Podcast #48 | Jackie Cook: On the "Investor Stewardship Movement"

In episode #48 of the Boardroom Governance Podcast, Evan Epstein talks with Jackie Cook, the Director of Stewardship, Product Strategy & Development at Morningstar.

Jackie joined Morningstar in October 2018, when Morningstar acquired Fund Votes, a company that she founded in 2007. Fund Votes had been a provider of mutual-fund and exchange-traded fund proxy voting data on corporate resolutions and shareholder proposals across ESG topics.

In this podcast, they talk about say-on-pay, executive compensation, the rise of investor support for ESG proposals, including the role of large asset managers and investor advocacy groups. They also discuss about dual-class shares, the Exxon Mobil proxy contest, shareholder driven climate governance, and what to expect in the next proxy season, among other matters relevant to directors and corporate governance generally.

You can listen to the episode directly at https://boardroom-governance.com/episodes/jackie-cook (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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