Sodali & Co Strengthens Executive Leadership Team with Four Key Appointments
Sodali & Co a leading global stakeholder advisory firm specializing in financial markets, has announced four strategic appointments to its Executive Leadership Team (ELT) under the leadership of CEO Andrew Benett. These additions aim to accelerate the firm’s strategy of providing integrated solutions to clients worldwide across equity, sustainability, and strategic communications advisory services.
New Leadership Appointments
- Brett Clegg – Chief Commercial Officer
Brett Clegg has been promoted to Chief Commercial Officer. Previously President of Sodali’s Asia-Pacific region based in Sydney, Brett brings extensive experience in strategic communications, issue management, and financial markets transactions. Before joining Sodali, he held senior management and editorial roles at leading Australian media outlets, including The Australian Financial Review, The Australian, and The Daily Telegraph. - Aneliya Crawford – Director of Partnerships & Global Head of Shareholder Advice
Based in New York, Aneliya Crawford joins Sodali from UBS, where she served as Head of Corporate Shareholder Advice for the Americas and previously built UBS’s global shareholder activism and advocacy practice. She also brings extensive mergers and acquisitions experience from her time at Schulte, Roth & Zabel and Olshan Frome Wolosky. - Liz Micci – Client Director & Global Head of Strategic Communications
Liz Micci, also based in New York, brings 25 years of experience in corporate, crisis, and financial communications. She joins from FGS Global, where she served as Co-Head of Global Strategy and Reputation and was a member of the North American Executive Committee. - Nadia Krivickova – Director of Human Resources
Based in New York and Stamford, Connecticut, Nadia joins from Forensic Risk Alliance and brings nearly 20 years of HR leadership at AlixPartners, where she oversaw HR planning and operations for the Americas region and global strategic recruiting. She began her career in risk management and forensic accounting consulting.
Supporting Leadership Team
The firm’s strengthened management team also includes:
- Dan Wadleigh, Chief Financial Officer
- Amy Murphy, Global Head of Strategy
- Lauren Palumbo, Head of Personnel
- Andrew Benett, President & CEO
CEO Statement
Andrew Benett, President and CEO, commented:
Companies today face high-stakes decisions where financial health, stakeholder trust, governance, and sustainability are closely connected. Sodali & Co is uniquely positioned to guide clients through these complex dynamics with an integrated and comprehensive approach. The addition of Brett, Aneliya, Liz, and Nadia both validates and accelerates our strategy, allowing us to deliver tailored advice and actionable insights for strategic opportunities and advantageous outcomes.”
Strategic Context
These appointments follow a record year for Sodali, during which the firm continued to support clients navigating complex, cross-border transactions, shareholder activism, and other interdependent challenges. The firm remains committed to investing in financial market data and intelligence capabilities that underpin its differentiated advisory offering.
ABOUT SODALI & CO
Sodali & Co is a leading global stakeholder advisory firm specializing in financial markets. It offers a full range of integrated advisory services in equity, sustainability, and strategic communications. Sodali provides clients with differentiated insights, integrated expertise, and tailored advice to address complex and interconnected issues, identify and capitalize on strategic opportunities, and achieve advantageous business outcomes. Operating from its three global headquarters in New York, London, and Sydney, Sodali also has twelve regional offices in major financial centers worldwide. The firm’s work is consistently recognized in major rankings and industry awards. Notably, it has been named the top proxy solicitation firm in the Diligent Advisor Awards, the top activism law firm in Bloomberg’s Activism Review 2025, the number one firm in the Asia-Pacific region, and the number one firm in sovereign liability management. He is also among the most recommended reputation managers in the Spears500 ranking and was ranked fourth in the UK’s top business consultancy firms for his ability to represent FTSE 350 companies.
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