Speakers' Bureau

RiskMetrics Group's thought leaders have a wide-range of global risk management, corporate governance, accounting and legal and regulatory experience. If your organization is in need of a speaker, please consider one of our experts. All speaker requests can be sent via email to sarah.cohn@riskmetrics.com.

Corporate Governance Issues
Dr. Martha Carter, Global Head of Governance Research
  • U.S. Governance Policy Guidelines
  • U.S. Executive Compensation Practices
Patrick McGurn, U.S. Corporate Governance Trends
  • U.S. Proxy Season Trends
  • U.S. Board Accountability
Carol Bowie, Governance Institute
  • U.S. Shareholder Proposal Trends
  • U.S. Executive Compensation Practices
Jean-Nicolas Caprasse, European Corporate Governance Research
  • European Commission Initiatives
  • European Governance Guidelines
Marc Goldstein, Japan Corporate Governance Research
  • Corporate Governance Trends in Japan
David Smith, Asia-Pacific Corporate Governance Research
  • Asian Corporate Governance
  • Related Party Transactions
Sustainability Issues
Hewson Baltzell, co-Head of Sustainable Solutions Team
  • Companies' performance on environmental, social & governance issues
  • Sustainability Ratings Models
Dr. Matthew J. Kiernan, co-Head of Sustainable Solutions Team
  • Sustainable Investing
  • Impact of environmental and other "non-traditional" factors on companies' financial performance
Doug Cogan, Climate Change Research
  • Shareholder Engagement and Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Sustainability Reporting and Disclosure Practices
Gregory Larkin, Financial Sector Environmental & Social Research
  • Evaluating Environmental and Social Risk of Financial Institutions
Yulia Reuter, Oil and Gas Sector Environmental and Social Research
  • Sustainable Investment Research on the Oil and Gas Sector
Laura Nishikawa, Sustainable Investment Research Analyst
  • Environmental and Social Risks in the Financial Sector
  • Consumer Finance Risk and Sustainable Lending
Noran Eid, Chemical Sector Environmental and Social Research
  • Green Chemistry
  • Chemical Product Liability
Mergers and Acquisitions, Proxy Contests
Chris Young, M&A Research
  • Activist Investing by Hedge Funds
  • M&A Environment and Proxy Contests
Trends in Securities Class Action Litigation
Adam Savett, Securities Class Action Trends
  • Trends in Securities Class Action Litigation
  • Fiduciary Responsibility to File Claims
Accounting Issues
Jeremy Perler, Technology and Consumer Retail Research
  • Financial Statement Manipulation and Aggressive Accounting
  • Accounting in the Technology and Consumer/Retail Industries
Dan Mahoney, Industrials Research
  • Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis
  • Accounting in the Diversified Industrials Sector
Hemant Agarwal, Senior European Analyst
  • Financial Statement Analysis with Focus on Earnings Quality and Hidden Risk
  • Financial Accounting and Reporting by European Companies
Nathan Powell, Senior European and Asian Analyst
  • Risk Analysis of the Global Financials Sector
  • Bank Risk and Regulation
Legal Risk Issues
Nick Rodelli, Legal and Regulatory Research
  • SEC, DOJ Investigations and Other Regulatory Events
  • Patent Litigation
Risk Management
Gregg Berman, Market Risk Issues
  • Risk Measurement for Financial Institutions
  • Risk Associated with Complex Securities
Ron Papanek, Risk Market Strategy
  • Hedge Fund Risk
  • Industry Trends in Risk Management
Jorge Mina, Market and Credit Risk
  • Market Risk
  • Credit Risk
Christopher Finger, Risk Research
  • Credit Risk, Credit Derivatives, Credit Spread Strategies, Structured Credit
  • Equity Risk, Factor Models and the Links with Governance
Gavin Watson, Asset Management & Pensions and Insurance Segments
  • Risk Monitoring Trends in Asset Management
  • Risk Budgeting and Reporting for Pension Funds
Pete Benson, Risk Education
  • Bringing Risk Management into Portfolio Construction
  • How Portfolio Risk is Measured
Ran Fuchs, Credit Risk
  • Credit Risk
  • ERM and Risk Management Culture
Alan Laubsch, RiskMetrics Labs Asia
  • Market and Credit Risk for Banks, Hedge Funds, and Asset Managers
  • Integral Risk Management, and Case Studies of Organizational Risk Management Failures
Giulio Panzano, Wealth Management
  • Trends in Wealth Management
  • Risk Management and Suitability for Private Client and Retail Segments
Rob Fraser, Trends in Risk Management Technology
  • Software-as-a-Service
  • SOA and Cloud Computing Technologies
Mick Brant, Performance Attribution Technology
  • Trends in performance and attribution analysis and reporting
  • Operational and technological considerations in performance measurement