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| Jon Henes |
Jon Henes has launched C Street Advisory Group to help potential clients navigate what the nearly 20-year Kirkland & Ellis partner calls the “era of reputation.”
As young workers focus on social justice and diversity issues, organizations must determine the best strategies to position their company to both do well and good,” said Henes, who was national finance chair for Kamala Harris for the People and co-finance chair for Ray McGuire’s bid for NYC mayor.
Antara Capital is helping to bankroll C Street, which will focus on business transactions; diversity, equity & inclusion; talent recruitment/retention; and communications and crisis services.
The communications group includes crisis chief Melissa Prober, ex-associate counsel at the New York Genome Center and Clinton Global Initiative; external affairs head Lisa Hernandez Gioia, a CGI, Hillary for America and Related Companies’ Hudson Yards development veteran; and communications director Maddie Sewani, a five-year Kekst CNC alum.
Based in New York, C Street will target public/private companies, law firms, investment banks, private equity firms, hedge funds and foundations.
Some well-honed communications strategies typically deployed in an activist situation must be set aside when the activist is also the founder of the company. Such situations require a more tailored response: one that respects the founder’s credibility without conceding the company’s future, addresses shareholders’ financial interests while acknowledging questions of legacy, and anticipates that the fight may be as personal and persistent as it is strategic.
Molly Fogarty, who rose to head of corporate affairs & sustainability at Nestle during a nearly 23-year stint, will join Brunswick Group as a partner in DC on Sept. 14.
Senior leaders have been exiting newly combined agencies since the wave of integrations started—the kind of departures that don't always make headlines but show up in who's running client accounts six months later.
Why CEO visibility is no longer optional as a communications tactic.
The “waiting period” that was once set aside for CEOs to develop their strategies before facing media scrutiny may be better used for corporate comms leaders get to know their CEO and what his or her short-term priorities will be.
