For our latest Timely Takes podcast, Meredith was joined by Chris Hayden, President, Georgeson Advisory, North America & Meighan McGowan, Head of Business Development, Computershare Investor Engagement, North America to discuss some of the key takeaways from this year’s proxy season. In this 25-minute podcast, they discussed:

– The impact of new SEC guidance on the 2026 proxy season
– Shareholder proposal trends in 2026
– Strategy shifts at the proxy advisors
– Asset managers moving toward AI-driven voting platforms
– Exxon’s “retail voting program”
– Expanded pass-through voting
– How the Big 3 asset managers are bifurcating their proxy voting teams
– DEXIT and Texas
– Tips for navigating trends in the voting and engagement ecosystem

If you’re interested in sharing your insights on a topic that you think would likely be of interest to members of TheCorporateCounsel.net or our other sites, we’d love to hear from you. You can contact me at john@thecorporatecounsel.net or Meredith at at mervine@ccrcorp.com.

– John Jenkins