Vic Svec

Vic Svec is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal's Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Services practice in Chicago. He specializes in ESG analysis and strategy.

Mr. Svec brings more than three decades of corporate experience in investor relations, social responsibility/ESG and corporate communications. He has worked with Fortune 500 companies and global category leaders in the energy, consumer products and recreation sectors.

Mr. Svec’s notable engagements include helping to drive tangible ESG improvements with companies in specialty chemicals, mining, natural resource and infrastructure; increasing ESG ratings at his prior employer by 60 percent; and enabling his company to earn number-one honors for small/mid-cap companies in the metals/mining sector from Institutional Investor Magazine.

Mr. Svec chaired a global industry initiative, developing the inaugural set of responsible ESG principles for industry signatories. He directed social responsibility activities that were recognized with first-in-sector social responsibility honors in Fortune’s Most Admired Companies ranking and the Platt’s Global Energy Awards. He has also led investor relations and communications initiatives in more than 20 successful equity/bond offerings, IPOs, spinoffs and M&A transactions with a combined value of more than $20 billion. He is a frequent presenter at ESG, investor and industry events.

Mr. Svec earned bachelors' degrees in mass communications and government from Southern Illinois University. He has completed selected coursework in the Jurisprudence Program at St. Louis University and the MBA Program at Southern Illinois University. Mr. Svec is a former board member of the St. Louis Science Center, the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association and the International School of Business at St. Louis University.