Strategic Communications Advisor
Strategic Communications Advisor
Strategic Communications Advisor
Independent Executive Counsel
Independent Executive Counsel
Independent Executive Counsel
Stephen Grant has spent 30 years helping business leaders connect strategy with action through clear thinking and credible communication. He has advised CEOs and senior leadership teams at Fortune-ranked companies and leading organizations across the U.S., U.K., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia on complex and consequential assignments.
He is currently advancing his work on leadership, narrative, and organizational change through the Stanford Executive Program at Stanford Graduate School of Business, with completion expected in early 2027.
For seven years, Stephen served as one of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ most senior independent communication advisors and executive ghostwriters, authoring approximately 600 publications across 50 advisory teams and 18 industry verticals before moving to the firm's most consequential strategic priorities: M&A, global transformation, leadership alignment, workforce reorganization, and the governing language behind PwC's most visible and high-stakes internal initiatives.
Stephen Grant has spent 30 years helping business leaders connect strategy with action through clear thinking and credible communication. He has advised CEOs and senior leadership teams at Fortune-ranked companies and leading organizations across the U.S., U.K., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia on complex and consequential assignments.
He is currently advancing his work on leadership, narrative, and organizational change through the Stanford Executive Program at Stanford Graduate School of Business, with completion expected in early 2027.
For seven years, Stephen served as one of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ most senior independent communication advisors and executive ghostwriters, authoring approximately 600 publications across 50 advisory teams and 18 industry verticals before moving to the firm's most consequential strategic priorities: M&A, global transformation, leadership alignment, workforce reorganization, and the governing language behind PwC's most visible and high-stakes internal initiatives.
Stephen Grant has spent 30 years helping business leaders connect strategy with action through clear thinking and credible communication. He has advised CEOs and senior leadership teams at Fortune-ranked companies and leading organizations across the U.S., U.K., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia on complex and consequential assignments.
He is currently advancing his work on leadership, narrative, and organizational change through the Stanford Executive Program at Stanford Graduate School of Business, with completion expected in early 2027.
For seven years, Stephen served as one of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ most senior independent communication advisors and executive ghostwriters, authoring approximately 600 publications across 50 advisory teams and 18 industry verticals before moving to the firm's most consequential strategic priorities: M&A, global transformation, leadership alignment, workforce reorganization, and the governing language behind PwC's most visible and high-stakes internal initiatives.
For a decade Stephen served as Chief Communications Officer at Hillard Heintze — one of the country's fastest-growing privately held security and risk advisory firms and a three-time Inc. 500 company. He built the frameworks, tools, and branded intellectual property that defined how the firm communicated — to clients, to the market, and to itself. When the firm was acquired in 2019, CEO Arnette Heintze cited the communications infrastructure and branded IP as direct contributors to the transaction value.
"He helped define our identity as a firm and articulate why we were different. He gave us the communication edge we needed to be recognized for excellence."
For a decade Stephen served as Chief Communications Officer at Hillard Heintze — one of the country's fastest-growing privately held security and risk advisory firms and a three-time Inc. 500 company. He built the frameworks, tools, and branded intellectual property that defined how the firm communicated — to clients, to the market, and to itself. When the firm was acquired in 2019, CEO Arnette Heintze cited the communications infrastructure and branded IP as direct contributors to the transaction value.
"He helped define our identity as a firm and articulate why we were different. He gave us the communication edge we needed to be recognized for excellence."
For a decade Stephen served as Chief Communications Officer at Hillard Heintze — one of the country's fastest-growing privately held security and risk advisory firms and a three-time Inc. 500 company. He built the frameworks, tools, and branded intellectual property that defined how the firm communicated — to clients, to the market, and to itself. When the firm was acquired in 2019, CEO Arnette Heintze cited the communications infrastructure and branded IP as direct contributors to the transaction value.
"He helped define our identity as a firm and articulate why we were different. He gave us the communication edge we needed to be recognized for excellence."
Stephen has operated Excerra since 2019 as an independent strategic communications and executive advisory practice on transformational communications and narrative governance.
He works directly with CEOs and leadership teams to clarify strategic intent, develop audience-informed communication strategies, and govern the language that determines whether strategy moves people. Stephen leads each engagement personally, bringing in specialist expertise where the assignment requires it.
Stephen is currently advancing his work on leadership, narrative, and organizational change through the Stanford Executive Program at its Graduate School of Business, with completion expected in early 2027. He holds an Executive MBA from NYU Stern School of Business and a B.A. from Yale University.
Stephen has operated Excerra since 2019 as an independent strategic communications and executive advisory practice on transformational communications and narrative governance.
He works directly with CEOs and leadership teams to clarify strategic intent, develop audience-informed communication strategies, and govern the language that determines whether strategy moves people. Stephen leads each engagement personally, bringing in specialist expertise where the assignment requires it.
Stephen is currently advancing his work on leadership, narrative, and organizational change through the Stanford Executive Program at its Graduate School of Business, with completion expected in early 2027. He holds an Executive MBA from NYU Stern School of Business and a B.A. from Yale University.
Stephen has operated Excerra since 2019 as an independent strategic communications and executive advisory practice on transformational communications and narrative governance.
He works directly with CEOs and leadership teams to clarify strategic intent, develop audience-informed communication strategies, and govern the language that determines whether strategy moves people. Stephen leads each engagement personally, bringing in specialist expertise where the assignment requires it.
Stephen is currently advancing his work on leadership, narrative, and organizational change through the Stanford Executive Program at its Graduate School of Business, with completion expected in early 2027. He holds an Executive MBA from NYU Stern School of Business and a B.A. from Yale University.