Andy Merrill is Partner and member of the senior leadership team at Prosek Partners. He leads the firm’s Special Situations Practice, where he applies his expertise in financial communications, gained over nearly two decades, to counsel clients involved in significant transactions, shareholder activism, major litigation, corporate crises and other event driven issues and situations that are likely to threaten corporate reputation.
Before joining Prosek, Andy was Senior Managing Director at Teneo, where he consulted leading multi-national corporations managing a variety of special situations. He worked closely with the CEOs and their boards of directors as an advisor on corporate strategy, operations, transaction communications as well as reputation management and media relations.
Prior to Teneo, Andy served as CEO of Finsbury in the United States, where he led the build-out of the US office and ultimately facilitated the firm’s merger with Robinson Lehrer Montgomery. As CEO, Andy successfully established Finsbury’s US arm and strategically focused on national and international transaction communications, media and investor relations, crisis management as well as shareholder management.
Prior to his tenure at Finsbury, he worked as Global Managing Director of financial communications at Edelman. He served at Abernathy MacGregor as Managing Director and Partner after his appointment as Vice President at reputation management consultancy Sard Verbinnen & Co. In his early career, Andy worked in finance as an Investment Banker at multinational investment bank, UBS. Beforehand, he was a Senior Commercial Banker at The Bank of New York Mellon, where he also headed the bank's investor relations.
Andy was awarded with an MBA in Finance from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College. Andy currently serves on the Board of Directors of Cristo Rey New York High School and Row New York and is Chairman of the Stamford Hospital Foundation.
Prosek Partners is a leading global marketing and communications firm based in the United States. The organization is specialized in the financial and B2B industries and distinguishes themselves for their deep understating of their client’s business.
Teneo is a communications strategy consultancy that offers a range of services from crisis management, investor relations, digital and social media management, to executive recruitment and litigation management. The firm has a high-profile client base from Fortune 500 companies to charity organizations as well as high-net-worth individuals.
Finsbury is a global public relations firm with headquarters in both New York and London. The company focuses on clients in the financial sector and specializes in public relations tailored to the finance industry. The organization is part of the media conglomerate, WPP.
Edelman is an international communications firm that focuses on reputation management. The company’s vision is to apply communication strategies that develop, advance and preserve their clients' brand and image.
Abernathy MacGregor is a communications company that consults to top level management, like CEOs and executives, on how to successfully manage stakeholder communications. Their client base ranges from finance to technology, to healthcare and beyond.
Sard Verbinnen & Co is a leading communications firm that focuses on the corporate and financial sector. The company supports clients that range from major corporations to smaller companies and high-net-worth individuals, in maintaining their positioning and managing their reputation.
A global financial services firm with a focused model built around clients and their needs, with an emphasis on informed advice, tailored ideas & solutions and best-in-class execution.
Senior Commercial Banker & Head of Investor Relations
1985 - 1996
New York, NY, USA
The Bank of New York Mellon is a financial services organization with headquarters in New York. The firm focuses on investment services as well as investment management and is the world’s largest custodian bank. It operates under the holding company, The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation.
Cristo Rey High School New York is a private Catholic high school in Manhattan, New York. The school sponsors students that excel academically and do not have the funds to attend a private high school. The school distinguishes itself by offering pupils internships at large corporations like American Express and McKinsey.
Stamford Hospital Foundation is a charity organization that financially supports the Stamford Hospital. The foundation makes provision for new technology, facilitates medical programs and supports the hospital in delivering the best possible service to patients.
Trinity College is a liberal arts college that focuses on education that is both traditional and current. The college was established almost 200 years ago and was rooted in Episcopal customs; it now embraces freedom of religion and encourages students to challenge traditional boundaries.
Stamford Health consists of Stamford Hospital, Stamford Health Medical Group and Stamford Hospital Foundation. The health system stands for a holistic approach to health and offers patients a range of services from prevention and wellness to diagnosis and treatment.
Row New York is a non-profit organization based in New York City focused on empowering youth through the sport of rowing. The organization offers a variety of rowing programs for under-resourced youth, people with disabilities and Veterans.
Andy Merrill explores a range of subjects pertaining to finance, politics and communications. He discusses social media in financial markets, hurdles faced by banks on managing data and debates on the weaponization of social media. He also deliberates Elon Musk’s presence on Twitter and Donald Trump’s motion to change the financial reporting system.
