Board-Shareholder Dialogue Book Launch

Book Launch: “Board-shareholder dialogue: Policy Debate, Legal Constraints and Best Practices”

10 October – Oxford, Harris Manchester College

This book provides corporate law scholars and students and practitioners at law firms, advisory services firms and asset managers with a comprehensive and rigorous analysis of the financial, managerial, policy and legal issues arising from a key feature of today's corporate governance environment, namely, the dialogue between shareholders and corporate boards. Bringing together top corporate law and corporate governance scholars from the world's leading academic institutions, the collection is characterized by a multi-dimensional approach that takes into account the particularities of some national legal systems and combines theoretical analysis with practical insights into various aspects of board-shareholder dialogue.

13:45 Registration

14.00 - 14.05

Welcome address

Kristin Van Zwieten, Professor of Law and Finance and Director, Harris Manchester College Commercial Law Centre

14.05 - 15.00

Corporate Governance and Corporate Purpose: Policy Debate, Legal Constraints and Best Practices

- Colin Mayer CBE, Emeritus Professor at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

- Paul Davies KC, FBA, Allen & Overy Professor of Corporate Law Emeritus at the University of Oxford

Moderator: Anna Christie, Departmental Lecturer in Law and Finance, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford

15.00 - 15.30

Coffee break

15.30-16.50

Round table: Board-Shareholder Dialogue: Policy Debate, Legal Constraints and Best Practices

- Enrico Colombo, Senior Director, Stewardship – Responsible Investing, Nuveen

- Andrew Gebelin, Investment Stewardship Director, EMEA and APAC, Vanguard

- Richard Gillingwater, Senior Independent Director, Whitbread PLC

- Karoline Herms, Senior Global ESG Manager, Legal & General Investment Management

Moderator: Rupert Younger, Director, Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation

16.50-17.00

Concluding remarks

Luca Enriques, Professor of Corporate Law, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford

Giovanni Strampelli, Professor of Business Law, Bocconi University, Milan

Fabio Galli, Director general, Assogestioni

Host or Publisher Commercial Law Centre