and global communications and public affairs roles at McDonald’s, where he was responsible for issues management strategies for the brand. Corporate Practice Leader at Golin and Executive Vice President Corporate Practice at Edelman, two of the world’s largest and most celebrated public relations firms. Prior to joining AAG, Tim served as the U.S. He has led teams for McDonald’s, CME Group, NextEra Energy, Cargill, Dow Chemical, Syngenta, CF Industries and others through corporate reputation, issues management, crisis response, employee engagement, and other brand transformational moments. Tim has led communications and public affairs strategies for clients in the food, agriculture, energy, manufacturing, chemical, healthcare, and financial sectors.

Tim Peters is a Partner in Alpha Advisory Group (AAG) and brings more than 25 years of reputation, issues management and public affairs experience to bear in helping companies and senior executives build, strengthen, and sustain their reputations. in Finance, and received his MBA from Babson College. He graduated from Siena College with a B.S. He also served in financial planning and analysis and investor relations at The Hartford Financial Group. Previously, Cummings spent over six years in mutual fund strategic development at John Hancock Advisors in Boston, where he was responsible for FP&A, and evaluating potential corporate and portfolio M&A activity. Prior to joining Alpha IR Group, he was the Senior Vice President for FTI Consulting and Ashton Partners, where he established best practice communication programs for clients across various industries including energy, technology, and healthcare. Much of his investor relations work has involved crisis management, management transitions, and transaction communications. Cummings has extensive experience managing client relationships, developing messaging strategies, and conducting strategic investor outreach. Michael Cummings is a Partner, President and General Manager of Alpha’s Boston office.

Mike Cummings Partner & President, Boston Since 2012, our team’s prior backgrounds have included: Our deep corporate and financial communications experience is what separates us from PR firms and large multi-practice agencies, and it’s why we are true specialists in our field. Our leaders have over 150 years of collective agency, corporate reputation, in-house, buy-side, sell-side, investment banking, and/or finance experience.

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