John brings more than 20 years of governance and data intelligence experience to the firm, having most recently served as Managing Director and Head of Analytics at Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), where he led the development of ISS’ quantitative methodologies related to compensation and governance scoring. Prior to ISS, John served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at a registered institutional investor. He previously served on the White House staff, was a consultant with McKinsey & Company, and served as a military officer. John is a frequent speaker at industry events such as the New York Stock Exchange Governance Series, The Wall Street Journal Global Compliance Symposium, the Canadian Society of Corporate Secretaries, the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals, and for National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) programming.

Joele Frank was named the 2019 Global Corporate/Financial Agency of the Year by The Holmes Report, which recognizes superior achievement in the global arena of financial and corporate communications. The firm was selected as the winner for the second time in three years following an exhaustive research process involving more than 450 submissions and face-to-face meetings with leading PR firms across North America, EMEA, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. Joele Frank was previously honored by The Holmes Report as North American Financial Agency of the Year in 2019, 2017, 2016 and 2012, Global Corporate/Financial Agency of the Year in 2017 and Crisis Firm of the Year in 2009.