John Lovallo

John Lovallo is a trusted advisor to C-Suite executives, implementing corporate communications, financial communications, and investor relations brand-building campaigns.

Mr. Lovallo has a proven ability to analyze, simplify, and provide communications solutions to complex corporate, financial, and business issues. Mr. Lovallo works with a broad spectrum of companies, from startups to the Fortune 500, and brings extensive capital markets experience to the table as well.

Mr. Lovallo has significant experience handling communications issues related to the IPO lifecycle, post-IPO communications, leadership transition, and mergers and acquisitions. He sees financial communications as a strategic management responsibility to shape perceptions and mitigate risk with the investment community and other key stakeholders in order to build shareholder value; enhance management’s credibility; reduce volatility and support liquidity; lower the cost of capital; and protect the corporate brand.

Prior to joining Levick, Mr. Lovallo was principal of Lovallo Communications Group, a corporate communication, financial communication, and investor relations firm where he worked with institutional investors, national/trade reporters, social media channels, and other key influencers to generate support for corporate initiatives, impact business outcomes, maximize valuation, and protect corporate brands. Mr. Lovallo has advised financial services, health care, professional services, real estate, and technology companies, providing strategic counsel on a full range of investor relations, corporate reputation, crisis, and business matters. 

Recently, Mr. Lovallo helped Open Solutions, a leading provider of integrated enabling technologies for community-based financial services, re-position and rebrand following a going private transaction. Mr. Lovallo partnered with senior management to develop and implement a comprehensive communications and advocacy strategy to achieve a next level of brand awareness and positively impact business. Mr. Lovallo also assisted Team Health, one of the nation's largest providers of hospital-based clinical outsourcing, during its pre-IPO stage and to prepare for its successful initial public offering.  

Previously, Mr. Lovallo held corporate/financial communications and investor relations practice leadership positions at Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, Weber Shandwick, and Makovsky & Company, where he helped companies define, build, and protect their reputations to drive business, engage employees, strengthen brand loyalty, and increase shareholder value. In these roles, Mr. Lovallo has worked with well over 200 publically-traded and private companies including American Home Mortgage Investment Corp., Asia Info., BP, Deloitte, Ford, FM Global, Intelsat, Landis+Gyr Group, Media General, NASDAX, Pier One, Shering AG, Sodexho Alliance, Sterlite Industries, Suez Lyonnaise, and WebMD.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Lovallo spent 14 years managing institutional and high net worth investment portfolios with an emphasis on equity analysis and evaluation.