Podcast #43 | Abe Friedman: "Investors don't care as much about the messenger as they do about the message."

In episode #43 of the Boardroom Governance Podcast, Evan Epstein talks with Abe Friedman, the Head of PJT Camberview, a leading shareholder advisory firm based in San Francisco.

Abe joined PJT Partners through the acquisition of CamberView Partners in 2018. Abe founded CamberView in 2012 and served as its CEO through 2018. Before founding CamberView, Abe was Managing Director and Global Head of Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment at BlackRock. Prior to that role, he served in leadership positions at Barclays Global Investors and Glass, Lewis & Co.

In this podcast, they talk about Abe’s entrepreneurial journey in corporate governance, the shift in the role of institutional investors and the state of play in shareholder activism. They also discuss the last proxy season, ESG, say-on-pay, new regulations on climate & human capital management, and much more.

You can listen to the episode directly at https://boardroom-governance.com/episodes/abe-friedman (where you can find the show notes), or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts such as in: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or Stitcher.

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