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Audit Committee Members’ Vulnerability to Shareholder Activism

April 11, 2024
Title: Audit Committee Members’ Vulnerability to Shareholder Activism
Date: Thursday, April 11, 2024


Moderator:

Tilcia Toledo, MBA, CAMS, CFE, FTI Consulting, Inc. – Financial Services Practice, Senior Managing Director


Speakers:

Kurt Moeller, Managing Director, FTI Consulting
Christopher Drewry, Partner, Latham & Watkins
Kenneth Mantel, Partner, Olshan
Pete Michelsen, Head of Activism and Shareholder Advisory, Qatalyst Partners

Field of Study: Management Services
Program Level: Basic
Prerequisites: None
Credits: 1 CPE Credit
Delivery Method: Group Internet Based
Advance Preparation: None

Learning Objectives:
  • Understand better how shareholder activists decide which directors they are seeking to remove.
  • Learn circumstances which could cause an activist to target audit committee members.
  • Gain a better understanding of how audit committee members can make themselves less vulnerable.
  • Learn ways that corporate directors can make the entire board a less attractive target to shareholder activists.