Winnie Lerner

Winnie Lerner is the CEO of FGS Global for North America. Winnie has advised senior executives of companies navigating transition and through M&A, crises and changes to leadership for over two decades. She counsels companies through complex moments of change and develops strategies to build their profiles and communicate their mission and business goals to stakeholders. She focuses largely on corporate reputation, crisis management and issues related to the capital markets, including transactional work, IR, IPOs and portfolio company activity.

Prior to joining FGS Global, she was Managing Partner at Finsbury and head of the New York office and Capital Markets practice for The Glover Park Group, each predecessor companies to FGS Global. Previously, she ran global communications for Ralph Lauren, and earlier, worked for 16 years at The Abernathy MacGregor Group (AMG), a leading boutique corporate consultancy, where she left as Co-President of the firm. Ms. Lerner also worked as a Legislative Assistant in Energy & Commerce on Capitol Hill and worked on Presidential and Congressional campaigns.