Podcast #29 | Nichol Garzon-Mitchell: the Proxy Advisory Landscape

In this episode, I talk with Nichol Garzon-Mitchell, a Senior Vice President and the General Counsel at Glass Lewis, one of the two major proxy advisory firms in the world. Glass Lewis covers over 30,000 meetings each year, across approximately 100 global markets.

In Ep. 29 of the Boardroom Governance Podcast, Evan Epstein talks with Nichol Garzon-Mitchell, a Senior Vice President and the General Counsel at Glass Lewis, one of the two major proxy advisory firms in the world.

Glass Lewis covers over 30,000 meetings each year, across approximately 100 global markets. They have over 1,300 clients, including the majority of the world’s largest pension plans, mutual funds and asset managers, who collectively manage more than $40 trillion in assets.

In this podcast, Nichol discusses the history and current focus of Glass Lewis, and the evolution of corporate governance, stewardship and engagement since she first joined the firm 16 years ago. Nichol and Evan also dive into regulatory matters involving the proxy advisory industry and corporate governance generally.

You can listen to the episode directly at https://boardroom-governance.com/episodes/nichol-garzon-mitchell (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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