About Tony Hynes

Tony has spent over 20 years working in agency and corporate settings driving high-impact communications consultancy for a range of companies, from the world’s largest multinationals to early-stage start-ups. His experience includes analyst relations, corporate reputation, messaging, positioning, narrative development, executive and corporate communications, and global product roll-outs.

An early pioneer of integrated communications noteworthy campaigns include the world’s first virtual reality press conference, the award-winning HP farm waste-powered data center campaign, and the launch of one of the early corporate podcasts—Sun Radio. Tony has worked extensively in the renewable energy sector, having established Bite Communications' Clean Technology Practice, working with companies such as Enphase, MiaSole, Recurrent Energy, and SunPower. He has also managed significant crisis communications tasks. 

Tony has also had a number of broad management responsibilities, including growing a new office in a highly competitive market, reengineering a global PR infrastructure, building a 50+ global account team, running multi-million dollar P&Ls, leading a WPP agency, and driving international accounts.

He has lived and worked in Hong Kong, London, Melbourne, Paris, and San Francisco. He holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from Manchester University, specializing in the economics and politics of development. He is based in Bend, Oregon.