Mathew Evins
Mathew L. Evins
Mathew Evins is the Chairman and Co-Founder of EVINS Communications, which has received consistent
acclaim for its integrated branding, marketing, and communications programs for legacy, luxury and
prestige brands. In addition to the firm’s specialist expertise in travel and hospitality, EVINS
Communications encompasses four group practices: Digital Content & Integration; Food, Spirits & Wine;
Lifestyle and Travel & Hospitality.
Since its inception in 1987, EVINS Communications has been consistently recognized for its brand
strategies, business insights and creative programming, having made a consequential contribution to the
development and growth of numerous icon and innovator brands and businesses, including American
Express Centurion and Platinum, Bergdorf Goodman, Cakebread Cellars, Colgin Cellars, Departures
Magazine, Exclusive Resorts, Hotels & Resorts of Halekulani, Inspirato, Jet Linx Aviation, Leica Camera,
LVMH Watch & Jewelry, Maker's Mark Bourbon, Marquis Jet, Neiman Marcus, Park Hyatt, Preferred
Hotels & Resorts, Rosewood Hotel & Resorts, The Knickerbocker Hotel, The Lanesborough, Uniworld River
Cruises, Valentino, Vera Wang, Vitamin Water and Wheels Up, amongst many others.
Prior to founding EVINS Communications, Mr. Evins previously served as CEO of Pain Therapeutics
Corporation, as CEO of Cardiff Consultants, a business and financial strategic consultancy and as a Vice
President of Vector Petroleum Corporation. While an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania,
from which he received a B.A. degree, Mr. Evins created and co-published “The Talisman Report,” which
became the world’s leading investment advisory newsletter for the three years of its publication. While
attending the University of Pennsylvania, and for more than six years beforehand, Mr. Evins served on the
staff of Cornell Medical Center, initially as a Surgical Research Associate in the Cardiovascular Research
Laboratory and, subsequently, as Associate Director of the Rogosin Organ Retrieval & Preservation
Laboratory.
Mr. Evins is one of the most respected authorities and thought leaders in luxury and luxury hospitality,
has lectured at the Cornell Hotel School and NYU’s Graduate School of Business, and has authored
numerous articles on luxury and luxury hospitality for such publications as Elite Traveler and HOTELS
Magazine. Mr. Evins currently serves on the boards of The International Luxury Hotel Association, Luxury
Travel Exchange International, ULTRA Luxury Exchange and the International Hotel Investment Forum.
He is also a cofounding board member, Secretary, Treasurer and a member of the Executive Committee
of the Board of Directors of the Global Virus Network, a non-profit 501(c)(3) coalition comprised of 57
Centers of Excellence in 33 countries worldwide, working collaboratively to prepare for, defend against
and provide an integrated first research response to, existing, emerging and unidentified viruses that pose
a clear and present threat to public health, such as COVID-19.
