Governance Intelligence is proud to announce the shortlisted nominees for its 17th Corporate Governance Awards. The winners, selected by an independent panel of judges, will be presented at a gala ceremony in New York on Thursday, November 7. The awards celebrate outstanding achievements by the governance profession in areas such as hosting AGMs, compliance and ethics programs, ESG reporting, entity management, use of technology, proxy statements, investor engagement and corporate transactions.The awards gala will cap two days of special governance-related events hosted by Governance Intelligence. On Wednesday, November 6, we present the Corporate Reporting Forum, at which experts will share insights on responding to the growing expectations and requirements companies face around a range of disclosures. The following day – ahead of the awards ceremony in the evening – we present the Corporate Governance Forum, where there will be an active exchange of views and practical advice on a range of best practices as governance teams and their boards look to 2025.The Corporate Governance Awards nominees represent the excellent and challenging work being done by members of the profession on behalf of their boards and companies – and also for the benefit of investors and other stakeholders. This year’s nominees are:Best AGMHewlett Packard Enterprise The Kraft Heinz CompanyBest board assessment programPagerDutyPrudential FinancialBest compliance and ethics program (small to mid-cap)Coeur MiningDocGoDun & Bradstreet HoldingsJLLRobinhood MarketsBest compliance and ethics program (large cap)ARM HoldingsPepsiCoBest director training and education programNasdaqRobinhood MarketsSallie MaeBest ESG reporting (small cap)Empire State Realty TrustFannie MaeLumen TechnologiesThe Greenbrier CompaniesBest ESG reporting (mid-cap)AMN Healthcare ServicesBath & Body WorksDun & Bradstreet HoldingsHealthpeak PropertiesJLLKorn FerryBest ESG reporting (large cap) Applied MaterialsEmerson Electric CoHPNasdaqPepsiCoVerizonBest global entity managementHPJLLNasdaqPrudential FinancialBest governance around a corporate transactionBunge GlobalSummit MaterialsVisaBest proxy statement (small cap)Century Aluminum CompanyGenthermLumen TechnologiesThe Greenbrier CompaniesW&T OffshoreBest proxy statement (mid-cap)Coeur MiningHealthpeak PropertiesLeidos HoldingsMurphy Oil CorpRegions Financial CorporationThe Clorox CompanyBest proxy statement (large cap)Booking HoldingsCVSHPRegeneron PharmaceuticalsThe Kraft Heinz CompanyVisaBest shareholder engagement (small to mid-cap)Lumen TechnologiesRegions Financial CorporationThe Greenbrier CompaniesTransoceanBest shareholder engagement (large cap)Discover Financial ServicesHPRegeneron PharmaceuticalsThe Allstate CorporationThe Kraft Heinz CompanyVisaBest use of technologyAsanaJLLPrudential FinancialRegions Financial CorporationGovernance professional of the year (small to mid-cap)JLL – Seth GastwirthLeidos Holdings – Henrique Bertolo CanarimRobinhood Markets – Christina LaiSallie Mae – Jeffrey LipschutzGovernance professional of the year (large cap)Baker Hughes – Fernando ContrerasJohnson & Johnson – Laura GiacinoVentas – Kevin BohlGovernance team of the year (small to mid-cap)Bunge GlobalRegions Financial CorporationRobinhood MarketsSallie MaeGovernance team of the year (large cap)HPNasdaqPepsiCoRegeneron PharmaceuticalsVisaRising starRegions Financial Corporation – Mary WheelerSallie Mae – Megan SmagalaThe Kraft Heinz Company – Nicole Fritz
Awards judges The distinguished judges for this year’s awards are:
Emma Butler, manager for investment stewardship at Dimensional Fund Advisors Jacqueline Condron, senior vice president for proxy voting & governance at Mellon, a division of Mellon Investments Corporation Joan Conley, board member at EJF Acquisition Corp and Tigo Energy Matthew Geekie, senior vice president, secretary and general counsel at Graybar Eileen Kamerick, non-executive director at Associated Banc-corp, ACV Auctions, VALIC Company and Legg Mason Closed End Funds Ben Maiden, editor-at-large, Governance Intelligence.Information about the awards and the ceremony can be found by clicking here.