SAN FRANCISCO (June 22, 2016) – Glass Lewis, the leading independent provider of global governance services, named Michael Vogele as Senior Director of European Engagement and Kern McPherson as Senior Director of North American Research.
Michael Vogele’s new role, Senior Director of European Engagement, will be based in London to oversee the rapid expansion of Glass Lewis’ interactions with market participants in the region. In particular, Michael will foster relationships between Glass Lewis and European issuers as well as with key investor and corporate organizations. Michael is a European national fluent in English, French and German with more than 15 years of experience in ESG research across dozens of global markets. Following nearly nine years covering various global markets at German proxy advisor IVOX, Michael spent the last year at Glass Lewis’ San Francisco headquarters analyzing and engaging with North American companies.
“Our European center in Ireland is now our largest global office, driven by growth in institutional clients and research coverage. Michael will work closely with our research teams in Ireland and Germany to facilitate year-round dialogue with issuers, supporting the high quality of research we provide to our growing base of institutional clients. In addition, this effort will promote transparency and mutual understanding between Glass Lewis and the broader community of industry participants.” said Aaron Bertinetti, Vice President of Research & Engagement at Glass Lewis.
As the Senior Director of North American Research, Kern McPherson will assume responsibility for managing the teams of analysts evaluating the governance, compensation and E&S practices across more than 6,500 North American issuers. Kern is a highly-regarded leader within the North American research team, with seven years of experience analyzing and engaging with issuers.
“Kern’s promotion into this key leadership role demonstrates our commitment to developing leaders who can best support the evolving needs of our institutional clients and is yet another example of the depth of talent within the Glass Lewis research organization,” said Bertinetti.
Glass Lewis engagement policies, as well as a link to request a meeting with Glass Lewis, can be found in the Issuer section of the Glass Lewis website.
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