Evercore Edge

In our second episode of Evercore Edge – a special double-feature of our new thought leadership podcast – Bill Anderson interviews BlackRock’s Michelle Edkins, Teneo’s Gaby Sulzberger, Wachtell Lipton’s Sabastian Niles and Evercore’s Zach Oleksiuk on how the landscape for U.S. public company boards has fundamentally changed, the trends that we expect to accelerate with new universal proxy card rules and how companies should prepare for what comes next. Guests: Michelle Edkins – a Managing Director at BlackRock, responsible for institutional relations, policy on stewardship issues, and communications related to BlackRock’s investment stewardship perspectives and activities; Gaby Sulzberger – Chair of Teneo’s Global ESG Advisory practice and a seasoned financial executive who’s served on the Boards of many blue chip companies including Whole Foods, MasterCard, Eli Lilly, Warby Parker and others; Sabastian Niles – a Partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz specializing in shareholder and stakeholder activism, proxy fights, ESG and M&A; and Zach Oleksiuk – a Managing Director in Evercore’s Strategic Shareholder Advisory practice specializing in shareholder engagement, corporate governance, ESG and IR © Evercore Inc. 2022. All rights reserved. The material contained herein is intended as a general market and/or economic commentary and is not intended to constitute financial, legal, tax, accounting or investment advice. The information contained in this podcast does not constitute an offer to buy or sell securities from any Evercore entity to the listener and should not be relied upon to evaluate any potential transaction. The information contained in this recording was obtained from publicly available sources, has not been independently verified by Evercore, may not be current, and Evercore has no obligation to provide any updates or changes. This podcast is not a product of Evercore Investment Research and the information contained in this podcast is not financial research. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are not necessarily those of Evercore and may differ from the views and opinions of other departments or divisions of Evercore and its affiliates. In addition, the receipt of this podcast by any listener is not to be taken to constitute such person a client of any Evercore entity. Neither Evercore nor any of its affiliates makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of the statements or any information contained in this podcast and any liability therefore (including in respect of direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage) is expressly disclaimed.

In our inaugural episode, Bill Anderson interviews Evercore’s experts Roger Altman, Krishna Guha and Naveen Nataraj on the current state of today’s economy/market and the impact it has on the M&A markets and clients’ abilities to affect deals. Guests: Bill Anderson. Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Strategic, Defense & Shareholder Advisory at Evercore. Roger Altman. Founder and Senior Chairman of Evercore. Krishna Guha. Vice Chairman of Evercore ISI and Head of the Global Policy and Central Bank Strategy team. Naveen Nataraj. Co-head of Evercore’s U.S. Advisory business and Senior Managing Director of Technology, Telecommunications and Media. This podcast was recorded on September 12, 2022. © Evercore Inc. 2022. All rights reserved. The material contained herein is intended as a general market and/or economic commentary and is not intended to constitute financial, legal, tax, accounting or investment advice. The information contained in this podcast does not constitute an offer to buy or sell securities from any Evercore entity to the listener and should not be relied upon to evaluate any potential transaction. The information contained in this recording was obtained from publicly available sources, has not been independently verified by Evercore, may not be current, and Evercore has no obligation to provide any updates or changes. This podcast is not a product of Evercore Investment Research and the information contained in this podcast is not financial research. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are not necessarily those of Evercore and may differ from the views and opinions of other departments or divisions of Evercore and its affiliates. In addition, the receipt of this podcast by any listener is not to be taken to constitute such person a client of any Evercore entity. Neither Evercore nor any of its affiliates makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of the statements or any information contained in this podcast and any liability therefore (including in respect of direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage) is expressly disclaimed.