NEW YORK, March 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Deal, a
business unit of TheStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ: TST), today announced
keynote speakers and details of its 3rd Annual Corporate
Governance Conference, where senior executives, influential board
members, activist investors and institutional investors will gather
to examine the latest developments in shareholder activisim.
Speakers and panelists will explore the challenges companies are
facing as investors and shareholders are expecting more from
company boards. Hosted and moderated by Jim
Cramer, Founder of TheStreet, Inc. and Host of CNBC's "Mad
Money with Jim Cramer", the
conference will be held on June 7,
2018 at the JW Marriott Essex House in New York City.
The full-day program includes high-profile keynotes, one-on-one
interviews and panel discussions with today's most prominent
corporate executives and activists including:
- Founder of Elliott Management, Paul
Singer
- Founding Partner & CEO of Trian Fund Management, L.P.,
Nelson Peltz
- Chief Executive Officer of Qualcomm Incorporated, Steve Mollenkopf
- Chairman and CEO of Macys, Inc., Jeff
Gennette
- Former CEO of Panera Bread, Ron
Shaich
- Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division of U.S.
Department of Justice, Makan
Delrahim
- Global Head of BlackRock's Investment Stewardship Team,
Michelle Edkins
- Managing Director and Head of ESG Investments and Asset
Stewardship at State Street Global Advisors, Rakhi Kumar
- Director at Office Depot, Inc., Darden Restaurants, Inc. and
Big Lots!, Inc., Cynthia
Jamison
- President and Chief Executive Officer of ConAgra Brands,
Sean Connolly
- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Wyndham Worldwide,
Stephen Holmes
- President & CEO at Institutional Shareholder Services,
Gary Retelny
- Host of "Fast Money Halftime Report" at CNBC, Scott Wapner
- Partner at Paul Weiss, Scott A.
Barshay
- Leader of Governance Insights Center at PwC, Paula Loop
- Chairman & CEO at Teneo Holdings, Declan Kelly
- Partner at Joele Frank, Sarah
Teslik
- Chairman of Innisfree M&A Incorporated, Arthur Crozier
"In the past two years, we developed a code of conduct for
corporate leaders on how to respond when an activist calls, and
we've analyzed the most pro-long-term shareholder strategies with
the experts who understand the process," said Jim Cramer, host and moderator of the
conference. "This year, we will examine how the agenda is changing
and explore how some of the largest index funds and traditional
long-only investors are becoming more involved and influential in
the boardroom. We're going to dive deeper into all of the things
that today's corporate leaders must be doing to drive long term
value for their shareholders."
For more information about The Deal's 3rd Annual
Corporate Governance conference, please visit
www.thedeal.com/corpgovevent. And follow the social conversation
via @TheDealNewsroom and #CorpGov.
Supporters of the Corporate Governance conference include Paul
Weiss, PwC, Teneo, Joele Frank and Innisfree. For information on
how your organization can particpate, please contact Jonathan McReynolds at at 212.321.5259
(jmcreynolds@thedeal.com).
The conference will be covered by The Deal and is open to
outside media. Direct any press inquiries to Nicole Harris at 212-321-5567
(nharris@thedeal.com).
About The Deal
The Deal (www.thedeal.com) provides
actionable, intraday coverage of mergers, acquisitions and all
other changes in corporate control to institutional investors,
private equity, hedge funds and the firms that serve them. The Deal
is a business unit of TheStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ: TST, www.t.st), a
leading financial news and information provider. Other business
units include TheStreet (www.thestreet.com), an unbiased source of
business news and market analysis for investors; BoardEx (
www.boardex.com), a relationship mapping service of corporate
directors and officers; and RateWatch (www.rate-watch.com), which
supplies rate and fee data from banks and credit unions across the
U.S.
Contact: Nicole
Harris at 212-321-5567 nharris at thedeal.com
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