Venue
New York Hilton Midtown
New York Hilton Midtown, 1335 6th Ave, New York, NY 10019, USA

What is Qwoted?

Qwoted is a free expert network: we help reporters connect with experts & we help those same experts build relationships with top reporters.

Event Date Thu Feb 2 EST (almost 2 years ago)
Location New York Hilton Midtown
1335 6th Ave, New York, NY 10019, USA
Region Americas
Details

• Engage
with industry thought leaders on why and how ongoing shareholder engagement and activism play a vital role in affecting share value

• Discover
how activist investors cultivate relationships with companies to positively influence sustained value creation

• Apply
the latest campaign practices of activists, how they unfold, their outcomes, and how boards and executives work constructively toward improved stock performance

Speakers

2023 Speakers

Venita Fields
Board Director, Superior Group of Companies (NASDAQ: SGC) and four private companies, Partner, Pelham Sk2 Advisors

Fred R. Pletcher
Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Eleazer Klein
Partner, Schulte Roth & Zabel

Bob Marese
President, MacKenzie Partners, Inc.

David Katz
Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Lex Suvanto
CEO, Edelman Smithfield

Charles Elson
Founding Director, Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance and Executive Editor-at-Large, Directors & Boards Magazine

John Glenn Grau
President and CEO, InvestorCom

Dianne McKeever
Chief Investment Officer, Ides Capital

Josh Black
Editor-in-Chief, Activist Insight Ltd

N. MacDonnell Ulsch
Founder & Chief Analyst and Skytop Contributing Author, Gray Zone Research & Intelligence

Jeremy Fielding
Co-Chief Executive Officer, Partner, Kekst CNC

Gianna McCarthy
Director of Corporate Governance, New York State Office of the Comptroller

Scott Deveau
Deals Reporter, Bloomberg

Kai Liekefett
Partner and Co-Chair, Shareholder Activism & Corporate Defense Practice, Sidley Austin LLP

Gavriel Kahane
Founder and Managing Partner, Arkhouse

Paul Caminiti
Founder, Reevemark

Lauren Thomas
Reporter, The Wall Street Journal

Richard Mansouri
Actively-Engaged Equity Investor, Ridge Road Asset Management LLC

Michael R. Levin
Activist Investor and Founder, The Activist Investor Website

Maryann Bruce
Board Director, Amalgamated Bank and Former Fortune 100 Division President

Sponsors & Partners

2023 Sponsors and Partners

LEAD SPONSORS:
• Schulte Roth and Zabel
• Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz
• Sidley

AMBASSADOR SPONSOR:
• KEKST CNC

PROGRAM SPONSORS:
• InvestorCom Shareholder Intelligence
• BLG
• Edelman
• Reevemark
• Mackenzie Partners

MEDIA PARTNER:
• Insightia