Geoff Smith

Geoffrey Smith is Director of Corporate Communications at Amundi Pioneer. Based in Boston, he is responsible for media relations, employee communications, advertising, crisis communications, and the charitable giving program for Amundi Pioneer. Prior to joining Amundi Pioneer in 2005, he was a Senior Consultant at Compton Consulting Group, Inc., specializing in strategic public relations and crisis communications for asset management firms. His clients included Franklin Templeton Institutional, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Babson Capital Management, Darby Overseas (private equity) and Affiliated Managers Group (NYSE: AMG). Prior to entering public relations in 2003 he served for 12 years as an award-winning reporter for BusinessWeek magazine covering the financial services industry, personal finance, financial regulations, and New England businesses, including the biotech and defense industries. He is a winner or co-winner of national journalism awards including the Gerald Loeb Award for Best Magazine Reporting (Finalist); Deadline Club Award Best Magazine Reporting and the Investment Company Institute Education Foundation Award for Excellence in Personal Finance Reporting. Prior to BusinessWeek, he was a reporter and assistant business editor at the Boston Herald, and business reporter at the Lowell (Mass.) Sun. He has a B.A. with honors from Earlham College and an M.S.J. from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.