Matthew Sherman

President, Joele Frank

A founding member of the firm and President since August 2013, Matt has more than 25 years of experience providing strategic corporate, financial and crisis communications counsel to Boards of Directors and executive leadership of public corporations and private equity firms involved in M&A, hostile takeovers, proxy contests, shareholder activism defense, spin-offs, public listings, reorganizations, financial restructurings, management changes, privacy and cybersecurity, litigation, regulatory actions and a wide range of corporate crises. His areas of expertise include: Shareholder Activism, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, Investor Relations & Financial Public Relations.
 

In December 2020, Matt was recognized as a Top-10 “Power Player” by The Observer in its PR Power 50 List.  Matt received The M&A Advisor’s “40 Under 40” Recognition Award in 2012, and in 2007 he was named to PR Week’s inaugural “40 Under 40” list. Matt previously was a vice president in the M&A and crisis communications practice at Abernathy MacGregor Frank. He serves on the Board of Trustees of The Montclair Kimberley Academy in Montclair, NJ.  He received an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA in international relations and a BA in communications from the University of Pennsylvania.