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David Katz and Allison Bennington.

David Katz discusses recent shareholder interventions with ValueAct’s Allison Bennington at the 2018 Behind the Scenes with ValueAct: From Microsoft to Clean Energy event.

David Katz

David Katz explores the recent trend of portfolio firms initiating contact with investors in the 2017 Reaching Out: Shareholder Engagement Meets Shareholder Activism event.

David Katz and Paul Tosetti.

David Katz (l.) and Paul Tosetti (r.) query Allergan Inc. Chairman Mike Gallagher and CEO David Pyott at the 2016 The Allergan Intervention: A Company Fights Back event.

David Batchelder

Relational Investors founder David Batchelder (r.), discusses recent events at Home Depot with Turnaround Chairman and CEO Frank Blake (l.), in February 2015, at The Home Depot Turnaround: The Inside Story event, part of CGI’s David Batchelder Lecture Series in Investor Activism.

David Batchelder

Relational Investors Founder David Batchelder with CGI Director Lori Ryan, at the June 2014 David Batchelder Summer Lecture in Investor Activism

Shareholder interventions of the year event.

CGI hosted the "Shareholder Interventions of the Year" event in January 2014, with panelists (l to r) CVS Caremark Chairman Dave Dorman, Relational Investors founder and event host David Batchelder, Chesapeake Energy Chairman Archie Dunham, and Hewlett-Packard Chairman Ralph Whitworth, shown here with CGI Director Lori Ryan.

Investor activism event.

David Batchelder, co-founder of Relational Investors, spoke at the first CGI David Batchelder Lecture in Investor Activism event in June 2013, here with CGI Director Lori Ryan

CGI public panel at SDSU

Director Giles Bateman, CEO Susan Salka, and Investor Glenn Welling joined visiting scholars on a CGI public panel at SDSU in April 2011.

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The Corporate Governance Institute strives to become known as a dominant center for the study and application of responsible corporate governance principles worldwide.

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The Corporate Governance Institute (CGI) is a research and education center dedicated to the study and application of responsible corporate governance principles worldwide. The Institute's mission is to enhance the skills of corporate directors, investors, and senior executives through research and curriculum development. CGI programs focus on identifying and promoting responsible practices worldwide in all aspects of corporate governance. CGI seeks to support the Fowler College of Business, San Diego State University, and members of the local, national, and international communities in matters related to corporate governance.