NEW YORK, May 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Deal and
BoardEx, business units of TheStreet (NASDAQ: TST), will
host their 2nd annual Corporate Governance
conference next month at JW Marriott Essex House in
New York, to help corporate
decision makers and their key advisers meet -- and master -- the
latest and most critical challenges in managing their companies to
maximize shareholder value.
"Corporate leaders face an increasingly wide gamut of
challenges, as activist and institutional investors expect more and
more from boards – from performance-based compensation and
effective cyber-risk management to shareholder-first board
composition and structure," said Tara
Murphy, Editor-in-Chief of TheStreet. "The keynotes,
one-on-one interviews and panel discussions at this conference will
provide attendees with actionable insights into how to identify and
implement best practices."
James J. Cramer, Founder of
TheStreet, Inc.; best-selling author; Host, "Mad Money with
Jim Cramer" and Co-Anchor of "Squawk
on The Street," CNBC will host and moderate the day. Speakers
include:
- Chief Justice Leo E. Strine,
Jr., Delaware Supreme Court
- Arthur Winkleblack, Member of
the Boards of Directors of Church & Dwight Co., Performance
Food Group Company and The Wendy's Company; Retired EVP & CFO
of HJ Heinz
- Scott A. Barshay, Partner,
Paul Weiss
- Kirill Tatarinov, Director,
President and CEO, Citrix Systems
- Jared Landaw, Chief Operating
Officer, Barington Capital Group, L.P.
- Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock
III, Delaware Court of
Chancery
- Tim Ryan, US Chairman and Senior
Partner, PWC
- David Rosewater, Global Head of
Shareholder Activism and Corporate Defense, Morgan Stanley
- Mary Ann Deignan, Managing
Director, Lazard Frères &
Co.
- Fritz van Paasschen, Former CEO, Starwood Hotels & Resorts
Worldwide, Inc.
For a full list of speakers, the conference agenda and to
purchase tickets, please visit The Deal's Corporate Governance
Conference site.
The event is produced by The Deal and BoardEx, and presented in
collaboration with Paul Weiss,
Morgan Stanley, PWC and Seal.
For press tickets, please contact Jon Kostakopoulos
(212.321.5561; jon.kostakopoulos@thestreet.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), which is celebrating its
20th year of producing unbiased business news and
market analysis; BoardEx (www.boardex.com), the leading
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: Jon Kostakopoulos,
212.321.5561, Jon.Kostakopoulos at thestreet.com
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