Howard Rubel is a senior investor relations and equity research executive with four decades of experience covering the aerospace and defense industry and communicating with institutional investors. A former Vice President of Investor Relations at General Dynamics, he reported to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and led the company’s engagement with institutional investors, quarterly earnings communications, proxy engagement, financial disclosure, and ESG efforts.
Before joining General Dynamics, Rubel spent more than three decades as a Wall Street analyst, leading the aerospace and defense research group at Jefferies and holding senior research roles at Schwab Soundview, Goldman Sachs, and C.J. Lawrence. The Wall Street Journal and Institutional Investor recognized him as a top industry analyst. He is now Managing Partner of 1215 Strategic Advisors, where he advises on competitive analysis, corporate governance, and capital markets positioning, and he serves on the Board of Governors of The Wings Club Foundation. Rubel holds a master’s degree in management from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School and a bachelor’s degree from Washington and Lee University.
