Japanese bank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has hired Matt Abrusci as general counsel for the Americas.
In his new role, Abrusci manages legal affairs and board of directors administration related to MUFG’s combined operations in the region. He was previously global head...
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In today's interconnected world, finance has a major impact on the real economy and institutional investors exert significant influence over the companies they invest in. Sustainability efforts within companies are centered around reporting and data.
While good and transparent sustainability reporting is crucial, there is a paradigm shift underway. As investors are looking to align their financial goals with societal and environmental matters, they will increasingly...
Gender tops the list of criteria taken into account when boards are looking for new members, according to new research on board refreshment from Corporate Secretary.
Asked which factors their board uses in its considerations when recruiting new directors, gender is mentioned by 87 percent of respondents. It ...
Jacqueline Condron, vice president for governance and proxy voting manager at Mellon, has become a member of the panel of judges who will preside over the 16th annual Corporate Governance Awards, for which submissions are due by August 4.
Condron joins other distinguished industry experts who will decide the winners of this years’ awards:
– Prabha ...
Philip Morris International (PMI) has appointed company veteran Yann Guérin as senior vice president and general counsel.
Since joining the company in 2006, Guérin has held several positions within PMI’s legal and compliance department, including vice president and associate general counsel for the Middle East and Africa and PMI duty-free from 2018 to 2019, vice president and associate general counsel for Southern Asia from 2019 to 2021 and vice president and as...
Corporate Secretary’s ‘Board refreshment: Finding the right directors to move forward’ presents the findings from exclusive research conducted among governance professionals such as general counsel, corporate secretaries and their teams. The report provides helpful insights into, among other things, how candidates are identified, what characteristics are taken into account in recruitment and whether boards are building a pipeline of potential directors. The findings ...
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