White’s M&A and activist defense expertise will propel growth, strengthen world-class communications offering to clients

Sloane & Company (“Sloane” or “the Company”), an industry leader in corporate and financial communications, today announced that TJ White has joined the Company as Managing Director and Head of Special Situations.

White comes to Sloane from FGS Global (formerly Sard Verbinnen & Co.), where he most recently served as a Director, providing strategic communications counsel and support to clients on complex transactions and special situations, including M&A, capital markets events, shareholder activism defense, crises, executive leadership transitions and litigation. Throughout his career, White has advised on approximately $475 billion worth of aggregate equity value in M&A, as well as on numerous high-profile large- and mega-cap activist defense situations.

Sloane Co-CEOs Whit Clay and Darren Brandt congratulated White on his new role: “We are thrilled and proud to have TJ join the Sloane family. TJ’s reputation as a trusted advisor precedes him, and he is widely respected and admired across the industry for the dedication, determination, and top-caliber counsel he brings to his craft. His enthusiasm and range of M&A and transactions experience make him a perfect fit to elevate our Special Situations team, and we look forward to working closely with him to strategically grow our business through relationships in the advisor community. Most importantly, TJ brings a depth of character and a collaborative, team-building spirit to everything he does—giving us great confidence he will be a strong asset to the firm’s culture as we work to live out our core values to Invest in, Commit to, and Challenge one another.”

White will shepherd and refocus Sloane’s burgeoning issues and advisory practice for executives, boards, and alternative asset management clients, while also fostering new connections and opportunities that contribute to purposeful growth for the Company. His unique experience, combined with his pragmatic, results-driven approach will enable him to provide key insights around a wide range of unique challenges that companies face today.

“It’s an honor to join the Sloane team at this exciting inflection point in the world of Special Situations,” said White. “Darren and Whit have done an incredible job building out Sloane’s traditional, strategic, and financial communications capabilities and have positioned the Company for sustainable and exciting long-term growth. Exceedingly unique times—be it the current market climate, the introduction of the Universal Proxy, or uncertainty in domestic and global arenas—have increased the need for smart, fresh counsel and created an exciting opportunity to help our current and prospective clients see beyond the horizon, plan for the unexpected, and execute efficiently and effectively. By leveraging our phenomenal bench of talent and our strategic partners at SKDK and Stagwell, I am excited to continue to build out our Special Situations team to expertly handle the most critical needs of our clients better than ever.”

White is a graduate of Franklin & Marshall College and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business, Organizations & Society. He currently resides in New York.

About Sloane & Company

Founded in 1998, Sloane & Company is an industry-leading strategic communications firm providing seasoned expertise across corporate communications; media relations; investor relations; crisis communications, activism defense & special situations; and public & regulatory affairs. The firm’s leadership is actively involved in all aspects of client work—leveraging a deep understanding of the media, capital markets, and global political and social issues to build, enhance and execute full-service communications strategies for its clients. The company was recognized by The Holmes Report as the 2015 U.S. and Global Corporate Agency of the Year and as Crisis Agency of the Year in both 2012 and 2010.

Sloane is an independent subsidiary of SKDK, the nation’s leading public affairs firm, and resides within the Stagwell Global network of agencies. For more information about Sloane & Company, visit https://sloanepr.com, and follow the company on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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