2017 Corporate Governance Roundtable

October 24-25, 2017


Wasserstein Hall, Harvard Law School, 1585 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138

Co-Organizers: Lucian Bebchuk, Stephen Davis, and Scott Hirst

Supported by

The Harvard Roundtable on Corporate Governance is grateful for the co-sponsorship of Abernathy MacGregor, Assurant, Bank of America, Broadridge, Brunswick Group, CamberView Partners, Cartica Management, Center for Audit Quality, CFA Institute, the Coca-Cola Company, ConocoPhillips, Deloitte, Edelman, Eli Lilly, Evercore, EY Center for Board Matters, Freeport-McMoRan, FTI Consulting, Gladstone Place Partners, Goldman Sachs, Innisfree M&A, Joele Frank, Johnson Controls, JP Morgan Chase, Kekst and Company, LabCorp, Lazard Freres, Lockheed Martin, Marsh & McLennan, Merck, Monsanto, Morgan Stanley, Nasdaq, Okapi Partners, Olshan, Pay Governance, People’s United Bank, PepsiCo, Phillips 66, PJT Partners, Prudential Financial, PwC, Range Resources, Sloane & Company, State Street Corporation, Société Générale, Strategic Governance Advisors, Synchrony Financial, Teneo Governance, Third Point, Trian Fund Management, and Visa.

The Program on Corporate Governance wishes to thank its Knowledge Partners: Akin Gump, Cadwalader, Wickerhsam & Taft, Cleary Gottlieb, Cornerstone Research, Davis Polk, Debevoise & Plimpton, Fenwick & West, Fried Frank, Gibson Dunn, Jenner & Block, Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, Mayer Brown, Ropes & Gray, Shearman & Sterling, Sidley Austin, Simpson Thacher, Skadden, Sullivan & Cromwell, Vinson & Elkins, White & Case, and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.

The Program on Institutional Investors wishes to thank the institutional members of the Harvard Institutional Investor Forum: BlackRock, Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec, California Public Employees’ Retirement System, California State Teachers’ Retirement System, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association, Dimensional Fund Advisors, Fidelity Investments, Franklin Templeton Investments, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, JPMorgan Asset Management, MFS Investment Management, Norges Bank Investment Management, Northern Trust, Nuveen (part of TIAA), Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, PGGM Investments, State Board of Administration of Florida, USS Investment Management, Vanguard, and Wellington Management.

Finally, the Program on Corporate Governance and the Program on Institutional Investors would like to thank the members of the Program on Corporate Governance Advisory Board, the Harvard Institutional Investors Forum Advisory Council, and the Corporate Governance Forum Advisory Council.