Henry (Hank) Boerner

Henry (Hank) Boerner is an expert in crafting effective strategies for dealing with critical issues and real or potential crisis situations affecting corporate, public and social sector organizations.  He has been a trusted senior advisor to leaders and boards in these sectors in the United States and abroad in the corporate, public and social sectors for more than three decades.

Hank wide and deep experience as a critical issues management and crisis management consultant serving Fortune 500 companies, multinational business enterprises, not-for-profit and other social sector institutions, public sector officials and agencies, and other types of organizations.  He has extensive experience in critical issues management, strategic corporate communications, crisis response and situation management, media relations, editing and publishing, financial markets communications, and management consulting.

“The critical issues of the 21st Century that challenge institutions in all sectors can be grouped in the important E, S and G buckets,” notes Hank.  It’s really all about environmental and energy, social and corporate and institutional governance factors, and while this is especially true for corporate leaders and boards, it is also true for social and public sector leaders.”

Hank is recognized for his deep knowledge and expertise in dealing with ESG factors and issues, especially those related to corporate and institutional governance, institutional accountability, corporate social responsibility practices, social investment, shareholder activism, and more.

His worldview can be summed up this way:  Hank is expert at identifying, tracking, analyzing, advising and commenting on,  emerging trends in "ESG" - Environmental, Social and Governance activities.

Hank taps his long research and publishing experience for much of this work -- he began his career as a business and financial journalist and has worked in print publishing, broadcast news, and for the past decade in Web-based and electronic publishing. He continues to publish widely in professional and trade publications (print and electronic), including Corporate Finance Review (RIA Thompson), NIRI IR Update, Investor Relations Newsletter (BNA-Kennedy), and others.

Much of his professional work, including extensive writing for today’s management and professional audiences, is based on his ability to identify, monitor and analyze emerging trends that directly affect business corporations, public sector agencies, institutions and non-profits, and trade and professional associations.

Hank Boerner retired from the former Rowan & Blewitt global issue and crisis management organization in summer 2007. (The 23-year old brand was retired when all senior partners of the management consulting retired; R&B was founded in 1984; Hank served as Managing Director – New York, 1992-2007.)

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