Kris Pederson and Jamie Smith: Takeaways from the 2022 Proxy Season.
Welcome to the Boardroom Governance Podcast. I’m your host, Evan Epstein. In this episode, I talk with Kris Pederson and Jamie Smith from the EY Americas Center for Board Matters. Kris is the Center’s Leader and Jamie focuses on Investor Outreach and is a Corporate Governance Specialist. Kris is a seasoned professional with 30 years of management consulting, auditing, financial analysis, and corporate board experience. She currently focuses on the board agenda, including the board’s role in strategy definition, disruptive innovation, board performance and culture, and long-term value/ESG. Jamie has a deep background in research related to corporate governance. She has focused on corporate governance since 2003, and has presented on corporate governance issues to corporate boards and a variety of companies and organizations. In this podcast, we talk about four takeaways from the 2022 proxy season including ESG shareholder proposals, Climate risk/energy transition, DEI & corporate political responsibility. We also address the increasing focus on the director’s role and boardroom diversity trends, the impact of the new universal proxy rules, shareholder engagement and shareholder activism. If you like this show, please consider subscribing, leaving a review or sharing this podcast on social media. You can find all the show notes on the website boardroom-governance.com and please feel free to subscribe to the Boardroom Governance Newsletter at evanepstein.substack.com