Watch Now: Impact of the 2024 Proxy Season on Off-Season Engagement

On Sept. 6, 2024, Barnes & Thornburg, Vanderbilt Law School’s Law and Business Program, National Association of Corporate Directors–Nashville (NACD) and Vanderbilt University’s Hans Stoll Financial Markets Research Center co-hosted the inaugural Public Company Shareholder Engagement Summit.

The complimentary event included an engaging conversation on the impact of the 2024 proxy season on off-season engagement, featuring insight from Alfredo Porretti, Managing Director and Head of Shareholder Engagement and M&A Capital Markets for North America at J.P. Morgan, Mark Borges, Principal, Compensia, and Teresa Sebastian, Founder, President, CEO of The Dominion Asset Group, Joshua White, Assistant Professor of Finance at Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management and current senior advisor at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), moderated the discussion. 

A recording of the first session, Watch Now: Fireside Chat With SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda, was made available on September 19. The other sessions will be available on-demand in the coming weeks. Subscribe to Barnes & Thornburg’s Securities and Capital Markets blog to receive those recordings and other valuable insights directly in your inbox.