NEW YORK, April 30, 2015 – Kevin Riebe today joined Teneo Consulting’s growing team as a Senior Vice President.
Previously, Mr. Riebe was at Accenture where he was most recently Sales Lead (Banking & Capital Markets). Prior to that he was Regional Director – Global Macro Strategy at BCA Research Inc.
Mr. Riebe is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and holds an MBA from Baruch College.
NEW YORK, April 30, 2015 – Megan Shattuck today joined Teneo as the President of Teneo Talent. Previously, she was a Senior Client Partner at Korn Ferry advising clients on how to align talent with overall strategy, assess existing leadership teams, approach succession planning, and manage recruiting needs. As a member of the Board & CEO Practice and Corporate Affairs Center of Expertise for nine years, she specialized in recruiting senior executives for publicly traded, private or private equity backed companies representing a broad range of industries, including financial services, technology, health care and consumer. Ms. Shattuck also played a key role in the growth and expansion of both the Board & CEO Practice and Corporate Affairs Center of Expertise globally. Prior to joining Korn Ferry in 2006, Ms. Shattuck covered The White House for the Cable News Network (CNN). As a White House Producer, she was a member of the press corps reporting on the Clinton and Bush administrations. Her responsibilities included conducting interviews with administration officials, producing long and short form pieces and leading White House coverage during breaking news situations. Her work with John King, CNN Presents: 9/11 was nominated for an Emmy. Previously, Ms. Shattuck was an associate producer for CNN NewsStand, a long format nightly news program. Earlier in her career, she worked at The American School in Japan.
Ms. Shattuck serves on the board of directors for Children’s Rights, a national organization focused on improving circumstances for abused and neglected children in the United States, and Arch Street, The Greenwich Teen Center, a nonprofit organization based in Greenwich, CT, established to provide teens with a safe environment in which to connect and socialize with their peers. She received her undergraduate degree from Middlebury College, studied at the University of Chile and is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
NEW YORK, May 4, 2015 – Robert Mead today joined Teneo Strategy as a Senior Managing Director.
Mr. Mead has deep expertise in brand and reputation management and has advised the senior leadership of many high profile organizations and corporations in managing through strategic transformations, acquisitions, financial/legal crises and regulatory challenges. His clients have included the United Nations, General Motors, Caremark, UBS, Rosneft and United Airlines.
Prior to joining Teneo, Mr. Mead was Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications for Aetna, responsible for Aetna’s brand, marketing, communications, public affairs and social responsibility functions as well as the Aetna Foundation. He was a member of Aetna’s Executive Committee, the senior governing body for the company.
Previously, Mr. Mead was a partner at Brunswick Group LLP, an international corporate and financial communications consulting firm. Prior to joining Brunswick, he was the President of Gavin Anderson & Co., a global consulting firm specializing in financial and public affairs; and before that, President of Sawyer Miller Consulting. He spent his early career in politics and government in Texas.
Mr. Mead received his Bachelor’s degree and attended the Executive MBA program at the University of Texas; as well as executive programs in finance, management, marketing and product development at Texas, Babson College, Kellogg and MIT Sloan.
NEW YORK, May 4, 2015 – Rowland Hobbs today joined Teneo Consulting as a Managing Director where he will lead design and innovation.
Mr. Hobbs has a strong track record of building purpose driven brands, breakthrough customer experiences, new service and business models, and turning analytics into action.
His clients have included Sephora, UBS, Facebook, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, W Hotels, Wells Fargo, Louis Vuitton, The Guggenheim, and The University of California.
Prior to joining Teneo, Mr. Hobbs was Product Design Director at Accenture’s Financial Services practice in North America.
Mr. Hobbs was the founder and CEO of Post+Beam, an innovation and communications firm. He led a team of designers, web developers, digital and traditional marketers, and public relations experts.
Mr. Hobbs started his career at Ruder Finn, where he founded their interactive marketing practice, and was part of the management team that launched their first spin-off, RF Binder.
NEW YORK, June 1, 2015 – Bruce Dunbar today joined Teneo Strategy as a Managing Director.
Bruce Dunbar has extensive experience in crisis communications, brand and reputation management, communications in support of financial transactions, investor relations, and employee communications. He also has deep expertise in the financial services industry and has worked with clients across a range of other industries.
Prior to joining Teneo, Mr. Dunbar was a Principal with Finsbury (formerly Robinson, Lerer & Montgomery) where he advised clients on IPOs, M&A, litigation and regulatory matters, investor relations, and brand and reputation building. Clients included BlackRock, Charles Schwab, Marsh & McClennan, the government of Singapore and TerraForm Power along with prominent private equity and hedge fund managers.
Mr. Dunbar held a variety of marketing and communications roles during a 16 year career with OppenheimerFunds, one of the largest asset managers in the United States. During his tenure, he advised four CEOs on communication strategy and reputation management, led a brand building effort that created one of the most well-known and respected brands in financial services and launched the Company’s political action committee and corporate foundation. He headed the Firm’s corporate communications function, leading media relations, employee communications, brand management, corporate philanthropy and government relations, and served on the Firm’s management committee through periods of unprecedented growth and significant financial system dislocation.
Mr. Dunbar began his career with Ogilvy Adams & Rinehart, a strategic communications firm, advising on financial transactions and investor relations in the insurance, energy, transportation, and banking industries.
Mr. Dunbar holds an A.B. in History from Princeton University and an MBA from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business. He was selected into the Partnership for New York City’s Rockefeller Fellows Program and serves on the National Advertising Review Board, a Better Business Bureau affiliate that arbitrates corporate disputes over advertising claims.
LONDON, July 9, 2015 – The Rt. Hon William Hague will join Teneo as a Senior Advisor in August. Mr. Hague is a highly respected statesman and political leader. He recently stepped down from the UK Parliament after nearly three decades in government including having served as British Foreign Secretary from 2010 to 2014 and as leader of the UK Conservative Party from 1997 until 2001. He was also the Leader of the House of Commons during his final 10 months in Government.
He was first elected to Parliament for the seat of Richmond, North Yorkshire in 1989. At 27 years old he was the youngest Conservative Member of Parliament. He was re-elected a further five times to Parliament, on the last three occasions with the largest margin for any Conservative in the country.
During his time as British Foreign Secretary, he set about reviving the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, opening new embassies in Latin America and Africa, expanding Britain’s presence in China and India, re-opening the language school, establishing the Diplomatic Academy, and personally visiting 83 countries.
In 2012 Mr. Hague launched the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative with UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Angelina Jolie Pitt, to address the culture of impunity that exists for crimes of sexual violence in conflict, and increase the number of perpetrators held to account. He has also written two very successful and critically acclaimed political biographies: of William Pitt the Younger, which won the History Book of the Year prize in 2005, and William Wilberforce: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner.
He has served as an advisor to the JCB Group and Terra Firma Capital Partners, drawing on his experience as a consultant at McKinsey and Co. for five years before entering the House of Commons. He has a first class degree at Oxford and gained an MBA with distinction at INSEAD.
NEW YORK & LONDON, July 9, 2015 – Teneo Holdings today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Blue Rubicon and StockWell, two of the UK’s leading strategic communications and reputation management firms.
The acquisitions of the two businesses, in addition to Teneo’s existing UK operations, will create one of the largest strategic communications practices in the European market. It will also augment Teneo’s operations in other parts of the world. All members of the Blue Rubicon and StockWell senior management team will continue as part of the Teneo leadership team. Terms of the transactions have not been disclosed.
Blue Rubicon, widely regarded as one of the most progressive strategic communications consultancies to have emerged in London in the last 20 years, provides senior counsel to some of the world’s largest companies as they navigate high-stake issues including succession planning, corporate restructuring, re-launches and post-M&A integration. Founded 15 years ago the firm has been led by Senior Partner, Fraser Hardie, CEO, Gordon Tempest-Hay, Partners Chris Jones and Fiona Joyce. Blue Rubicon today employs more than 225 people operating globally from offices in London, Doha, Dubai and Singapore.
StockWell was founded in 2010 and is led by its three Managing Partners: Tim Burt; Philip Gawith and Richard Holloway. The firm is headquartered in London and has 30 staff. StockWell specializes in providing boardroom level strategic communications advice to leading corporations and individuals across the UK, Europe and beyond.
It is intended that the London operations will be combined and co-located in London in the near future. They will report to Charles Watson in his capacity as Chairman of Teneo International.
“The acquisition of Blue Rubicon and StockWell is a transformational moment for Teneo as we continue to grow across the globe, building on our reputation as one of the world’s leading advisory firms”, said Declan Kelly, Chairman and CEO of Teneo.
“Teneo is fortunate to advise many of the world’s most senior business leaders on a daily basis. This requires us to be able to provide the highest-level strategic counsel at all times. Today’s acquisitions will help us to enhance Teneo’s offering even further in this regard”, he added.
“Both Blue Rubicon and StockWell are world-class businesses with great leadership, tremendous clients, and highly-respected teams and cultures. The synergies between our businesses will position Teneo to support our clients with the highest-level of strategic advisory services and provide many new opportunities across all 12 of our operating divisions”, he concluded.
Fraser Hardie, Blue Rubicon, Senior Partner said: “We are incredibly excited about becoming part of Teneo. We’re bringing together a compelling combination of skills to meet growing demand for reputation-related advice at a time when CEOs and boards look increasingly to manage reputation more strategically and across the whole enterprise. Many now see the systematic growth of trust as providing the oxygen in which to do business – a vital element which maintains strategic freedom, accelerates transitions and cements competitive advantage.”
Philip Gawith, joint-founder and Managing Partner of StockWell said: “We are delighted to be joining forces with Teneo and Blue Rubicon. Teneo has built a business of significance and scale advising chief executives and the opportunity to build on this success in the UK and beyond is very exciting. This is even more true in combination with Blue Rubicon, a firm whose leadership we have known and respected for many years. Together we have the opportunity to build an integrated and differentiated reputation advisory offer that will prove very compelling to clients.”
ABOUT TENEO
Teneo is a global advisory firm founded in 2011 by Declan Kelly, Doug Band and Paul Keary with a vision to create a new breed of advisory firm focused on working exclusively with the leaders of major corporations to help them address a wide range of business and reputational issues and opportunities. Teneo’s clients include some of the world’s largest corporations. The firm has over 275 employees working across 12 integrated operating divisions spanning the disciplines of strategic communications, investor relations, investment banking, financial analytics, executive recruiting, digital analytics, corporate governance, government affairs, business intelligence, management consulting and corporate restructuring. The business operates out of 12 offices around the world across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Greater China. In January 2015 Private Equity firm BC Partners acquired a minority stake in Teneo. For more information on Teneo, please see www.teneoholdings.com
ABOUT BLUE RUBICON
Blue Rubicon was founded in 1999 and is led by Senior Partner, Fraser Hardie, CEO Gordon Tempest-Hay, Partners, Chris Jones and Fiona Joyce and Managing Director Chris Norton… During its existence, Blue Rubicon has been the most successful firm of its kind in the London market, winning multiple industry awards. Today Blue Rubicon has over 225 people operating globally from offices in London, Doha, Dubai and Singapore. Using insights from its international reputation research programme, the firm works with boards and executive teams to deliver reputation management strategies, corporate and brand narrative, risk, issues and crisis management, media and social relations, political and regulatory affairs as well as coaching CEOs and their teams. The firm also comprises political and regulatory specialists, Open Road, and brand communications consultancy Surname & Surname. The company had a successful investment partnership with LDC. After taking a stake in Blue Rubicon in 2012, LDC will now exit the business and will have no future role. For more information on Blue Rubicon, please see www.bluerubicon.com
ABOUT STOCKWELL
Founded in 2010, and backed by Iceni Capital, the firm is led by experienced communications advisers who have worked with some of the world’s largest corporations. It has almost 30 employees with proven strength and depth in reputation management; boardroom strategic communications counsel; financial and transaction communications; media relations (analogue, digital and social); corporate communications; crisis management; and litigation support. StockWell advises major international companies and has deep specific knowledge across a range of important territories including the UK, Western Europe, the CEE region, Japan and North America. For more information on StockWell, please see www.stockwellgroup.com
For further information contact:
London:
Charles Watson
Chairman, Teneo International
+44 (0)20 7186 8879
charles.watson@teneoholdings.com
New York City:
Stephen Meahl
Senior Vice President & Chief of Staff
212-886-1624
Stephen.meahl@teneostrategy.com
Advisors to the transaction:
Teneo was advised by KPMG Transaction Services
Blue Rubicon was advised by Ingenious Corporate Finance
NEW YORK, July 27, 2015 – Betsy Cohen today joined Teneo Ventures as a Managing Director.
Ms. Cohen has 20 years’ experience in executive operating roles, financial management, and investment in high-growth companies. Prior to joining Teneo, Ms. Cohen was CFO and CAO of Merchantry, which was acquired by Tradeshift.
Previously, Ms. Cohen was co-founder and CFO of a marketing intelligence company bought by The Nielsen Company. She also served as EVP of DialogBank Russia, where Ms. Cohen launched and ran various divisions of the commercial bank division of Troika Dialog, bought by Sberbank. She also previously worked in the private equity group at Oaktree Capital and the corporate finance division of JP Morgan.
Ms. Cohen is a former economics fellow and current member at the Council on Foreign Relations. She also serves on the board of Student Sponsor Partners.
Ms. Cohen has an MBA from Harvard Business School and an AB from Harvard University in Russian Language and Slavic Studies. She lives in New York with her husband and two children.
NEW YORK, September 17, 2015 – Martha Carter today joined Teneo Governance as a Managing Director. Prior to joining Teneo, Dr. Carter was the Head of Global Research at Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Chair of the ISS Global Policy Board. As research head, Dr. Carter led a team of 160 corporate governance analysts in 10 offices around the world. Under Dr. Carter’s leadership, the research team provided institutional investors with corporate governance research and proxy voting recommendations on more than 38,000 companies in over 115 markets. In addition, the team produced studies and white papers on issues and topics in corporate governance, engaged with corporate executives and board members, and formulated corporate governance policies and guidelines for research reports.
During her 13 year tenure at ISS, Dr. Carter led three research organizations – the US Research team (from 2002 to 2006), the Governance Institute for thought leadership (from 2006 to 2008), and the Global Research team (from 2008 to 2015). In 2003, she developed the Global Policy Board to oversee the voting principles and policies that form the basis for ISS proxy voting recommendations.
Named for five years in a row to the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Directorship 100 List of the most influential people in the boardroom community (2008-2012), Dr. Carter has been quoted in media around the world and has been a speaker for corporate governance events, such as the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN), the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, and the International Bar Association (IBA). She has written articles for publications, including the NYSE: Corporate Governance Guide (2014 and 2015), the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) Benefits Magazine (2011), the ICGN Yearbook (2009), and the Financial Analysts Journal (2003).
Prior to joining ISS, Dr. Carter served as a Director of Listing Qualifications for The NASDAQ Stock Market. Her work focused on ensuring the qualifications of NASDAQ listed companies and their compliance with marketplace rules. Prior to her work in Listing Qualifications, Dr. Carter was Senior Director of Accounting Services for NASDAQ’s parent company, the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD). She was selected as NASD’s financial executive on the transition team which planned and implemented the post-merger integration of the American Stock Exchange (AMEX).
Earlier in her career, she held positions in finance and consulting at The Federal Home Loan Bank System, IBM Corporation, and Touche Ross and Company. Dr. Carter held numerous academic appointments as a visiting and adjunct faculty member teaching graduate and undergraduate finance courses at Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins University, George Washington University, and American University. She holds a Ph.D. in Finance from George Washington University, an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and undergraduate degrees in Mathematics and French from Purdue University.
NEW YORK, July 14, 2015 – Erik Knettel today joined Teneo Strategy as a Managing Director. Prior to joining Teneo as a Managing Director in the Strategy Group, Mr. Knettel was the Head of Grayling’s New York office overseeing the Investor Relations, Corporate Communications, Public Relations and Events Management practice groups. At Grayling Mr. Knettel was responsible for designing comprehensive communications programs for companies and organizations looking to expand their exposure in the global capital and media markets as well as enhance their brand reputation and valuation. Extensive experience includes strategic communications program design/implementation, special situations, transaction communications, crisis management, initial public offerings, international cross border communications, branding and executive visibility as well as corporate events.
Prior to joining Grayling, Mr. Knettel held senior positions with ThomsonReuters including key roles within their communications consulting, capital markets and stock surveillance practices, prior to that Mr. Knettel was a Senior Analyst with Kissell-Blake Inc.
As a graduate of Pennsylvania State University’s Smeal College of Business Administration, Mr. Knettel received a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management in 1992. Mr. Knettel is a member of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) and has served as an expert speaker at NIRI national and regional conferences on topics such as investor relations, global financial communications and crisis management.
NEW YORK, September 22, 2015 – Mark Hass today joined Teneo Digital as a Senior Advisor. He is the founding partner of Peconic First, a New York-based venture capital and advisory firm working with early-stage, technology-driven marketing and media companies whose business models are built on social platforms, data analytics or augmented reality.
Prior to launching Peconic in September 2014, he was President and CEO of Edelman U.S. He was a leader of many of the firm’s digital business innovations, introducing several new concepts that drove agency growth and profitability. He also led the firm’s U.S. acquisition and investment strategy, which was focused on early-stage, technology-driven marketing companies. Additionally, he was President until May 2012 of Edelman China, where he oversaw two PR brands and more than 200 employees. He provided senior counsel to a broad range of Edelman clients in China and the U.S., including Volkswagen, Kellogg’s, Fannie Mae, ADM, Starbucks, Oracle, Hewlett- Packard, Hilton and Wrigley.
Mr. Hass joined Edelman after his independent firm, MH Group Communications, was acquired and integrated into Edelman Digital. MH Group specialized in integrating traditional C-Suite corporate communications services with social programming and other digital tools. He worked closely with key clients, including United Airlines during its merger with Continental Airlines, to help them develop corporate communications structures suitable for modern media environments.
Before launching MH Group, he was the global CEO of MS&L Worldwide, a leading communications firm in the Publicis Groupe, with offices and specialized consultancies in 27 countries. He was responsible for all aspects of the firm’s performance and acted as a senior counselor to many of the world’s most prestigious organizations and companies, including Procter & Gamble and General Motors. He also expanded the agency’s network through organic investment and acquisition, adding 25 offices in the Nordics, France, China, Japan and India.
He joined MS&L in 2002, when his first independent digital agency, Hass Associates, was acquired by and merged into MS&L. As the founder and CEO of Hass Associates which grew to be Michigan’s largest digital communications firm in seven years, he was best known for unique work integrating online strategies into the communications activities of global companies. Among the agency’s accomplishments were the development of one of the nation’s first online newsrooms for Chrysler Corp. and the GM Fast Lane blog, which pioneered the use of blogging strategies by senior corporate executives.
Prior to entering the strategic communications industry, Mr. Hass worked as a reporter and editor for 16 years at various newspapers, including as assistant managing editor at The Detroit News, where his staff won the Pulitzer Prize for reporting about government corruption.
He is currently a board member of Segmanta, an early-stage Israeli technology firm specializing in market research, and an advisory board member of Disconnect, a San Francisco-based provider of online privacy tools for consumers He has also written chapters in two important marketing textbooks: Reputation Management, 3rd Edition (“Integrated Communications in an era of Social Media”) and The Handbook of Strategic Public Relations and Integrated Communications (Social Media and Public Relations in China) He lives in New York.
NEW YORK & LONDON, October 26, 2015 – Teneo Holdings today announced that it is acquiring Pendomer Communications, a financial and corporate communications firm based in London.
The transaction is Teneo’s third acquisition in the UK market this year and follows the acquisitions of Blue Rubicon and StockWell in July. Pendomer will combine with Teneo’s existing UK operations and the enlarged business will have over 200 professionals in London with a further 300 people across 14 offices around the world.
Founded in 2012, Pendomer is led by Charles Armitstead and Ben Foster, former Managing Directors of Financial Dynamics (now FTI). The agency advises a diverse range of clients including many leading UK companies as well as large, international organizations. Pendomer has also advised on over £30 billion of transactions since its inception.
Pendomer’s senior team will report directly to Charles Watson in his capacity as Chairman of Teneo International. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
“The acquisition of Pendomer solidifies our position as one of the world’s leading global advisory firms. We have known the team at Pendomer for many years and respect the way that they have built a successful, highly profitable business from a standing start,” said Declan Kelly, Chairman and CEO of Teneo.
“Their entrepreneurialism, innovative approach and hugely respected advisory capabilities will help to significantly accelerate our ambition to expand rapidly in the UK and across Europe,” he added.
Charles Armitstead, Managing Partner of Pendomer, said: “We have watched Teneo evolve quickly to become the new challenger force in the corporate boardroom. Their global footprint and diverse offering, combined with the notable acquisitions of Blue Rubicon and StockWell, makes this an incredibly exciting opportunity for us and for our clients. We look forward to contributing to Teneo’s success and helping to take the business forward.”
ABOUT TENEO
Teneo is a global advisory firm founded in 2011 by Declan Kelly, Doug Band and Paul Keary with a vision to create a new breed of advisory firm focused on working exclusively with the leaders of major corporations to help them address a wide range of business and reputational issues and opportunities. Teneo’s clients include some of the world’s largest corporations. The firm has over 525 employees working across 12 integrated operating divisions spanning the disciplines of strategic communications, investor relations, investment banking, financial analytics, executive recruiting, digital analytics, corporate governance, government affairs, business intelligence, management consulting and corporate restructuring. The business operates out of 14 offices around the world across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Greater China. In January 2015 Private Equity firm BC Partners acquired a minority stake in Teneo. For more information on Teneo, please see www.teneoholdings.com
ABOUT PENDOMER
Pendomer is a specialist financial communications and corporate communications consultancy founded in 2012. Based in London, Pendomer advises a broad range of leading UK companies as well as large, international organisations across continental Europe and the USA. More information can be found at www.pendomer.com.
For further information contact:
London:
Charles Watson
Chairman, Teneo International
+44 (0)20 7186 8879
charles.watson@teneoholdings.com
New York City:
Stephen Meahl
Senior Vice President & Chief of Staff
212-886-1624
stephen.meahl@teneostrategy.com
NEW YORK, December 15, 2015 – John Nixon today joined Teneo as a Senior Advisor. Mr. Nixon, who most recently held the title of Group Executive Director at ICAP Plc, has more than 38 years of international experience in the interdealer broking industry with ICAP and, previously, as the CEO of Tullett and Tokyo Forex.
He served as a Non-Executive Director of ICAP Plc from 1998 to 2002 and was appointed an Executive Director in May 2008.
Mr. Nixon was a member of the ICAP Global Executive Committee from 2003 through to March 2015, with responsibility for a number of business divisions, including the Firm’s electronic trading businesses, as well as corporate strategy, client and investor relations, and strategic acquisitions. He was also actively involved in running the Firm’s US Charity Day.
Mr. Nixon lives in Rowayton CT, Palm Beach FL and Jackson WY, and has two children. He holds a degree in Commerce from Queen’s University in Kingston Ontario, and has worked in the financial services industry in Toronto, London and New York.
Mr. Nixon joined Virtu Financial as a Non-Executive Director in May of 2015. He is a National Board Member of the philanthropic organization, Communities in Schools.
NEW YORK, December 21, 2015 – General Raymond T. Odierno today joined Teneo as a Senior Advisor. General Odierno, recognized for his instrumental role in defeating al-Qaeda in Iraq, and having led over one million servicemen and women as the Chief of Staff of the Army, has dedicated his life to serving the United States. Throughout the course of his career, General Odierno has gained remarkable expertise in a wide range of issues, from cybersecurity and risk management, to acquisition and global crisis management.
General Odierno held the title of Chief of Staff (Chief Executive Officer) of the United States Army from September 2011 to August 2015, advising the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, and the National Security Council. In this role, he was responsible for leading, manning, training, and equipping a work force of over one million military personnel and 250,000 Department of Army civilian employees dispersed across 50 countries, as well as providing military and logistical support for combat and humanitarian support across six continents.
Over the course of his role as the Chief of Staff, General Odierno worked closely on key international issues with various heads of state, senior foreign diplomats, and military leaders worldwide, and has extensive experience working with, and advising Congress on national and international issues spanning two administrations.
Previous roles served by General Odierno include assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, where he was the primary military advisor to Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice.
General Odierno earned his B.S. in engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1976. He later received an M.S. in nuclear effects engineering from North Carolina State University, and an M.A. in national security and strategy from the Naval War College. In 2010 he received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from North Carolina State University, as well as receiving an Honorary Doctorate of Laws Honoris Causa from the Institute of World Politics in Washington, DC in 2013. General Odierno is also a graduate of the US Army War College.
TORONTO, January 12, 2015 – James Crossland today joins Teneo as a Senior Managing Director and the Chairman of Teneo Canada.
James brings to Teneo almost 30 years of experience in the areas of strategic communications, government and public affairs, investor relations, crisis management and marketing communications. He has advised CEOs and business leaders across a wide range of industries, both in Canada and internationally.
Prior to joining Teneo, Mr. Crossland was Executive Vice-President, Corporate Affairs at Kinross Gold Corporation, where he had responsibility for corporate communications, government relations, investor relations, corporate social responsibility, environmental affairs, major project permitting and the Company’s Moscow office.
Previously, Mr. Crossland served as President and CEO of GPC Canada, Executive Vice-President of Cossette Communication Group and President of NATIONAL Public Relations, with roles in client servicing, mergers, acquisitions and business operations in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Crossland was actively involved in national politics, serving in leadership roles during the 1984 and 1988 federal election campaigns on behalf of The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, Canada’s 18th prime minister.
TORONTO, January 12, 2015 – John Crean today joins Teneo as a Managing Director in Teneo’s Canada office.
John’s expertise is in all aspects of communications and public affairs strategy, including issues and crisis management, media strategy, messaging and training, coalition building and advocacy. Prior to joining Teneo, John was the National Managing Partner of Canada’s largest public relations firm and one of the top ten independent firms globally.
Mr. Crean has extensive crisis and issues management experience in a variety of sectors, including: government, financial services, telecom, professional services, food services, health care and retail. He works closely with senior executives and boards of directors, managing internal and external communications strategies associated with sensitive issues. He has provided counsel in areas including: class action lawsuits, corporate restructuring, insider trading, human resources issues, data security and product tampering and recalls.
Mr. Crean speaks regularly to media and at industry events on issues in public relations and reputation. He is a faculty member at the Directors College, an accredited corporate director development program that leads to a university designation Chartered Director (C.Dir.), teaching issues and crisis management.
TORONTO, January 12, 2015 – Andrea Mandel-Campbell today joins Teneo as a Senior Vice-President in Teneo’s Canada office.
Andrea Mandel-Campbell is Senior Vice-President at Teneo, with more than 20 years of experience in strategic and corporate communications, public affairs and media relations.
Prior to joining Teneo, Ms. Mandel-Campbell was Vice-President of Corporate Communications for Kinross Gold Corporation, one of the world’s leading gold mining companies. Previously, she was Director of Communications for the Secretary of the Treasury Board in Ottawa.
A veteran journalist and broadcaster, Ms. Mandel-Campbell began her career as a foreign correspondent in Latin America, where she spent close to a decade reporting from Chile, Argentina, Peru, Mexico and Cuba for various US, Canadian and European publications. She joined the Financial Times (FT) of London as a correspondent in Argentina and later reported for the FT from Mexico.
Ms. Mandel-Campbell is author of the best-selling current affairs book, Why Mexicans Don’t Drink Molson, which was nominated for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing and the John Wesley Dafoe Book Prize. In addition to regular public speaking, Ms. Mandel-Campbell was also an anchor on CTV’s Business News Network. Most recently, she was a contributing author of Why the World Won’t Wait: Why Canada Needs to Rethink Its International Policies.
She is a founding board member of Startup Canada, a grassroots organization supporting Canadian entrepreneurship and is a co-founder of Forgirlsake, a charity which supports girls’ education.
NEW YORK, January 12, 2016 – Teneo Holdings is pleased to announce the opening of an office in Toronto, Canada, bringing its unique multidisciplinary advisory offering to a key strategic market and furthering its ability to meet the global needs of its diverse client base. With the addition of the Toronto office, Teneo now has over 570 employees and a presence in 15 markets around the world.
“Canada is a key market for Teneo. Not only do many of our clients have operations in Canada, but Canadian companies are deeply tied to global markets through trade and foreign investment,” said Declan Kelly, Chairman and CEO of Teneo Holdings. “Our team in Toronto, together with Teneo’s global platform, is uniquely placed to provide seamless world class advisory services to both Canada-based companies, as well as multinational corporations.”
CANADA TEAM
The Toronto office is comprised of a seasoned team of strategic advisors, led by Mr. James Crossland, who will serve as Senior Managing Director and Chairman of Teneo Canada. Mr. Crossland joins Teneo from Kinross Gold Corporation where he was most recently Executive Vice-President, Corporate Affairs, with responsibility for the company’s corporate communications, government relations, investor relations, environment and corporate social responsibility functions. He also had responsibility for the company’s Moscow office. Prior to joining Kinross in 2007, Mr. Crossland had a distinguished 20-year career providing strategic communications and government relations advice to some of Canada’s leading corporations.
“Teneo brings to the Canadian market a unique strategic advisory offering, focusing primarily on CEOs, Boards and C-Suite executives,” said James Crossland, Chairman of Teneo Canada. “Our objective is to provide senior Canadian executives with world-class strategic advice on business and reputational issues, both in Canada and in markets around the world where Canadian companies have operations or interests.”
Joining Mr. Crossland are Mr. John Crean, Managing Director of Teneo Canada and Ms. Andrea Mandel-Campbell, Senior Vice-President of Teneo Canada.
John Crean joins Teneo from NATIONAL Public Relations, Canada’s largest public relations firm, where he was most recently National Managing Partner. Mr. Crean joined NATIONAL in 1992, where he held a number of senior roles and advised a wide array of major clients. He has significant expertise in strategic communications, issues management and media relations.
Andrea Mandel-Campbell was most recently with Kinross Gold Corporation where she was Vice-President, Corporate Communications. Prior to joining Kinross, Ms. Mandel-Campbell was Director of Communications for a senior federal cabinet minister in Ottawa. She is a best-selling author and former journalist, having served as a Correspondent for the Financial Times in Mexico and Argentina, and as an Anchor for CTV’s Business News Network.
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ABOUT TENEO
Teneo is a global advisory firm founded in 2011 by Declan Kelly, Doug Band and Paul Keary with a vision to create a new breed of advisory firm focused on working exclusively with the leaders of major corporations to help them address a wide range of business and reputational issues and opportunities. Teneo’s clients include some of the world’s largest corporations. The firm has over 570 employees working across 12 integrated operating divisions, spanning the disciplines of strategic communications, investor relations, investment banking, financial analytics, executive recruiting, digital analytics, corporate governance, government affairs, business intelligence, management consulting and corporate restructuring. The business operates out of 15 offices around the world across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Greater China. In January 2015, private equity firm, BC Partners, acquired a minority stake in Teneo. For more information on Teneo, please see www.teneoholdings.com.
For further information contact:
Stephen Meahl
Senior Vice President & Chief of Staff
212-886-1624
stephen.meahl@teneostrategy.com
James Crossland
Senior Managing Director & Chairman, Teneo Canada
647-338-3032
james.crossland@teneostrategy.com
NEW YORK and LONDON, January 13, 2016 – Teneo Holdings, the global advisory firm, today announces that StockWell Communications Group and Pendomer Communications have fully rebranded as Teneo Strategy (‘Teneo’) following its acquisition of both consultancies in the second half of 2015. Both companies have been fully incorporated with Teneo’s existing UK business and, alongside sister consultancy Blue Rubicon, now comprise one of London’s leading strategic communications advisory businesses with over 250 professionals.
Teneo’s London team advises a wide range of major clients in the UK, Continental Europe and internationally. The combined business offers a comprehensive, truly differentiated set of services that encompass all areas of corporate reputational management, including strategic communications, investor relations, financial and digital analytics, corporate governance, government affairs and geo-political risk advisory. In addition, the UK team leverages the global resources of the broader Teneo offering including management consulting, investment banking, executive recruiting, and capital allocation advisory among other services to create bespoke solutions for each unique client need.
The UK operations comprise a key part of Teneo’s global network of offices which now comprise over 570 professionals across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Greater China.
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ABOUT TENEO
Teneo is a global advisory firm founded in 2011 by Declan Kelly, Doug Band and Paul Keary with a vision to create a new breed of advisory firm focused on working exclusively with the leaders of major corporations to help them address a wide range of business and reputational issues and opportunities. Teneo’s clients include some of the world’s largest corporations. The firm has over 570 employees working across 12 integrated operating divisions spanning the disciplines of strategic communications, investor relations, investment banking, financial analytics, executive recruiting, digital analytics, corporate governance, government affairs, business intelligence, management consulting and corporate restructuring. The business operates out of 15 offices around the world across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Greater China. In January 2015 Private Equity firm BC Partners acquired a minority stake in Teneo. For more information on Teneo, please see www.teneoholdings.com
For further information contact:
London:
Charles Watson
Chairman, Teneo International
+44 (0)20 7186 8879
charles.watson@teneoholdings.com
New York City:
Stephen Meahl
Senior Vice President & Chief of Staff
212-886-1624
stephen.meahl@teneostrategy.com
NEW YORK, February 02, 2016 – Scott Bisang today joins Teneo Strategy as a Managing Director.
Scott Bisang is a Managing Director with Teneo Strategy.
Mr. Bisang provides strategic counsel across the disciplines of financial communications, investor relations, transaction communications and corporate reputation management to the firm’s global clients. He has extensive experience helping companies prepare for and manage complex special situations, notably mergers and acquisitions, hostile takeover attempts, shareholder activism, management transitions and other corporate crises.
Prior to joining Teneo, Mr. Bisang was a managing director at Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher, a financial communications firm based in New York. At Joele Frank, he provided strategic counsel and public relations and investor relations support to companies facing high-profile special situations, including hostile and friendly M&A transactions, shareholder activism, restructurings, spin-offs and litigation matters. During his five years at the firm, he worked on some of the highest profile transactions and special situations in the U.S., including: Allergan’s successful defense against a hostile takeover attempt from Valeant Pharmaceuticals and Pershing Square Capital; Macerich’s defense against a hostile takeover attempt from Simon Property Group; Merck’s acquisition of Idenix and the sale of its consumer care business to Bayer; and AOL’s successful proxy contest against Starboard Value.