. Mr. Shariff spent nine years at Lehman Brothers in the Emerging Markets, Global Power, and M&A Groups, having completed over $50 billion in M&A and capital-raising transactions involving companies principally in Asia and South America. In 2001, Mr. Shariff co-founded Marco Polo Network, currently the largest independent platform for electronic trading of securities listed and traded on emerging market exchanges. In 2009, Mr. Shariff founded Majlis Investment Management, whose focus is identifying and developing multi-strategy, multi-asset class global investment opportunities alongside substantial private clients across the Middle East, East Africa, and the Sub-Continent.
• Aamir Quraishi: Mr. Quraishi joins Teneo Capital Dubai as a Managing Director. He has over 15 years of investment banking experience in Europe, Asia and the Middle East having joined the Corporate Finance & Advisory Division of Dresdner Kleinwort Benson (1996-2003) in London. He also lived and worked in Tokyo (2000) while on secondment. He left to focus on emerging markets with Libertas Capital Group Plc (2003-2011) successfully building its Capital Markets practice and then relocating to its Dubai office in late 2007. Immediately prior to joining Teneo, Mr. Quraishi worked with MAC Capital Limited (2011-2013), a DFSA regulated investment bank operating out of the DIFC (Dubai International Financial Centre).
• Sanjeev Varma: Mr. Varma joins Teneo Capital as a Managing Director based in New York. Mr. Varma has over 28 years of experience in the automotive and manufacturing sectors, specializing in corporate finance, strategic planning, marketing, sales, business development, manufacturing and product development. Previously, Mr. Varma served on the Senior Advisory Board at Duff & Phelps Securities, LLC and Chanin Capital Partners. He has recently been involved in the following cases: Visteon Corp., Hayes Lemmerz, Internet Corp., Dura Automotive and Delphi Automotive.

LONDON, March 3, 2014 – Andy Liu today joined Teneo Intelligence as a Senior Vice President based in London. Mr. Liu covers political risk in China. Prior to joining Teneo, Mr Liu was founding partner of China Bespoke Intelligence. This boutique operation delivers first hand and non-biased corporate intelligence, economy and political analysis to Western clients with investment interests in China. Previously, he was in charge of research team for a China-focused boutique advisory company, CZH Investment. Prior to that, Mr. Liu setup an IPO advisory consultancy for Chinese company seeking listing on the junior market of the LSE. Mr. Liu started his career with Ernst & Young’s financial services practice.

NEW YORK, May 12, 2014 – Peter Hsieh today joined Teneo as the Chief Technology Officer based in New York. Prior to joining Teneo, Mr. Hsieh served as the Director of IT at The Switch, the world’s largest high definition video switching provider for sports, event and news broadcasters.  At The Switch he was in charge of managing enterprise IT operations and web application development for a global video delivery network spanning over a hundred US and international cities.

Prior to The Switch, Mr. Hsieh worked at Eurasia Group, a geopolitical risk advisory firm as the Director of IT.  In this role he focused on digital product development, infrastructure virtualization, cloud computing and cybersecurity.  He worked closely with Fortune 500 clients and US government agencies to build robust knowledge management solutions using open source web technology.

Mr. Hsieh holds a B.A. in Economics and Finance from Rutgers University.

LONDON, June 9, 2014 – Lord Davies of Abersoch today joined Teneo as a Vice Chairman based in London. He is currently partner and Vice Chairman of Corsair Capital, a private equity firm specialising in financial services.  He is also Non-Executive Chairman of PineBridge Investments Limited, the Senior Independent Director at Diageo, Chair of the Advisory Board of Moelis & Co, and Non-Executive Chairman of NoteMachine Group Holdings Limited.  He was also recently appointed Chairman of fashion retailer Jack Wills.

Lord Davies was Minister for Trade, Investment and Small Business, and Infrastructure from January 2009 until May 2010.

Prior to this appointment, he was Chairman of Standard Chartered PLC from November 2006.  He joined the Board of Standard Chartered plc in December 1997 and was Group Chief Executive from November 2001 until 2006.

Lord Davies is the Chair of the Council of Bangor University and Chairman of the Trustees of the Royal Academy Trust.  He is a Director of Glyndebourne Productions Ltd, and chairs the UK ASEAN Business Council.  Lord Davies also recently chaired a public review of the role of Women on Boards.

He was awarded a CBE for his services to the financial sector and the community in Hong Kong in June 2002 where he served as a member of the HK Exchange fund for seven years.

Lord Davies is married with two children and is a fluent Welsh speaker.

NEW YORK, June 9, 2014 – Senator George J. Mitchell today joined Teneo as a Senior Advisor based in New York. George Mitchell served as US Special Envoy for Middle East Peace from January 2009 to May 2011.

Senator Mitchell also serves as the Chairman Emeritus of DLA Piper, the world’s largest law firm, with 4,200 lawyers operating in 79 cities in 33 countries.

He was appointed to the United States Senate in 1980 to complete the unexpired term of Senator Edmund S. Muskie, who resigned to become Secretary of State. He was elected to a full term in the Senate in 1982 in a stunning come-from-behind victory. After trailing in public opinion polls by 36 points, Senator Mitchell rallied to win the election, receiving 61 percent of the votes cast. Senator Mitchell went on to an illustrious career in the Senate spanning 15 years.

In 1988, he was reelected with 81 percent of the vote, the largest margin in Maine history. He left the Senate in 1995 as the Senate majority leader, a position he had held since January 1989.

Senator Mitchell enjoyed bipartisan respect during his tenure. It has been said “there is not a man, woman or child in the Capitol who does not trust George Mitchell.” For six consecutive years he was voted “the most respected member” of the Senate by a bipartisan group of senior congressional aides.

While in the Senate, Senator Mitchell served on the Finance, Veterans Affairs, and Environment and Public Works Committees. He led the successful 1990 reauthorization of the Clean Air Act, including new controls on acid rain toxins. He was the author of the first national oil spill prevention and cleanup law. Senator Mitchell led the Senate to passage of the nation’s first child care bill and was principal author of the low-income housing tax credit program. He was instrumental in the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, landmark legislation extending civil rights protections to the disabled. Senator Mitchell’s efforts led to the passage of a higher education bill that expanded opportunities for millions of Americans. He was a leader in opening markets to trade and led the Senate to ratification of the North American Free Trade Agreement and creation of the World Trade Organization.

Senator Mitchell received an undergraduate degree from Bowdoin College and a law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center. He served in Berlin, Germany, as an officer in the US Army Counter-Intelligence Corps from 1954 to 1956. From 1960 to 1962 he was a trial lawyer in the Justice Department in Washington, DC. From 1962 to 1965 he served as executive assistant to Senator Edmund S. Muskie. In 1965 he returned to Maine where he engaged in the private practice of law in Portland until 1977. He was then appointed US attorney for Maine, a position he held until 1979, when he was appointed US District Judge for Maine. He resigned that position in 1980 to accept appointment to the US Senate.

In 1995, he served as a Special Advisor to President William J. Clinton on Ireland, and from 1996 to 2000 he served as the Independent Chairman of the Northern Ireland Peace Talks. Under his leadership, the Good Friday Agreement, an historic accord ending decades of conflict, was agreed to by the governments of Ireland and the United Kingdom and the political parties of Northern Ireland. For his service in Northern Ireland Senator Mitchell received numerous awards and honors, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor given by the US government; the Philadelphia Liberty Medal; the Truman Institute Peace Prize; and the United Nations (UNESCO) Peace Prize.

In 2000 and 2001, at the request of President Clinton, Prime Minister Ehud Barak, and Chairman Yasser Arafat, Senator Mitchell served as Chairman of an International Fact-Finding Committee on violence in the Middle East. The Committee’s recommendation, widely known as The Mitchell Report, was endorsed by the Bush Administration, the European Union and by many other governments.

In 2006 and 2007 he led the investigation into the use of performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball. He also served as Chairman of the Special Commission Investigating Allegations of Impropriety in the Bidding Process for the Olympic Games and was the Independent Overseer of the American Red Cross Liberty Fund, which provided relief for September 11 attack victims and their families.

Senator Mitchell has served as Chairman of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company; a member of the board of the Boston Red Sox; and a director of several companies, including Federal Express, Xerox, Staples, Unilever and Starwood Hotels and Resorts. He also served for ten years as the Chancellor of Queen’s University of Northern Ireland; as President of the Economic Club of Washington; and as Chairman of the International Crisis Group.

NEW YORK, October 29, 2014 – Lon Augustenborg today joined Teneo as a Senior Advisor. He recently completed a 35-year career in the CIA’s Clandestine Service which included nine field assignments.  Most recently he headed CIA’s largest domestic office, where he worked closely with the US private sector.  He served as Chief of Station in CIA’s flag ship locations of East Asia and Latin America.  Additionally, he was Chief of Operations for CIA’s Counter Intelligence Center in Washington, DC.  Mr. Augustenborg’s other assignments include locations in the former Soviet Union, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America.

Prior to entering the CIA, Mr. Augustenborg was a Los Angeles Police Officer with assignments in  LAPD’s Intelligence Division, Public Affairs, and multiple uniform Divisions working felony crimes.

Mr. Augustenborg holds a BA Degree from the University of Southern California in International Relations and Social Studies; and a MA Degree from Pepperdine University in Public Communication.  He also completed a year of study at University College, London England in the Center for International Conflict Resolution.  Mr. Augustenborg is fluent in Spanish as well as completing full time language studies in Russian, Italian and Hungarian.

A recipient of many exceptional performance and management awards, Mr. Augustenborg chaired the CIA’s leadership and teamwork training program for its high performance Clandestine Service officers.  He has served on numerous promotion panels and strategic planning boards for the Agency and Intelligence Community.  He has also worked closely with countless foreign partners on four continents providing training, assistance, and leadership of joint programs.

Mr. Augustenborg is married with four children.  He currently lives in the Northern Virginia area.

NEW YORK, October 31, 2014 – Pamela Craig today joined Teneo as a Senior Advisor.  Ms. Craig served as Accenture’s Chief Financial Officer from October 2006 through June 2013. In Institutional Investor’s 2013 All-America Executive Team ranking, she was named America’s Best CFO in the Computer Services & IT Consulting category by both buy-side and sell-side analysts. Prior to becoming CFO, Ms. Craig served in a variety of management, operational and finance roles in her 34 years with Accenture, including as Senior Vice President, Finance from March 2004 to October 2006, and Managing Director for Global Business Operations from June 2001 when Accenture became a public company until march 2004.  Prior to that she held leadership roles globally and regionally with the communications media and technology operating group.

Ms. Craig currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Walmart, Akamai technologies, Inc., and VMware, Inc.  She also serves as a member of the board of directors for several charitable organizations, including The Committee of 200, the membership organization of women entrepreneurs and corporate innovators.

NEW YORK, November 1, 2014 – Cris Conde today joined Teneo as a Senior Advisor. He is the former President and CEO of SunGard Data Systems Inc., one of the world’s leading software and technology services companies. During his over 28 years at SunGard, including 12 as CEO, Mr. Conde took the company private in what was at the time the largest LBO in history. Mr. Conde then grew the company to become ranked #363 on the Fortune 500 with over $5.6 billion in revenues. Mr. Conde started his career as an astrophysicist and today has his own incubator for start-up technology companies where he is able to provide his expertise across a number of key areas including cyber security, big data, market structure, financial risk management and executive leadership. He is a frequent speaker on leadership and was named by Institutional Investor as one of the top 40 leaders in technology.

NEW YORK, November 6, 2014 – Brett Ginter today joined Teneo Consulting as a Managing Director based in New York. Prior to joining Teneo, Mr. Ginter was with Collaborative Consulting as a Managing Director – Head of the Financial Services Industry.  Mr. Ginter was responsible for the creation of the financial services unit that supported Capital Markets, Banking and Insurance clients.   Collaborative Consulting purchased SMART Consulting Firm, LLC in 2012 which Brett had started in 2006 as the foundation for the financial services unit at Collaborative.  SMART Consulting Firm, LLC was a strategy and management consulting company with an emphasis on product innovation for the Financial Services industry.  In addition to running the Financial Services business unit, Mr. Ginter specialized in asset management and most recently assisted ths industry segment in the development of a Unified Managed Accounts (UMA) product and an Exchange Traded Managed Fund (ETMF) product from a strategy, operation and technology perspective.

Previously, he was with Accenture for 13 years consulting in Europe, America and the Far East, advising clients on business strategy, technology development & delivery, and outsourcing.  Mr. Ginter was a client partner on many engagements for both the buy side and sell side of the capital markets industry.  Mr. Ginter’s focus was assisting clients in the strategy and integration of front, middle, and back office operations and technology.

Mr. Ginter started his career as a senior consultant at Computer Science Corporation (CSC) where he focused on the development of large scale computer applications for global custody and fund accounting clients for over 8 years.

Mr. Ginter is a member of the fund administration committee for the National Investment Company Services Association (NICSA – www.nicsa.org) and a member of the Money Management Institute (MMI – www.mminst.org).    Brett is a frequent speaker at industry events and has authored several articles for the financial services industry.

Mr. Ginter holds a M.B.A. degree with a concentration in Financial Services from Boston University and a B.A. dual degree in Accounting & Management Information Systems (MIS) from Babson College.

NEW YORK, January 2, 2015 – Ashley Costa today joined Teneo Consulting as a Managing Director based in New York. Ms. Costa joins Teneo from Accenture where she has worked for over a decade. She was most recently the Capital Markets Digital lead responsible for the go to market strategy, capability development, and coordination across Accenture Digital and Accenture Strategy to sell, deliver, and manage digital work across Capital Markets North America. Ms. Costa has significant experience advising clients through major growth and restructuring initiatives – grounded in strategic and operational excellence.

Margo Smith joins Teneo Consulting as a Senior Vice President based in New York. Ms. Smith joins Teneo from IBM where she was responsible for global deployment of cross-sell capabilities across the sales, marketing and commerce channels with the potential for multi-billion dollar revenue increase. She was previously a manager with Accenture where she was focused on advising clients in the pharmaceutical industry.

NEW YORK, January 5, 2015 – Jimmy Asci today joined Teneo Strategy as a Senior Vice President based in New York. Mr. Asci joins us from Sony/ATV Music Publishing where he was Vice President, Communications & Project Management. He is a seasoned communications professional with significant experience handing public relations for global companies, including crisis, internal and marketing activities. Prior to Sony he worked for Burson-Marsteller and Rubenstein Communications.

NEW YORK, December 19, 2014 – Liesl Hickey today joined Teneo as a Senior Advisor. Liesl Hickey is a veteran political strategist who has spent her career helping Republicans expand their reach in swing areas across the country. During the 2013-2014 cycle, she was the Executive Director of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), where she oversaw a historic 13-seat pickup. This new Republican majority–the largest since 1928–included a large number of members representing traditionally Democratic constituencies. During her tenure at the NRCC, the committee grew its online fundraising by over 400%, created a strategy and data division to run more effective campaigns, and focused its offensive efforts on electing a diverse Republican class.

In 2011 and 2012, Hickey led the NRCC’s Patriot Program, a dedicated effort to re-elect Republican incumbents in competitive districts. During this cycle, she raised an unprecedented $6M for members’ campaigns and helped navigate their efforts through a tough political environment. Hickey served as a consultant to the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) in 2010. Hickey was previously Chief of Staff to then-Rep. Mark Kirk (IL), where she helped author the Suburban Agenda, a first-time effort by national Republicans to craft a set of policies targeted at independent, suburban voters–a program that was instrumental to surviving the 2006 Democratic wave election. Hickey has worked on many congressional and statewide races across the country and served as Senator Peter Fitzgerald’s Finance Director during his successful 1998 campaign.

Hickey also was a Senior Director for Campaigns at Bono’s ONE Campaign during the 2008 cycle where she oversaw a $40M presidential advocacy effort to fight global poverty and disease.

Hickey is a 1996 graduate of Southern Methodist University.

NEW YORK, January 27, 2015 – Charles Watson joined Teneo today as Chairman, Teneo International. He was formerly the Group CEO of Financial Dynamics, where he led FD’s MBO in 2003 and subsequent sale to FTI Consulting in 2006. During this period he worked in close partnership with Declan Kelly as they transformed FD into one of the world’s leading strategic communications consultancies. More recently he has chaired a number private companies including leading independent London-based marketing services agency, the Karma Communications Group.

Charles will join the Teneo Holdings senior management team and his role will include leading Teneo’s planned expansion outside the USA – both by supporting the continued growth of its existing businesses in key markets such as London, the Gulf and Greater China, and via acquisition. Charles will be based in Teneo’s London office. The firm’s UK operations will continue to be led by Richard Beck (former Group General Manager and Global Communications Director at HSBC).

LONDON, April 1, 2015 – Paul Durman today joins Teneo Strategy as a Senior Vice President.

Before joining Teneo, Mr. Durman was head of the technology, media and telecoms practice at Powerscourt, a strategic, financial and corporate communications firm based in London. His experience includes advising on crisis communications, reputation management and significant multi-billion dollar transactions, along with corporate profile-raising and initial public offerings. He has worked extensively with both privately backed and publicly listed companies. Prior to Powerscourt, Mr. Durman was a financial journalist. He spent 18 years on UK national newspapers, culminating in seven years at the Sunday Times, where he was City editor and financial editor, and where he covered the telecoms and technology industries. He also worked on The Times, the Mail on Sunday and the Independent, writing on the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and financial services industries.

Mr. Durman has a B.A. in Politics and Economics from the University of Warwick, and a postgraduate diploma in journalism from the Centre for Journalism Studies, University College, Cardiff.

NEW YORK, April 29, 2015 – Chris Wearing was appointed today as the CEO of Teneo Sports. Chris is currently the CEO of Teneo’s Consulting division and will continue to be responsible for Teneo Consulting in addition to his new role with the Sports division. Chris will work closely with Sports’ Chairman, Charlie Denson, to continue to drive growth across the business’ four practice areas: Elite Athlete Advisory, Sports Enterprise Advisory, Corporate Sports Advisory and Bid City/National & Government Advisory.

Also, starting on May 4^th, John Shea will be joining the Teneo Sports’ team as Managing Director, Marketing.

John is a marketing and brand executive with nearly 20 years’ experience of leading strategy and building brands in the consumer products and sports sectors. He joins us from PepsiCo where he was Head of Global Markets for Gatorade, responsible for leading Gatorade’s global business efforts including strategic vision, brand management, consumer engagement and sports partnerships.

John has worked at PepsiCo since 2003, holding progressive brand management and sports marketing positions during that time. Most notably, John led Gatorade’s Sports Marketing department for nearly four years, managing the brand’s global sports marketing portfolio, including all league, team and athlete partnerships and negotiations. John has also previously managed Gatorade’s new product innovation including the development and successful launch of the G Series. During his time at PepsiCo, John also worked on the Mountain Dew brand team and led Pepsi’s partnerships with the NFL and MLB.

Prior to PepsiCo, John worked as a Consultant at EMI Strategic Marketing and in M&A at Liberty Mutual.  John holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Boston College.  He was a recipient of the SportsBusiness Journal Forty Under 40 Award in the Class of 2014.