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Just What Is the Corporate Director’s Job? Investor Relations Executives’ Perspectives on the Board The Conference Board, Inc., 24 pages, December 4, 2019 Report

Just What Is the Corporate Director’s Job? Investor Relations Executives’ Perspectives on the Board

The Conference Board, Inc., 24 pages, December 4, 2019
Report

Given the increasing importance of shareholder engagement, investor relations executives expect boards to have a stronger and broader relationship with IR. Document Highlights The evolution in IROs’ roles has affected their perspective on the corporate director’s job. One of the key perspectives is that as companies and their boards face activist campaigns where the composition of the board and the future of the company are at stake, companies should consider training directors on how to address activist shareholders and to conduct regular shareholder engagement.

Given the increasing importance of shareholder engagement, investor relations executives expect boards to have a stronger and broader relationship with IR.

Document Highlights

The evolution in IROs’ roles has affected their perspective on the corporate director’s job. One of the key perspectives is that as companies and their boards face activist campaigns where the composition of the board and the future of the company are at stake, companies should consider training directors on how to address activist shareholders and to conduct regular shareholder engagement.

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