The right words. At the right time.

Gerard Meuchner, Founder & President of g.comms

meet gerard meuchner

gcomms.org

Founder and President of

I help the C-suite deliver compelling messages in a distracted world.

I’ve been shaping narratives for more than three decades, first as a financial journalist and later as a Fortune 500 Chief Communications Officer, helping companies define their brand and enhance their reputation.

Now, as founder and president of gcomms.org, I work with executives to sharpen their messaging and strengthen their storytelling. It’s about delivering the right words at the right time.

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In 2012, I joined Henry Schein with a challenge: to build a global communications function for the world’s largest provider of health care solutions to office-based dental and medical practitioners.

From modernizing executive communications and media relations to transforming internal communications and social media, every initiative was designed to elevate the company’s voice. Along the way, I spearheaded Henry Schein’s first corporate brand campaign, established the CEO’s social media presence, conceived and wrote the company’s first corporate social responsibility report, and built a mobile intranet to connect a global workforce.

The mission wasn’t just to tell the Henry Schein story but to define it, amplify it, and ensure the message resonated across every audience.

At Kodak, I found myself at the center of one of the most historic transformations in business – the seismic shift from film to digital at a legendary global brand.

I led communications through an array of challenges that required a legacy manufacturer to burnish its reputation for innovation. This effort culminated in securing the selection of Kodak digital camera inventor Steven J. Sasson to receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the U.S.’s highest such honor.

Early in my career, I was a founding member of Bloomberg News. I established coverage of the Federal Reserve and the U.S. government securities market before launching and leading the Boston bureau, where the team generated market-moving coverage of companies and industries based in New England, including banking, biotech, defense, industrials, and software.

These experiences honed an ability to translate complex topics into compelling, accessible stories.

My passion is helping leaders articulate their vision, build trust with stakeholders, and communicate with confidence – whether in the boardroom, in the media, or on digital platforms.

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capabilities

Brand Messaging & Narrative Development

Crisis & Issues Management

Speechwriting / Executive Communications

Internal Communications

Stakeholder Communications

Presentation & Media Training

accomplishments

Built professional corporate communications function as the company’s first-ever Chief Global Communications Officer.

Created overarching communications strategy to support Henry Schein’s growth, including first-ever corporate brand campaign, titled Rely on Henry Schein.

Developed comprehensive crisis communications approach, and led the communications response to various events.

Created and maintained the CEO’s social media presence, leading to his selection as a LinkedIn Top Voice with more than 80,000 followers.

Created #scheinchats, the company’s premier social media vehicle, featuring conversations between Team Schein Members and external thought-leaders.

Modernized internal communications with a state-of-the-art mobile and global intranet called MySchein that reaches all 26,000 Team Schein Members.

Conceived and created Henry Schein’s inaugural corporate social responsibility report in 2013, titled Helping Health Happen.

Led the strategic communications effort to support the digital transformation of one of the world’s great brands, culminating in the 2010 selection of Kodak digital camera inventor Steven J. Sasson to receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the U.S.’s highest such honor.
Conceived and launched Kodak’s award-winning corporate blogs, A Thousand Words, which was devoted to sharing image-rich personal stories, and A Thousand Nerds, which highlighted the work of Kodak’s research community.
Managed dozens of crises during the company’s digital transformation, most notably the massive reduction in film manufacturing capacity and associated employee issues without any loss of political support.
Revamped internal communications by creating a more interactive intranet to foster a greater sense of community during a time of historic change.

Founding member of Bloomberg News, the financial news operation of Bloomberg L.P., the global leader in business and financial data, news, and insight, created in 1981 by Michael Bloomberg.
Served as Bloomberg’s first credit markets reporter (1990-1995), first Boston bureau chief (1995-2000, establishing full-time coverage of companies in New England, ranging from biotechs and biopharmaceuticals to banks, mutual funds, and industrials), and first Global Director of News Training (2000).

The Wise Men (served as Chair from 2015-2017). Established in 1938, The Wisemen is the oldest public relations society in the United States and serves as a forum to foster discussion among key opinion leaders in the media and senior public relations practitioners. In 2017, I recruited a female successor, marking the first time a woman was named to lead the organization, since renamed The Wise Ones.
The Seminar (served as Chair in 2013). Established in 1952, The Seminar is the premier annual gathering in the United States of the Chief Communications Officers of the Fortune 500 and other select organizations. As Chair of the 2013 event, raised The Seminar’s profile by creating the organization’s first-ever internet, refreshing its marketing materials, and leading a recruiting effort that resulted in record-setting attendance.

The right words. At the right time.

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