Jim Finkle

Jim Finkle is a Managing Director in FGS Global's Strategy and Reputation group, based in Boston. He advises clients on corporate communications, public affairs and reputation, from issues management and special situations to crisis, cyber and regulatory response. His client work centers on AI and data center infrastructure (financing, community opposition, regulatory and environmental scrutiny), enterprise technology and cybersecurity, and spans healthcare and industrials, along with cross-border matters, including engagements with Chinese multinationals operating in the U.S. and U.S. companies working overseas.

As a senior leader of FGS Global's cybersecurity practice, he advises clients and colleagues on breach response, disclosure and crisis preparedness.

Prior to joining FGS, Jim was Director of Communications at the cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks. Before that, he spent more than two decades as a journalist with Reuters, Bloomberg News and other organizations, tracking the technology industry from the early internet through the rise of generative AI. At Reuters, he built the company's cybersecurity beat from the ground up, first as its lead reporter and later as editor, directing coverage across contributing reporters in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia and organizing its cybersecurity summits. He held reporting and editing roles covering financial news, healthcare, technology and national security in New York, Toronto, Boston, San Francisco, Southern California, Tokyo and Taipei.

Jim has a Masters in East Asian Studies from Yale University and a B.A. in History from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He spent a decade living and working in Asia, where he became fluent in Mandarin.