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The ICGN is an essential CalPERS partner and a global leader in advancing sound corporate governance principles. As a founding member of the ICGN, we have great confidence in its international objectives for improved accountability, transparency and other measures to enhance the alignment of corporate boards and shareowners. ICGN’s Global Corporate Governance Principles strongly inform the CalPERS international proxy voting and governance initiative framework.
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Rob Feckner,
President, Board of Administration, CalPERS
ICGN Global Corporate Governance Principles
About the Principles
The ICGN’s Global Corporate Governance Principles (2005) highlight elements that ICGN members take into account when making investment decisions.
Along with traditional financial criteria, the governance of a corporation is an essential factor that investors take into consideration when deciding how to allocate their investment capital. ICGN members also often take into account the governance profile of a market in making investment decisions.
Practical guidance can help boards meet real-world expectations so that they may operate most efficiently and, in particular, compete for scarce investment capital effectively. If investors and companies succeed in establishing productive communication on governance issues companies will have enhanced prospects for economic prosperity, fuller employment, better wages and greater shareholder wealth.
Read the ICGN Global Corporate Governance Principles.
Read earlier editions and drafts.
Review of the Principles Underway
The ICGN Global Corporate Governance Principles is a vital framework for the ICGN work programme, both in policy and best practice development internationally. Paul Lee, Director at Hermes EOS is leading a team of members in a review of the principles to ensure they are comprehensive and relevant. The current financial crisis has prompted calls for reform in capital markets and the Principles are being revised to ensure they are relevant to the current environment calling for corporate governance reform.
Click here to download the consultation and send your comments to the ICGN Secretariat by email to: consultations@icgn.org or by fax on +44 (0) 207 612 7085 by 01 July 2009.
ICGN Corporate Governance Principles Review Committee Members 2009/2010
Mr Paul Lee
Hermes Equity Ownership Services Limited,
United Kingdom
Paul Lee is a Director at Hermes Equity Ownership Services, with overall responsibility for the operational performance of EOS’s international activities in the areas of voting, engagement and public policy. In particular this involves discussing issues of concern with...
Hon. Richard Bennett
The Corporate Library, LLC,
United States
Mr. Bennett has an extensive background in politics and government service as well as a wide range of private sector experience, including the founding and management of several businesses. He worked as Director of Corporate Governance for Lens Investment...
Ms Aruna Collendavelloo
Rogers & Company Ltd,
Mauritius
Mr Rob Elliott
Australian Institute of Company Directors,
Australia
Rob Elliott is General Manager Policy and General Counsel for the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).
He is responsible for development and advocacy of policy for Australia’s company directors in fields including Corporate Governance, Law, Reporting, Industrial Relations, Remuneration...
Miss Sandra Guerra
Better Governance,
Brazil
Sandra Guerra is the founding partner of Better Governance, a Brazilian-based consultancy dedicated to help companies, organizations and countries to improve corporate governance understanding, awareness and improvement.
Sandra is a Board Director of a public Brazilian company, Coteminas S.A. and...
Mr Marcel Jeucken
PGGM,
Dr Marcel Jeucken is Head of Responsible Investment at PGGM Investments. PGGM Investments is the fiduciary manager for Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn, the second largest pension fund in The Netherlands and Europe and has approximately 72 billion euro under...
Mr Mike Lubrano
Cartica Capital,
United States
Mike Lubrano – Mike Lubrano is Managing Director for Corporate Governance of Cartica Capital, an emerging markets fund manager focusing on governance and relational investing. Prior to joining Cartica in December 2007, Mr. Lubrano was the founder and Manager...
Mr Carl Rosen
ICGN,
Sweden
Carl is the Executive Director at ICGN since September 2009. Previoulsy, Carl headed Corporate Governance and Communications at AP2 – the Second Swedish National Pension Fund. In addition to serving on the nomination committees of several large public companies,...
Mr Visit Tantisunthorn
Government Pension Fund,
Thailand
Mrs Runa Urheim
Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM),
Norway
Runa Urheim has a Master of Science in Finance from London Business Schools and a Master of Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. She is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
Runa works as...
Ms Kerrie Waring
ICGN,
United Kingdom
Kerrie joined the ICGN in January 2008 as Chief Operating Officer.Prior to her appointment she was Corporate Governance Manager at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales where she led the Institute’s US-UK corporate governance initiative. Prior...
Ms Kerrie Waring (ex-officio)
ICGN, United Kingdom
Kerrie joined the ICGN in January 2008 as Chief Operating Officer.Prior to her appointment she was Corporate Governance Manager at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales where she led the Institute’s US-UK corporate governance initiative. Prior...