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Richard Torrenzano

Chairman and Chief Executive of The Torrenzano Group
Co-Author, Digital Assassination: Protecting your Reputation, Brand or Business Against Online Attacks

Richard Torrenzano

Richard Torrenzano is chairman and chief executive of The Torrenzano Group, a strategic communications and high-stakes issues management firm specializing in building and protecting corporate reputations, enhancing shareholder value and assisting clients in growing their businesses. The Torrenzano Group helps organizations take control of how they are perceived.
 
Richard Torrenzano and former White House speechwriter Mark Davis have co-authored Digital Assassination: Protecting your Reputation, Brand or Business Against Online Attacks. The book reveals how the Internet is used to desmolish brands, reputations, even lives . . . and provides a course of actions to turn the table on digital assassins. It is the preeminent work on Reputation Management in the Internet and digital age.

Background. Rich has advised chief executives and boards of international corporations in the US, Europe, Latin America and Asia, as well as several heads of state. He has extensive hands on experience in the world’s financial markets.  Throughout a period of rapidly developing public policy issues, historic levels of market activity, unprecedented change in world affairs and intense media coverage, Rich planned and directed the New York Stock Exchange’s worldwide activities and programs. For nearly a decade, he was a member of the Big Board’s management (policy) and executive (operations) committees. 

Global Crisis Expert. A recognized global specialist in crisis management, he managed the public strategies for significant global financial crises, including the market crash, October 1987, and the1998 Federal Reserve Bank’s $4 billion recapitalization of Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM), financed by a consortium of 14 of the world’s largest financial institutions.  His counsel and work helped restore confidence in the NYSE and U.S. capital markets. Following the September 11th terrorist attacks, he provided counsel to top executives at Merrill Lynch, Lloyd’s of London, Nasdaq Stock Market, National Association of Securities Dealers, American Stock Exchange and Security Traders Association – all significantly affected by the crisis. In the current global economic downturn, he has been visible in the national and international arenas, advising corporations on an array of market, reputation and corporate branding issues.
 
International Scope. At the request of the President of the United States – following the Bush-Gorbachev Malta Summit - Rich was instrumental in negotiating and planning the landmark NYSE USSR-US Moscow seminar on financial markets.  The program served as a catalyst for the opening of new exchanges in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Rich was also part of the delegation that advised key political and business leaders of Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Poland on their transition to capitalism and opening of the financial markets in those countries. He negotiated and planned the historic China-US symposium on financial markets in Beijing. Concurrent with those activities, Rich coordinated White House-related activities for the NYSE chief executive officer - in his capacity as chairman of President Reagan’s Board of Advisors on Private Sector Initiatives.
 
Corporate Positions. Rich also served as director and senior vice president-corporate affairs and a member of the Executive Management Committee for SmithKline Beecham, Plc. SB, which was one of the world’s leading healthcare companies with more than 300 products marketed in 130 countries and revenues exceeding $14 billion. SB merged with Glaxo in 2000. Under his leadership, during an intense political climate in healthcare, corporate affairs was re-energized through management changes, deployment of technology and integration of strategic business plans – all of which strengthened and enhanced SB’s global policy reach.
 
Frequent Speaker. Rich is a frequent speaker and author on digital and computer attacks and issues, crisis management, new social media, and conducting business with cross cultural barriers. He is often quoted in business periodicals and makes numerous appearances on network news programs.
 
Honors and Awards. Rich was awarded The Ellis Island Medal of Honor. He is a Knight of Malta; Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Holy Sepulchre; Knight Commander Jus Patronato of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George, and Knight Grand Cross, Royal Order of Francis I, both Royal House of Borbone; Knight, Order of Merit, Republic of Italy; Knight Commander, Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, and Knight Commander, Order of Merit, both Royal House of Savoy.
 
In the United States, Rich serves on the board of the New York State Trooper Foundation, a member of the Economic Club of New York and National Press Club, Washington, D.C. In England, he is a member of the Royal Society of Medicine and Reform Club.  He also served as a member of the Private Sector Advisory Committee to the United States Information Agency, US State Department, Washington, DC.
 
He received a bachelor’s degree in behavioral sciences from the New York Institute of Technology.  Rich holds NYIT’s two highest honors: the president’s medal for outstanding service to the community and an honorary Doctor of Letters.  He completed the executive program of the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, California. An avid sailor, he is a trustee of the Whaling Museum, Cold Spring Harbor, New York.

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Richard Torrenzano has spoken at hundreds of board, management, industry and training events worldwide. His focus is news related topics about leadership, crisis and high-stakes issues management, building and protecting corporate reputations, enhancing shareholder value, capital formation, and critical new dangers for organizations and individuals in our evolving digital world.

The Impact of New Social Media

  • Digital Assassination: Protecting Your Reputation, Brand, or Business Against Online Attacks
  • Character Assassination: Digital Slander, Falsehood, Manipulation, and Harmful Mischief
  • How to Protect Your Reputation and Brand
  • 7 Mistakes Companies Make in Their Digital Strategy
  • New Media, New Access: There's No Hiding Anymore!

Crisis  

  • History Doesn't Have to Repeat Itself: What Companies Can Learn from Toyota, BP & Goldman
  • Meltdown 101: Managing a Corporate Crisis
  • Seven Sins of Crisis Mis-Management
  • Corporate Crisis Predictability: You Had to Have Seen This Coming
  • This Isn't the Time for a Manager: How to Be A Leader During a Crisis
  • Seven Mistakes Not to Make During a Crisis

Socratic Dialogue: A Conference Game Changer. Overall, the Socratic Dialogue is an intellectual and humorous exercise. Everyone learns a great deal and gains a better understanding of the various roles that exist and decisions made within an industry, company or organization. Overall, it is a very entertaining and informative experience with interactive dialogue with an audience from 50 to 500.

The dialogue consists of a panel of eight to ten preselected participants who play specific roles in various situations, problems, or crises. The combination of a diverse panel and audience accurately depicts the impact that any situation could potentially have on a company or organization. Panelists can include CEOs, CFOs, independent directors, general counsels, other corporate divisional officers, and local officials as needed.

Media Relations in the Modern World

  • You're in the News; Actually You Are the News...Now What?
  • Don't Get Mad...Get Smart: Fielding Flack and Pushing Back

Leadership

  • Seven Reasons Why Really Good People Fail
  • Eight Proven Values of Corporate Success
  • Leadership and Management: Antonyms or Synonyms?
  • Top Management: Necessary Skills and Values
  • You Incorporated: How to Develop and Manage a Top Career and Life Plan
  • -From Cubical to Corner Office: Eight Surefire Steps

Wall Street & Global Financial Markets

  • Under Attack: The New Threat to American Corporations
  • Wall Street Runaway Bonuses: Will they stop?
  • CEOs & CFOs Beware: Three Problems You Will Face
  • Wall Street's Dirty Little Secrets
  • US Class Warfare: Wall Street vs. Main Street
  • Not Just Numbers - The New Paradigm Driving Stock Prices
  • Five Wall Street Secrets Companies Need to Know

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