Tim Ragones is a Managing Director at Joele Frank with over 20 years of communications experience, including nearly a decade as a broadcast journalist. He advises management teams and boards on multi-stakeholder strategies for high-profile corporate, financial, and crisis situations. Tim has coached over 100 executives in media and presentation training.

Tim specializes in transaction communications, assisting clients with M&A, IPOs, and SPACs, including Syneos Health’s sale to Elliott, Aerojet Rocketdyne’s sale to L3Harris, and Broadcom’s acquisitions of VMware and CA Technologies. He also supports private equity firms like Apollo, CC Capital, and Roark Capital in transactions, crises, and profile-raising.

He has extensive expertise in crisis management, leadership transitions, shareholder activism, cybersecurity, and restructuring, advising on cases like Avianca Holdings and RadioShack. Tim holds an MS in Finance, an MA in Journalism, and a BA in History from Princeton University.