Tom Johnson

Tom has more than two decades of experience counseling leading organizations, boards and senior leaders on strategic communications matters, with a particular focus on special situations, including transactions, crises, executive changes and governance issues. He is frequently called upon in high-stakes moments where effective communications drives value and preserves and enhances reputations.

He has spent much of his career focused on financial services and private capital, first as a journalist, he served as Editor-In-Charge of North America Investment Banking and Finance at Reuters, and later at H/Advisors Abernathy, where he last served CEO. In addition, Tom served as co-Chief Executive Officer of the H/Advisors global network, a team of 1,500+ executives across more than 40 offices.

Representative Experience

· Keurig Dr Pepper's $18 billion acquisition of JDE Peet’s, financing transactions with KKR and Apollo Group, and planned coffee asset spinoff

· Medline Industries' $30 billion majority stake sale to Blackstone, Carlyle and Hellman & Friedman and subsequent IPO plan

· TPG's full acquisition of DirecTV

· Cerner Corporation's $28.3 billion merger with Oracle

· Comcast's planned spin off of its cable TV networks and related digital assets

· CoinShares' Vine Hill Capital merger and subsequent U.S. listing plan

· WisdomTree's proxy campaign against ETFS Capital

· Truist Financial on the merger that created it and subsequent crisis, governance and executive change matters

· All JAB Holding Co. North American communications maters

· All global communications matters for Starwood Capital for 20+ years

· The National Women’s Soccer League's investigation into alleged misconduct

· First Horizon Bank's merger termination with TD Bank and subsequent U.S. communications strategy

· Leadership transitions at Evercore, Hershey’s, JAB, Bank of New York, DXC Technology, Keurig Dr Pepper and Panera