The roundtable participants discussed best practices and personal experiences relating to key corporate governance issues, including director, board committee, and CEO evaluations; director recruitment and term limitations; board and committee composition; separation of the chairman and CEO positions; the role of hedge funds and other shareholder activists; and the presence of third parties (e.g., experts and consultants) in the boardroom.
The roundtable was moderated by Foley attorneys Jessica Lochmann Allen and Yvette VanRiper as well as Warren Batts of Methode Electronics, Inc., John Gimpert of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Bronson Haase of The Marcus Corporation, David Lambert of TD AMERITRADE, and Howard Malovany of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company.
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