NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Seritage Growth Properties (NYSE:SRG) announced today that Allison Thrush has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Trustees as an independent trustee. Ms. Thrush will serve on the Board’s Audit Committee...
General Motors could soon be one of just two companies in the S&P 500 to not only have a female CEO, but to also have a majority female board of directors. In the near future, the GM board will soon feature six women, including GM CEO Mary Barra, when two current GM board directors retire. The board will shrink from the current 13 members to 11 with the retirement of those members. Five of the 11 will be male, and six will be female. The board will require shareholders’ approval at the annual meeting on June 4th...
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 19, 2019--Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) today announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously elected Alfred F. Kelly, Jr. as Chair of the Board, effective as of April 16, 2019. Mr. Kelly will continue to serve as Visa’s Chief Executive Officer, a role he has held since December 2016. Mr. Kelly will succeed Robert (Bob) Matschullat as Chair of the Board. Mr. Matschullat will continue to serve on the Board and as Chair of the Board’s Finance Committee...
In 2018, Disney CEO Bob Iger got a raise–a big raise. His total compensation increased 80% to hit $65.6 million. According to a recent study by Equilar, his compensation was 1,424 times that of the median Disney employee. For Abigail Disney, granddaughter of Disney cofounder Roy Disney, that level of pay is “insane.” Moreover, she says, executive pay at that level has “had a corrosive effect on society.”...
Activist investor Bill Ackman, the billionaire CEO of hedge fund Pershing Square Capital, is making a huge comeback — and he credits it to an insight he gleaned from years of studying his “mentor” Warren Buffett...
Driving sustainable business practices in companies requires involvement from boards of directors . And there is some evidence that sustainability is ...
SAN FRANCISCO, April 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Anaplan, Inc. (NYSE: PLAN), a pioneer in Connected Planning, today announced the appointment of Suresh Vasudevan to its Board of Directors effective April 14, 2019...
PRNewswire/ -- Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated JLL, +2.51% today announced Jeetu Patel has been nominated for election as an independent, non-executive member of its Board of Directors at the company's 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 29, 2019...
L Brands has reached an agreement about its board with activist investor Barington Capital, and has agreed to make governance enhancements. The parent company of Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works will nominate Anne Sheehan, former head of corporate governance for the California State Teachers' Retirement System, to its board, along with former JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) executive Sarah E. Nash...
Average Say on Pay support in 2018 declined to the lowest level observed since 2012, driven by an increase in the number of companies receiving vote support below 70%. Shareholder engagement increased on environmental proposals; other environmental, social, and governance (ESG) topics; Board diversity; and the use of GAAP versus non-GAAP performance metrics in compensation program design...
PPG (NYSE: PPG) today announced at its annual meeting of shareholders that Cathy R. Smith, executive vice president and chief financial officer, Target Corporation, and Steven A. Davis, former chairman and chief executive officer, Bob Evans Farms, Inc., have been elected to join its board of directors, effective immediately. Smith will serve on the PPG board’s Audit Committee, and Technology and Environment Committee. Davis will serve on the Nominating and Governance Committee, and the Technology and Environment Committee...
WARROAD, Minn., April 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Marvin Companies announces the election of two new members to its board of directors: Kirsten Castillo and Russ Becker...
FREMONT, Calif., April 18, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Identiv, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE), a global provider of physical security and secure identification, has announced that the Board of Directors has nominated Robin R. Braun to be elected as a director at the company's annual meeting of stockholders on May 29, 2019...
BOSTON, April 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- David Long, Liberty Mutual Insurance's Chief Executive Officer, today announced that Jay Hooley, Chairman and former Chief Executive Officer of State Street Corporation, has been elected to the insurer's Board of Directors...
PARIS (Reuters) - Drinks group Pernod Ricard is having regular and "courteous" talks with activist investor Elliott, although it is not necessarily meeting Elliott any more than it would with any other regular shareholder, the head of Pernod told Reuters. "There is a regular dialogue between the teams, but we do not see them more than other shareholders. My ambition remains to deliver on our strategic plan, that's my motto," CEO Alexandre Ricard said in a telephone interview...
NEW YORK, April 18, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq:MKTX), the operator of a leading electronic trading platform for fixed-income securities, and the provider of market data and post-trade services for the global fixed-income markets, today announced the election of Nancy Altobello, former Global Vice Chair - Talent at EY to its board of directors, effective April 16, 2019. Ms. Altobello was also appointed as a member of the Audit Committee...
Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) announced today the appointment of Lee Jacobe to the board of directors of its general partner, Summit Midstream GP, LLC. Mr. Jacobe was appointed on April 16, 2019, and will serve on the conflicts and audit committees of the Board...
On March 21st, Papa John's International, Inc. announced that it was appointing NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal to its board of directors. Papa John's also announced that O'Neal would invest in nine Papa John's restaurants in the Atlanta-area and enter into a three-year endorsement agreement with the company...
In addition to the Aspen Technology board of directors , Keresty currently serves as an independent director for Commissioning Agents, Inc. an ESOP ...
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Activist investor Ancora condemned J. Alexander's Holdings for rejecting its takeover offer and threatened to lead a withhold campaign...
CHICAGO, April 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- JBT Corporation JBT, +0.99% , a leading global technology solutions provider to high-value segments of the food & beverage industry, announced today that it has increased the size of its Board of Directors to nine members and elected Barbara L. Brasier and Emmanuel Lagarrigue to the Board effective April 15, 2019...