Geoff Morrell is the President of Teneo’s Global Strategy & Communications business. From journalism to government, corporates and consulting, Geoff has spent 30 years navigating the intersection of media, politics and business.
Geoff previously served as Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at The Walt Disney Company. This was a newly created role responsible for designing, building and leading a globally integrated team across communications, public policy, government relations, community engagement and ESG issues management.
Prior to Disney, Geoff spent ten years with bp, including five at the company’s London headquarters, where he served as Executive Vice President of Communications & Advocacy. As a member of the Executive team, Geoff oversaw all of bp’s communications, government relations and external affairs work.
Before London, Geoff was based in Washington, DC, where he led bp’s U.S. Communications & External Affairs team. During those first five years with bp, Geoff was instrumental in helping to rehabilitate the company’s reputation in America after the Deepwater Horizon accident.
Geoff came to bp from the Department of Defense, where he served four years as Pentagon Press Secretary. In that position, Geoff acted as chief spokesman for Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and the United States military. He was appointed by President George W. Bush in 2007 and, in an unprecedented move, was reappointed by President Barack Obama in 2009. For his service to both administrations during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Geoff received the Distinguished Public Service Medal, the highest award the Department of Defense can give to a political appointee.
He previously was a White House correspondent for ABC News. He spent seven years at the network in Chicago, Washington and Jerusalem, and eight years prior to that reporting for local television stations across the country.
Geoff is a graduate of Georgetown University and received his master’s degree in Journalism from Columbia University. He is also a member of the Georgetown University Board of Regents, the Advisory Board of Axios HQ, and the Don Bosco Cristo Rey Board of Directors. Previously, he was a member of the National Council of The White House Historical Association and the Board of Directors of The American Ditchley Foundation.