Tennyson Oyler
Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs at Pacific Life
- Role
- Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs at Pacific Life
- Location
- Irvine, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Tennyson Oyler
Communications & Corporate Affairs executive with 20+ years leading enterprise communications, corporate storytelling, media relations, crisis & issues management and executive visibility for a Fortune 300 financial services company. Trusted advisor to CEOs and executive leadership on reputation risk, stakeholder trust and long-term brand value. Proven builder of cross-functional operating models that align communications with governance, culture and business priorities in regulated environments, partnering across Legal, Compliance, HR and Government Affairs.
Experience
Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Apr 2022 — Present · Newport Beach, CA, US
External Communications & Reputation*Direct global external communications strategy, including corporate storytelling, media relations, crisis response and public-facing digital platforms to protect and advance enterprise reputation*Architect annual B2B and B2B2C communications strategies aligned to enterprise growth objectives, integrating earned, owned and thought-leadership channels across industry and consumer audiences*Built key reporter relationships with top-tier industry publications to support product stories, executive op-eds, and built proactive social sentiment monitoring to inform messaging and engagement*Assess external sentiment and emerging issues to shape enterprise and communications strategies supporting financial strength and enterprise risk posture for regulators, partners, customers and community stakeholdersCrisis & Issues Management*Govern the enterprise crisis management framework, including issue identification, scenario planning, executive simulations and real-time response*Established an on-call vendor support model for crisis management, engaging partners in pre-planning and Day 0 activations (0–24 hour response) to increase speed, coordination and message discipline during high-severity events*Led enterprise communications response across high-severity events including the 2008 financial crisis, regulatory investigations and legal disputes, COVID-19 planning and recovery, and multiple cyber- and technology-driven incidentsInternal Communications*Created an executive communications program to strengthen leader presence, including embedding communications leaders in divisions, and the establishment of enterprise town halls, internal speaker series, employee meet-ups and thought-leadership programs*Led internal communications and employee experience functions reaching 4,500+ global employees, including implementation of a new intranet, employee recognition system, digital displays, and employee social engagement
Education
University of California, Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business
M.B.A.
2009
Brigham Young University
Bachelor's Degree, International Studies
2002
Skills
- Marketing
- Web Content
- Corporate Branding
- Public Relations
- Internal Communications
- Media Relations
- Strategy
- Trademarks
- Non-Profits
- Strategic Communications
- Community Outreach
- Community Development
- Event Planning
- Strategic Planning
- Insurance
- Brand Management
- Fundraising
- Marketing Strategy
- SEO
- Corporate Communications
- Social Media
- Management
- Advertising
- Marketing Communications
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