Franco Tambunting
Account Executive
Franco Tambunting provides strategic communications counsel to clients, including leading private equity firms, hedge funds and their managers, as well as private and publicly traded companies across a variety of industries including consumer goods, financial services, and industrials. He supports leadership teams during special situations, including shareholder activism defense, M&A, and fundraising activity including IPOs, as well as day-to-day media and investor relations, to help companies achieve their business objectives while protecting their corporate reputation.
Prior to joining H/Advisors Abernathy, Franco worked with Evercore’s Strategic, Defense, and Shareholder Advisory Team, where he supported Fortune 500 clients in developing prevention and response plans for hostile shareholder activity. He also previously worked at a Philippine-based asset management firm, where he supported equity research and helped build and market their ESG/Sustainability Portfolio.
Representative Experience
• Madison Dearborn Partners on media relations, strategic initiatives, and a variety of transactions, including its $13.4B sale of NFP Corp
• New Mountain Capital on a variety of transactions, day-to-day media relations, and other projects on behalf of the firm and its portfolio companies
• One of North America’s largest beverage companies on corporate positioning, reputation management, and communications for strategic growth initiatives
• A top-10 U.S. consumer bank on the $10.1B sale of its insurance subsidiary
• WisdomTree on shareholder activism defense and investor relations
• Tempus AI on its IPO valuing the company at $6.1 billion, and investor relations support
• Profile raising, media relations, and investor communications support for leading hedge funds and their managers
Education
• Georgetown University, B.A. in Political Economy
Languages
• Filipino
• Mandarin