Corporate Secretary has announced the short-listed nominees for the 11th Corporate Governance Awards.
The awards recognize outstanding achievements in the governance, risk and compliance fields. Corporate Secretary received submissions for companies and individuals across the industry revealing the innovative and impressive work being done by professionals against the backdrop of rapidly evolving governance expectations and standards.
An independent panel of judges will select the winners, which will be announced at a gala event on November 8 at Cipriani 25 Broadway, New York. Click here for more information on the awards.
This year’s nominees are:
Best ESG reporting
Microsoft
PepsiCo
Prologis
Prudential Financial
The Allstate Corporation
Best compliance and ethics program (large cap)
Avangrid
Eli Lilly & Company
Marsh & McLennan Companies
The Allstate Corporation
Visa
Best compliance and ethics program (small to mid-cap)
Atlas Air Worldwide
NW Natural (formerly Northwest Natural Gas Company)
Voya Financial
Best overall corporate governance – international
Westpac
Willis Towers Watson
Best overall governance for a private company
Graybar Electric Company
JM Smith Corporation
Best shareholder engagement
AMN Healthcare Services
Atlas Air Worldwide
Bank of America
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
IBM
The Allstate Corporation
Best proxy statement (large cap)
Bank of America
Chubb
ConocoPhillips
General Motors
PepsiCo
Prudential Financial
SVB Financial Group
The Allstate Corporation
Visa
Best proxy statement (small to mid-cap)
Allegheny Technologies
AMN Healthcare Services
Aramark
Atlas Air Worldwide
BMC Stock Holdings
KBR
NorthWestern Energy
Shutterfly
Governance team of the year (large cap)
DXC Technology
General Motors
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
HP
PepsiCo
Visa
Governance team of the year (small to mid-cap)
Atlas Air Worldwide
Banc of California
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation
Best use of technology
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
HP
Marsh & McLennan Companies
NetApp
Prudential Financial
Visa
Governance professional of the year (large cap)
ConocoPhillips – Shannon Kinney
Hewlett Packard Enterprise – Derek Windham
HP – Katie Colendich
Governance professional of the year (small to mid-cap)
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation – Stacie Roberts
Syneos Health – Courtney Schuster Kamlet
Rising star
Avangrid – Alistair Raymond
BioMarin Pharmaceutical – Eric Fleekop
S&P Global – Tasha Matharu
Splunk – Connie Wu
Ben Maiden
Ben Maiden is the editor-at-large of Governance Intelligence, an IR Media publication, having joined the company in December 2016. He is based in New York. Ben was previously managing editor of Compliance Reporter, covering regulatory and compliance...
