Rich Myers

General Manager, Financial Communications and Capital Markets, Edelman Financial Communications

Rich Myers leads the financial practice in New York at Edelman.  He and his team advise some of the world’s leading firms across investment banking, hedge funds, private equity, professional trading and traditional asset management.  Rich’s assignments have included for such firms as Citadel, AQR Capital Management, General Atlantic, SkyBridge Capital, CME Group, Credit Suisse and SALT, the leading industry conference for the alternative asset management space.

In addition, the Edelman financial practice works on a variety of special situations for financial and non-financial companies, including communications around  regulatory issues, mergers & acquisitions and other investor-related or high-profile media assignments.  The New York financial practice is part of Edelman’s deep global network of wholly-owned financial communications practices – and clients frequently come to Edelman because of its cross-border capabilities.

Rich and his team at Edelman specialize in developing strategies that help firms position themselves and effectively manage issues with investors, clients, regulators and the media.  

Rich has more than 25 years’ experience working with leaders in the financial sector, government and politics to develop and manage effective stakeholder communications programs. He as served in high-profile communications roles at Nasdaq, the Chicago Board of Trade, Liquidnet, the U.S. Treasury Department and on Capitol Hill in Washington.