Counselor, Financial Communications
New York City
Glenn Wiener leads the Financial Communications practice at Crosswind, guiding public and private companies through their most sophisticated transactions while creating shareholder value through effective communications strategies.
Having spent his entire career in the public and investor relations fields, Glenn has serviced hundreds of companies both public and private, managing mergers and acquisitions and other transactions, bankruptcies, corporate restructurings, initial public offerings, corporate governance, financial relations and both, employee and crisis communications programs.
He has extensive experience in cross-border communications and a track record of integrating various marketing disciplines focused on increasing and measuring brand reputation. At his own firm and with Crosswind, Glenn has developed integrated programs for companies entering public markets, utilizing marketing, advertising, media relations and corporate finance to maximize shareholder value.
Prior to Crosswinds and his own consultancy, Glenn was senior vice president and national practice leader of PR21’s investor relations and financial communications division. He also served on the company’s senior leadership committee and had a lead role in shaping new business efforts across the technology, new media, investor relations and consumer practice areas.
Before PR21, Glenn was vice president at Edelman Worldwide, the world’s largest independent public relations agency, where he focused on investor and financial media relations for technology, telecommunications, consumer electronics and Internet companies. Weiner previously held various positions with Hill & Knowlton, Inc., a worldwide public relations and public affairs agency and Makovsky & Company, a mid-sized public and investor relations firm specializing in the technology, health care and financial services industries.
Glenn holds a B.A. in Political Science and is a graduate of Boston University. He has served as a guest lecturer at Georgetown University and currently resides in New York City.